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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Services Contract
Purpose: First Amendment to the Agreement to Provide Legal Services as Litigation Defense Counsel, to Increase Contract Amount by $50,000.00
Entity Name: Chasan Leyner & Lamparello
Entity Address: 300 Harmon Meadow Boulevard, Secaucus, New Jersey 07094
Contract Amount: $175,000.00
Funding Source: City of Newark Budget/Law Department
Contract Period: January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
(X) Fair & Open () No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Contract Awarded -Resolution 7R7-c, adopted on January 7, 2015; Increasing Contract Amount by $50,000.00, not to exceed $225,000.00
Deferred to Special 7R7-f 090215
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WHEREAS, legal services are professional services and are exempt from the requirements for public bidding pursuant to the Local Public Contracts Law, more specifically, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i); and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council of the City of Newark, by Resolution 7R7-c, adopted on January 7, 2015, awarded a contract to Chasan Leyner & Lamparello, 300 Harmon Meadow Boulevard, Secaucus, New Jersey 07094, to serve as Litigation Defense Counsel for matters that are currently being handled by Chasan Leyner & Lamparello and any new matters that may arise during the contract term, in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Seventy-five Thousand ($175,000.00) Dollars, for the period of January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015; and
WHEREAS, the contract was awarded in compliance with Local Public Contracts Law, and through the fair and open process of State Pay-to-Play, and in compliance with Reform Ordinance 2:4-22c; and
WHEREAS, Chasan Leyner...
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