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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Services Contract
Purpose: 1st Amendment to the Agreement to provide legal services concerning Special Defense Counsel.
Entity Name: Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.
Entity Address: 1350 I Street, NW, Suite 700, Washington, D.C. 20005
Contract Amount: $600,000.00
Funding Source: 2018 Budget/Law Department
Contract Period: August 1, 2018 through July 31, 2019
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open (X) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Original Resolution 7R6-c adopted on October 11, 2018, awarded the contract in an amount not to exceed $100,000.00.
The 1st Amendment will increase the contract amount by $500,000.00, for a total contract amount not to exceed $600,000.00.
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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-c, adopted on October 11, 2018, awarded a non-fair and open contract to Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., 1350 I Street, NW, Suite 700, Washington, D.C. 20005, to provide special legal services concerning Newark Education Workers Caucus & Natural Resources Defense Council v. City of Newark, et als., Docket No.:18-11025 filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), for the period of August 1, 2018 through July 31, 2019; and
WHEREAS, Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., has outstanding legal bills which were submitted on or before October 1, 2018, which when paid will exhaust the total contract amount; and
WHEREAS, Beveridge & Diamond, P.C...
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