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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 concerning Workers' Compensation Matters
Entity Name: The Woolridge Law Firm, L.L.C.
Entity Address: 462 South Harrison Street, Suite. 200, Orange, New Jersey 07050
Contract Amount: $125,000.00
Funding Source: 2017 Budget/Law Department
Contract Period: January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
(X) Fair & Open (X) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP (X) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Contract initially awarded for $100,000.00, per Resolution 7R6-i adopted on January 5, 2017, awarded contract in an amount not to exceed $100,000.00.
First Amendment to the Agreement to increases the contract amount by $25,000.00, for a new total contract amount not to exceed $125,000.00.
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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 7R6-i, adopted on January 5, 2017, awarded a contract to The Woolridge Law Firm, L.L.C., 462 South Harrison Street, Suite 200, Orange, New Jersey 07050, to provide legal services concerning Worker's Compensation Matters, in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($100,000.00), for the period of January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017; and
WHEREAS, the contract was awarded pursuant to the fair and open procedures of the State Pay-to-Play Law, N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.5, the provisions of the Local Public Contracts Law (N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i)) and is in compliance with the City of Newark's Contractor Pay-to-Play Reform Or...
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