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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 Workers Compensation Counsel.
Entity Name: Chasan, Lamparello, Mallon and Cappuzo, P.C.
Entity Address: 300 Lighting Way, Suite 200, Secaucus, New Jersey 07094
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $120,000.00
Funding Source: 2021 Budget/Law Department
Contract Period: January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021
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:
Resolution 7R6-c adopted on May 19, 2021 awarded a contract in an amount not to exceed $100,000.00 for the period of January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021.
The First Amendment will increase the contract amount by $20,000.00, for a total contract amount not to exceed $120,000.00.
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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, by Resolution 7R6-c, adopted on May 19, 2021, awarded a contract to Chasan, Lamparello, Mallon and Cappuzzo, P.C., 300 Lighting Way, Secaucus, New Jersey 07094, to provide legal services concerning Workers Compensation Matters, in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($100,000.00), for a period of January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021; and
WHEREAS, Chasan Lamparello Mallon and Cappuzzo, P.C., has outstanding legal bills, which has exhausted the total contract amount; and
WHEREAS, Chasan Lamparello Mallon and Cappuzzo, P.C., continues to vigorously defend the City of Newark in Workers Compensation matters in which bills have been submitted f...
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