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Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of the Business Administrator
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Extraordinary Unspecifiable Services
Purpose: To provide Lobbying Services.
Entity Name: Winning Strategies Washington, LLC
Entity Address: 409 Seventh Street, N.W., Suite 450, Washington, D.C. 20004
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $180,000.00
Funding Source: 2022 Budget/Department of Administration/Fund NW051, Dept. ID G22, Project ARP2Q, Activity A, Account #71280, Budget Ref. 2022
Contract Period: March 1, 2023 through February 29, 2024
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor () Prof. Ser. (X) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) N/A
Additional Information:
This contract will provide lobbying services for the City of Newark, more specifically, to develop and execute a comprehensive government affairs strategy to advocate and advance funding requests for the City's priorities through the annual appropriations process and federal competitive grants, as well as track and secure existing infrastructure resources as the Biden Administration implements the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark, Department of Administration (the "City"), wishes to obtain lobbying services to advance and develop a comprehensive strategy to advocate and advance funding for the City's priorities, among other things; and
WHEREAS, lobbying services require specialized expertise; and
WHEREAS, under the Local Public Contracts Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 et. seq. (the "LPCL"), a municipality may enter into a contract for the performance of services without competitive public bidding, if the services being procured qualify as extraordinary unspecifiable services; and
WHEREAS, Winning Strategies Washington, LLC, (herei...
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