Title
Dept/ Agency: Engineering
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Bid Contract
Purpose: Street Paving - Citywide Streets 2022
Entity Name: JA Alexander, Inc.
Entity Address: 130-158 JFK Drive, Bloomfield, New Jersey 07003
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $5,214,466.55
Funding Source: Capital Projects Grant
Contract Period: 365 consecutive calendar days from the date of the issuance of a formal Notice to Proceed
Contract Basis: (X) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
(X) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
2021 Budget allocation in the amount of $2,811,294.54.
Funds from Budget Year 2021: Capital Projects Grant in the amount of $2,811,294.54.
Partial Certification of Funds in the amount of $2,811,294.54.
Bids Solicited: July 7, 2022
Bids Received: Four (4)
Bids Rejected: Three (3)
Bids Re-Solicited:
Bids Received:
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark, Department of Engineering, Division of Traffic and Signals (the "City"), advertised for receipt of bids on June 10, 2022, for street paving for Contract #2022-02, Citywide Streets 2022; and
WHEREAS, on June 23, 2022, the City provided vendors who picked up a bid with Addendum #1; and
WHEREAS, on July 7, 2021, the City received four (4) bids for Contract #2022-02, Citywide Streets 2022 in the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, based on a review of the bids, the Acting Director of the Department of Engineering desires to accept the bid proposal submitted by the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, JA Alexander, Inc., 130-158 JFK Drive, Bloomfield, New Jersey 07003 and enter into and execute Contract #2022-02, Citywide Streets 2022, for the total bid amount not to exceed Five Million Two Hundred Fourteen Thousand Four Hundred Sixty-Six Dollars and Fifty-Five Cents ($5,214,466.55).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Mayor of the City of Newark and/or his designee, the Acting Director of the Department of Engineering, are hereby authorized on behalf of the City of Newark to accept the bid proposal submitted by the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, JA Alexander, Inc., 130-158 JFK Drive, Bloomfield, New Jersey 07003, and enter into and execute Contract #2022-02, Citywide Streets 2022 for street paving in the City of Newark, for the total bid amount not to exceed Five Million Two Hundred Fourteen Thousand Four Hundred Sixty-Six Dollars and Fifty-Five Cents ($5,214,466.55).
2. Pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:30-5.5(a), a Temporary Budget, attached hereto is a partial Certification of Funds issued by the Chief Financial Officer, which states funds in the amount of Two Million Eight Hundred Eleven Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Four Dollars and Fifty-Four Cents ($2,811,294.54) are available from Business Unit 045, Dept. 21A, Div./Proj. 21A22, Account# 94710, Budget Ref. B2021, for the purpose set forth hereinabove.
3. No changes to this contract are allowed without prior Municipal Council approval.
4. A fully executed copy of the contract shall be filed in the Office of the City Clerk by the Acting Director of the Department of Engineering.
5. This contract is to be completed within a period of 365 consecutive calendar days from the date of the issuance of a formal Notice to Proceed by the Acting Director of the Department of Engineering.
6. The public bidding process under the New Jersey Local Public Contracts Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1, et seq., complies with the Fair and Open Process of the State of New Jersey Local Unit Pay-to-Play Law, N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.5, et seq.
7. The list of streets covered by this contract are as follows:
LOCATION
FROM
TO
Broad St
Grant St
Washington Pl
Center St / Park Pl
Park Pl
Broad St
Green St
Mulberry St
University Ave
Market St
Mulberry St
McCarter Hwy
Prince St
W Kinney St
Spruce St
Ridge St
Bloomfield Ave
Victoria Ave / 6th Ave
13th Ave
Norfolk St
Howard St
Franklin St Parking Lot
Mulberry St
Broad St
17th Ave Parking Lot
Livingston St
Irvine Turner Blvd
William St Parking Lot
Washington St
University Ave
Mulberry St Crossing (Arena)
Edison Pl
Lafayette St
Mulberry St Crossing (Fed Court)
Cottage St
Beach St
Goodwin Ave
Hawthorne Ave
Fessenden Pl
Fessenden Pl
Wolcott Terr
Goodwin Ave
Wolcott Terr
Hawthorne Ave
Fessenden Pl
Patten Pl
Wolcott Terr
Goodwin Ave
S 16th St
18th Ave (midblock)
Avon Ave
Hill St
Washington St
Broad St
Lincoln Pk
Lincoln Pk
Broad St
Franklin St
Mulberry St
Broad St
Federal Square
Franklin St
End
Clinton Ave
Irvington City Limit
Shanley Ave
Nye Ave / Watson Ave
Bergen St
Elizabeth Ave
Broad St
Route 1&9 Viaduct
Gillette Pl
Cortland Pl
Ferry St
Horatio St
Nursery St
Summer Ave
Broadway
Halsey St
W Kinney St
Lincoln Pk
Jefferson St
Thomas St
End
Mt Prospect Ave
Abington Ave
Ballantine Pkwy
Mt Prospect Ave
Delavan Ave
Elwood Ave
Ridgewood Ave
W Runyon St
Marie Pl
Fabyan Pl
Nye Ave
Lyons Ave
Fabyan Pl
Lyons Ave
Chancellor Ave
Fabyan Pl
Chancellor Ave
Keer Ave
Buffington St
Fabyan Pl
End
Loretto St
Fabyan Pl
End
Selvage St
Fabyan Pl
End
Shaw Ave
Fabyan Pl
End
Pierce St
Springfield Ave
Woodland Ave
Yates Ave
Osborne Terr
Seymour Ave
8. 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 authorizes the Mayor of the City of Newark and/or his designee, the Acting Director of the Department of Engineering, to accept the bid proposal submitted by the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, JA Alexander, Inc., 130-158 JFK Drive, Bloomfield, New Jersey 07003, and enter into and execute Contract #2022-02, Citywide Streets 2022 for street paving in the City of Newark, for the total bid amount not to exceed $5,214,466.55. This contract is to be completed within a period of 365 consecutive calendar days from the issuance of a formal Notice to Proceed by the Acting Director of the Department of Engineering.