The Union County Utilities Authority has awarded the contracts listed below, without competitive bidding, as professional services pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a). These contracts are being awarded after a solicitation through a Fair and Open Process in accordance N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.4 et seq. The contracts, and the resolutions authorizing them, are available for public inspection during regular business hours, in the office of the Clerk of the Union County Utilities Authority, 1499 Route 1&9 North, Rahway, New Jersey. The following contracts have been awarded for a period commencing on February 10, 2016 and continuing though the Authority’s next reorganization meeting in February 2017, upon the terms and conditions, including the hourly rates, set forth therein.
- DeCotiis, Fitzpatrick, Cole and Giblin, LLC as Solid Waste Counsel to provide legal services in connection with the Authority’s solid waste programs and activities, for a sum not to exceed $125,000.
- Pawar, Gilgallon & Rudy, LLC as Special Counsel to provide enforcement and other legal services that may be needed, for a sum not to exceed $25,000.00.
- Weber Dowd Law, LLC, as General Counsel, lead enforcement counsel, and to provide other legal services that may be needed, for a sum not to exceed $150,000.00.
- Murphy Orlando, LLC to provide legal services in connection with personnel matters and other legal services that may be needed for a sum not to exceed $25,000.00.
- NW Financial Group, LLC as Financial Advisor to provide financial services and technical consultation services, for a sum not to exceed $25,000.00.
- CME Associates as General Consulting Engineer to provide general engineering services, for a sum not to exceed $25,000.00.
- Arcadis as Special Monitoring Engineer to provide monitoring and other engineering services as needed, for a sum not to exceed $120,000.00.
- Comprehensive Assistance & Referral–Trinitas Hospital to provide employee counseling services, for a sum not to exceed $1,000.00.
- Business & Government Insurance Agency, Inc. to provide insurance brokerage and consultant services for Authority purposes as set forth in the attached form of contract.
- Direct Development Design and Communications to provide Public Relations Services for a sum not to exceed $6,000.00.
- Suplee Clooney & Company to perform Auditing Services as needed by the Authority for a sum not to exceed $31,000.
- All Covered (a division of Konica Minolta Business Solutions, U.S.A., Inc.) to provide information technology consulting services to the Authority on a monthly fee basis, with a total annual amount not to exceed $24,000.00.