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Dept/ Agency: Water and Sewer Utilities
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Bid Contract
Purpose: To provide for the replacement of Fire Hydrants - Contract 05-WS2024
Entity Name: Shauger Property Services, Inc.
Entity Address: 429 Dodd Street, East Orange, New Jersey 07017
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $2,570,000.00
Funding Source: 2025 and 2026 Capital Budget/Department of Water and Sewer Utilities/ NW037-750-7505-71960-B2025 and NW038-800-8007-71970-B2025
Contract Period: 365 calendar days from the date of the written Notice to Proceed
Contract Basis: (X) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Bid Packages Distributed: Eleven (11)
Bids Received: Six (6)
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark (the "City") advertised Contract #05-WS2024 replacement of Fire Hydrants located at various locations in the City of Newark, on January 9, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities (the "Department") distributed Eleven (11) bid packages to prospective vendors following the date of bid advertisement; and
WHEREAS, on January 30, 2025, the Department received six (6) bids for said project in accordance with the Local Public Contracts Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, after review of the bids the Department determined that the lowest bidder Underground Utilities Corporation was rejected as non-responsive for failure to comply with MBE/WBE Utilization requirements; and
WHEREAS, Shauger Property Services, Inc., 429 Dodd Street, East Orange, New Jersey 07017 submitted the lowest responsive and responsible bid, according to the specifications and in the total amount of Two Million Five Hundred Seventy Thousand Zero Dollars a...
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