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Dept/ Agency: Water and Sewer Utilities
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Services Contract
Purpose: To provide Engineering Analysis of High Hazard Dams.
Entity Name: GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc.
Entity Address: 55 Lane Road, Suite 407, Fairfield, New Jersey 07004
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $496,440.00
Funding Source: 2022 Budget/Department of Water and Sewer Utilities/NW037-750-7502-71240
Contract Period: Commencing upon the issuance of Notice to Proceed to the completion of construction pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40(A):11-15(9)
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:
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark (the "City") requires Professional Engineering Services to conduct Engineering Analysis of High Hazard Dam for the City, and as such, the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) on January 22, 2022; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities distributed ten (10) RFQ packages to prospective vendors following the date of Advertisement;
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WHEREAS, on February 9, 2022, the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities received three (3) proposals in response to its RFQ; and
WHEREAS, the City is abandoning RFQ Project in order to expand the project scope of work and has substantially revised the scope of work, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-13.2(d); and
WHEREAS, due to the urgency of the project, the Director of the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities has determined to proceed with the award of a contract without a competitive process through a Non-Fair and Open process; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to conduct Engineering Analysis at several high hazard dams, as well as conduct regular dam inspections on a...
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