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Dept/ Agency: Water and Sewer Utilities
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Services Contract
Purpose: To provide Professional Engineering Services to implement the proposal to prevent, mitigate, and control harmful algal blooms at Echo Lake.
Entity Name: Kleinfelder, Inc.
Entity Address: 150 College Road West, Suite 100, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $207,000.00
Funding Source: 2020 Budget/Department of Water and Sewer Utilities/NW037-750-7502-71280 B2020
Contract Period: Until Project completion per N.J.S.A. 40A: 11-15(9)
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:
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark, Department of Water and Sewer Utilities ("City"), seeks to prevent, mitigate, and control the harmful algal bloom outbreaks that occur within the reservoirs of the Pequannock Watershed and which are served by the Pequannock Water Treatment Plant; and
WHEREAS, on January 27, 2020 the City's Department of Water and Sewer Utilities received a proposal from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) outlining the scope of work for the timely completion of a project for the "Prevention, Mitigation, and Control of Harmful Algal Blooms at Echo Lake"; and
WHEREAS, on March 16, 2020, Department of Water and Sewer Utilities responded to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Request for Proposals for "Grants to Prevent, Mitigate and/or Control Freshwater Harmful Algal Blooms", for approximately $475,000.00 in grant funds; and
WHEREAS, the NJDEP has informed the City that its application and proposal have been approved; and
WHEREAS, the City is in need of professional engineering services to...
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