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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Services Contract
Purpose: First Amendment to the Agreement to provide legal services concerning Bond Matters.
Entity Name: DeCotiis, Fitzpatrick, Cole and Giblin, LLP
Entity Address: 61 South Paramus Road, Suite 250, Paramus, New Jersey 07652
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $200,000.00
Funding Source: City of Newark Bond Note Proceeds
Contract Period: January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
(X) Fair & Open (X) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Resolution 7R6-c adopted on December 20, 2023, awarded a contract for the period of March 1, 2024 through February 28, 2025, for a contract amount not to exceed ($200,000.00).
This First Amendment will amend the contract term to January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024 and change the funding source to Bond Note Proceed and amend the Agreement to reflect the same.
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WHEREAS, Legal Services are Professional Services and are exempt from the requirements for public bidding pursuant to the Local Public Contracts Law, more specifically, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i); and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council, by Resolution 7R6-c, adopted on December 20, 2023, awarded a contract to DeCotiis, Fitzpatrick, Cole & Giblin, LLP, 61 South Paramus Road, Suite 250, Paramus, New Jersey 07652, to provide legal services concerning Bond Matters, in an amount not to exceed Two Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($200,000.00), for a period of March 1, 2024 through February 28, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark wishes to change the contract period from the erroneous period of March 1, 2024 through February 28, 2025 to January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024; and
WHEREAS, the contract ...
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