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Dept/ Agency: Administration/Division of Central Purchasing
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Cooperative Purchasing Agreement
Purpose: Purchase of Ravo 5i Series Street Sweepers
Entity Name: Northeast Sweepers & Rentals Inc.
Entity Address: 16 Passaic Avenue, Unit #9, Fairfield, New Jersey 07004
Contract Amount: $1,304,715.00
Contract Period: Upon Municipal Council Approval through February 28, 2019
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient (X) n/a
Additional Information:
Cooperative Purchasing Contract # KPN-201501-03
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark in furtherance of its goals to search for lower costs, greater efficiency and improved product quality, wishes to enter into an Inter-local Contract for Cooperative Purchasing; and
WHEREAS, cooperative purchasing is an inclusive term used to describe all purchasing systems where two or more local contracting units join together for the provision or performance of goods or services as provided for by the Local Public Contracts Law N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1et seq.; and
WHEREAS, the purchase of goods or services by two or more contracting units increases proportionate saving in costs gained by an increased level of production; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark, a sub-political body of the State of New Jersey is permitted to join Cooperative Purchasing Programs pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:34-6.2(b)(3); and
WHEREAS, the Keystone Purchasing Network (KPN), a nationally recognized and accepted cooperative purchasing organization, maintains National Cooperative Agreement Contracts, which are competitively awarded through which members can make purchases; and
WHEREAS, the Keystone Purchasing Network (KPN) system was developed for the purpose of utilizing a competitive bidding process to...
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