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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.
Entity Name: Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC
Entity Address: 570 Broad Street, Suite 1201, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $125,000.00
Funding Source: 2019 Budget/Law Department
Contract Period: January 1, 2019 through December 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-l, adopted on December 19, 2018 awarded a contract in an amount not to exceed $100,000.00.
The First Amendment will increase 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-l, adopted on December 19, 2018, awarded a contract to Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC, 570 Broad Street, Suite 1201, Newark, New Jersey 07102, to provide legal services concerning Litigation Defense Counsel matters, in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Thousand ($100,000.00) Dollars and Zero Cents, for the period of January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019; 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 Ordinance 2;4-22C; and
WHEREAS, Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC, continues to vigorously defend the City of Newark in several cases in which bills will be subm...
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