Title
Dept/ Agency: Health and Community Wellness
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Planning, research and evaluation services relative to the City’s “FY15 Supporting Male Survivors of Violence Demonstration Project”
Purpose: To partner with Rutgers University in order help develop and provide innovative new crime victim services to male survivors of violence.
Entity Name: Rutgers University
Entity Address: 249 University Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Contract Amount: Amount not to exceed $249,733.00
Funding Source: United States Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime
Contract Period: Commencing from the date this resolution is authorized by the Municipal Council through September 30, 2018
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X) Grant (X) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark applied for and was awarded grant funds from the United States Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime, for the City’s “FY15 Supporting Male Survivors of Violence Demonstration Project”; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark, Department of Health and Community Wellness desires to obtain planning, research and evaluative services relative to the City’s “FY15 Supporting Male Survivors of Violence Demonstration Project”; and
WHEREAS, Rutgers University, an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, has the ability and resources to provide such services as outlined in the above-mentioned City grant application; and
WHEREAS, the City and Rutgers University wish to enter into a contract for the provision of planning, research and evaluative services relative to the City’s “FY15 Supporting Male Survivors of Violence Demonstration Project”; and
WHEREAS, this is a no-bid contract, awarded without competitive bidding, as an exception to the Local Public Contracts Law, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(2), being that the contract is between the City of Newark and Rutgers University, an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey; and
WHEREAS, because Rutgers University is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey and not a for-profit business entity, the provisions of the State Pay-to-Play legislation and the City’s Contractor Pay-to-Play Reform Ordinance, R.O. 2:4-22C, do not apply.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Mayor and/or his designee, the Director of Health and Community Wellness, are hereby authorized to enter into and execute a contract with Rutgers University, 249 University Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07102, for planning, research and evaluative services for the City’s “FY15 Supporting Male Survivors of Violence Demonstration Project”, for the period commencing from the date this resolution is authorized by the Municipal Council through September 30, 2018 in an amount not to exceed $249,733.00.
2. This contract is awarded without competitive bidding as an exception to the Local Public Contracts Law, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(2), in that the contract is between the City of Newark and Rutgers University, an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, and furthermore is not subject to the State Pay-to-Play legislation or the City’s Contractor Pay-to-Play Reform Ordinance, R.O. 2:4-22C, because Rutgers University is an instrumentality of the State and not a for-profit business entity.
3. Attached hereto is a Certification of Funds from the Chief Financial Officer, which states that funds in the amount of $249,733.00 shall be charged to: Business Unit NW051; Dept. ID G16; Division/Project H16C0; Account# 71280; Budget Ref: 2016. It further states that there are sufficient funds available for the purpose set forth hereinabove.
4. The Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness shall file a fully executed copy of the contract in the Office of the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This resolution authorizes the Mayor and/or his designee, the Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness, to enter into and execute a contract with Rutgers University, 249 University Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07102, for the provision of planning, research and evaluative services for the City’s “FY15 Supporting Male Survivors of Violence Demonstration Project” for the period commencing from the date this resolution is authorized by the Municipal Council through September 30, 2018, in an amount not to exceed $249,733.00.