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 11, 2015 and continuing though the Authority’s next reorganization meeting in February 2016, upon the terms and conditions, including the hourly rates, set forth therein.
- DeCotiis, FitzPatrick & Cole, LLP as Special Counsel to provide general and specialized legal services in connection with the Authority’s solid waste programs and activities, for a sum not to exceed $125,000.
- Pawar, Gilagllon & Rudy, LLC Special Counsel to provide legal services for 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.
- NW Financial Group as Financial Advisor to provide financial services and technical consultation services, for a sum for a sum not to exceed $5,000.00.
- CME Associates as General Consulting Engineer to provide general engineering services, for a sum not to exceed $25,000.00.
- Arcadis (formerly Malcolm Pirnie) as Special Monitoring Engineer to provide monitoring engineering 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.
- Brown & Brown Metro, Inc. to provide insurance brokerage services in connection with the Authority’s participation in the New Jersey Utilities Authorities Joint Insurance Fund (the “JIF”), to be paid by the JIF in an amount not to exceed $3,000.00; and to provide additional such services for other Authority purposes as set forth in the attached form of contract.
- Winning Strategies Public Relations, LLC to provide Public Relations Services for a sum not to exceed $6,000.00.
- 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.
- Suplee Clooney and Company, to provide auditing services as needed by the Authority for a sum not to exceed $31,000.00.
- Lerch, Vinci, & Higgins, LLP to provide special auditing services as needed by the Authority in a total annual amount not to exceed $25,000.00.