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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 concerning Litigation Defense Matters.
Entity Name: Rainone, Coughlin, Minchello, LLC
Entity Address: 555 US Highway One South, Suite 440, Iselin, New Jersey 08830
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $109,379.50
Funding Source: 2021 Budget/Law Department
Contract Period: January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
(X) Fair & Open (X) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP (X) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Resolution 7R6-I adopted on December 22, 2020, awarded a contract in an amount not to exceed $75,000.00 for the period of January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021.
The First Amendment will increase the contract amount by $34,379.50, for a new total contract amount not to exceed $109,379.50.
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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-I, adopted on December 22, 2020, awarded a contract to Rainone, Coughlin, Minchello, LLC, 555 US Highway One South, Suite 440, Iselin, New Jersey 08830, to provide legal services as Litigation Defense Counsel, in an amount not to exceed Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($75,000.00), for a period of January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021; and
WHEREAS, Rainone, Coughlin, Minchello, LLC, on or about October 2021 expended the $75,000.00 and continued to provide legal services at the request of the Corporation Counsel for the remainder of the contract period; and
WHEREAS, the outstanding legal invoice...
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