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Dept/ Agency: Administration/ Division of Central Purchasing
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Cooperative Purchasing Agreement
Purpose: To purchase pedestrian crosswalk safety audible pushbuttons through HGAC Contract #PE05-21.
Entity Name: Signal Control Products, Inc.
Entity Address: 199 Evans Way, Branchburg, New Jersey 08876
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $191,402.00
Funding Source: 2021 Budget/Department of Engineering/NW045-21A-21A24-94710-B2021
Contract Period: Upon approval of the Municipal Council through April 30, 2023
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:
The Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) Cooperative Purchasing Contract #PE05-21 will purchase pedestrian crosswalk safety audible pushbuttons.
The purchase will result in a cost savings to the City.
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WHEREAS, the Municipal Council of the City of Newark (the "City") authorized the joining of the Houston-Galveston Area Council ("H-GAC") by Resolution 7R1-c dated January 6, 2016; and
WHEREAS, the City in furtherance of its goals to search for lower costs, greater efficiency and improved product quality, wishes to enter into a contract for cooperative purchasing; and
WHEREAS, cooperative purchasing is an inclusive term used to describe all purchasing systems where two or more local contracting units join together for the provision or performance of goods or services as provided for by the Local Public Contracts Law N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1et seq.; and
WHEREAS, the purchase of goods or services by two (2) or more contracting units increases proportionate saving in costs gained by an increased level of production; and
WHEREAS, the City, a sub-political body of t...
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