Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Division of Central Purchasing
Action: (X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Extension of Emergency Contract #E2020-07
Purpose: To secure Supportive Services, Laundry, Food, Security, Medical and Maintenance.
Entity Name :
1) The Salvation Army, 45 Central Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07102
2) Homecare Therapies, LLC d/b/a Horizon Healthcare Staffing Justin Corporation Center, 198 Route 9 North, Suite 107, Manalapan, New Jersey 07726
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $1,091,205.00
Funding Source: 2020 Budget/Department of Health and Community Wellness/NW26-46540-B2020/NW051-G20-2H211-72030-B2020
Contract Period: July 7, 2020 through January 6, 2021
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:
Extension of Emergency Contract #E2020-07- To extend the provision of Management and Nursing Services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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WHEREAS, on April 6, 2020 the Department of Health and Community Wellness requested a declaration of emergency to secure supportive services, laundry, food, security, medical and maintenance, etc. for the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, on April 6, 2020 the City’s Purchasing Agent, QPA, declared an emergency and awarded an Emergency Contract for the period of April 6, 2020 through July 6, 2020 in the amount of Two Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($2,700,000.00) to: The Salvation Army, 45 Central Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07102; Airport Hotel North, LLC d/b/a Holiday Inn Newark International Airport North, 160 Frontage Road, Newark, New Jersey 07114; and Homecare Therapies, LLC d/b/a Horizon Healthcare Staffing Justin Corporation Center, 198 Route 9 North, Suite 107, Manalapan, New Jersey 07726 (the “Vendors”). (a copy of Emergency Contract # E-2020-07 is attached hereto and made a part of this resolution); and
WHEREAS, the Department of Health and Community Wellness is in immediate and emergent need for the Vendors to continue to secure supportive services, laundry, food, security, medical and maintenance, etc. to the residents in the City of Newark for the period of July 7, 2020 through January 6, 2021 or until such time as the City executes a contract; and
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-6 provides that emergency contracts may be entered into when an emergency affecting the public health, safety or welfare requires the immediate delivery of goods or the performance of services; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Health and Community Wellness desires to extend Emergency Contract # E2020-07 for the period of July 7, 2020 through January 6, 2021 or until such time as the City executes a contract for a total amount not to exceed One Million Ninety-One Thousand Two-Hundred and Five Dollars and Zero Cents ($1,091,205.00); and
WHEREAS, N.J.A.C. 5:34-6.1(a)3 provides that the emergency purchasing procedure may be used when the need for such goods or services has arisen notwithstanding a good faith effort on the part of a municipality to plan for the purchase of any goods or services required by the municipality; and
WHEREAS, the services of The Salvation Army, 45 Central Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07102 and Homecare Therapies, LLC d/b/a Horizon Healthcare Staffing Justin Corporation Center, 198 Route 9 North, Suite 107, Manalapan, New Jersey 07726, to the City of Newark (the “City”), is essential to the protection of the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the City during the COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, it is a matter of public health and welfare that the above-described emergency contract be extended because the City still needs to ensure the safety of the residents of the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, City Ordinance 6PSF-e adopted on April 6, 2011, Newark R.O. 2:5-13.2 (E) (1) (b) and (c) limits the period of Emergency Contracts to ninety (90) days and no extensions of emergency contracts shall be permitted without authorization by the Municipal Council by resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Mayor and/or his designee, the Business Administrator, are authorized to extend Emergency Contract #E2020-07 with The Salvation Army, 45 Central Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07102 and Homecare Therapies, LLC d/b/a Horizon Healthcare Staffing Justin Corporation Center, 198 Route 9 North, Suite 107, Manalapan, New Jersey 07726, for the term of July 7, 2020 through January 6, 2021 or until such time as the City executes a contract for a total amount not to exceed One Million Ninety-One Thousand Two-Hundred and Five Dollars and Zero Cents ($1,091,205.00).
2. This extension will allow for the continuation of supportive services, laundry, food, security, medical and maintenance in the City of Newark.
3. The extension of Emergency Contract #E2020-07 is ratified from July 7, 2020 to the date of adoption of this authorizing resolution.
4. For any and all expenditures against this contract, a Certification of the Availability of Sufficient Funds, as required by N.J.A.C. 5:30-5.5(b)(2), shall be executed before a contractual liability is incurred each time an order is placed from Account Code Line: Department of Health and Community Wellness/NW26-46540-B2020/NW051-G20-2H211-72030-B2020. This contract shall not exceed One Million Ninety-One Thousand Two-Hundred and Five Dollars and Zero Cents ($1,091,205.00).
5. The Qualified Purchasing Agent, for the City of Newark, has filed a copy of Emergency Contract #E2020-07, attached hereto, with the Office of the City Clerk.
6. If required by State Law, the City Clerk shall provide the appropriate notice of the award of this contract to the State Comptroller no later than twenty (20) business days following such award, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:15C-10 and the Notice of the Office of the State Comptroller dated May 7, 2008.
STATEMENT
This resolution ratifies and authorizes the Mayor and/or his designee, the Business Administrator, to extend Emergency Contract # E2020-07 with The Salvation Army, 45 Central Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07102 and Homecare Therapies, LLC d/b/a Horizon Healthcare Staffing Justin Corporation Center, 198 Route 9 North, Suite 107, Manalapan, New Jersey 07726, to secure supportive services, laundry, food, security, medical and maintenance, etc., for the term of July 7, 2020 through January 6, 2021 or until such time as the City executes a contract for a total amount not to exceed $1,091,205.00.