Township Council Meeting — Packet

344-24 December 10, 2024 R E S O L U T I O N- AWARDING A CONTRACT FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING (PE) SERVICES TO GREENMAN – PEDERSEN, INC FOR 2022 NJDOT SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL (SRTS) IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WHEREAS, the Township of West Orange wishes to perform improvements to the 2022 Safe Routes to School (SRTS); and WHEREAS, the Township has been selected by the New Jersey Dept. of Transportation (NJDOT) in partnership with the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA), the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC), and the South Jersey Transportation Planning Organization (SJTPO) for a grant funding in the amount of $920,000.00 for this project; and WHEREAS, the Township requires the services of a professional engineering firm and land surveying firm to oversee the Preliminary Engineering (PE) phase of this project; and WHEREAS, one of the distinctive features of this grant is additional funding is provided via a Design Assistance Program to cover the consultant’s cost if one of the four NJDOT prequalified consultants is selected to oversee this project, so as not to impact the $920,000.00 grant total; and WHEREAS, NJDOT conducted a review of the Design Assistance Consultant Selection by evaluating, rating and ranking consultants and Greenman – Pedersen, Inc. (GPI) was one of the four consultants qualified through this process to perform these services; and WHEREAS, the Township needs to endorse GPI contract (Exhibit A) that serves as the Notice to Proceed, so that Preliminary Engineering (PE) commence for this project; and WHEREAS, GPI has submitted a proposal as part of the Federal Aid Agreement (Exhibit B) for completing the Preliminary Engineering (PE) Phase of this project at a total cost of $338,880.15; and WHEREAS, Greenman – Pedersen, Inc., have performed similar work for the Township on several projects and their work quality is very good; and WHEREAS, the Municipal Engineer recommends the professional services contract be awarded to Greenman – Pedersen, Inc., 301 Gibraltar Drive, Suite 2A, Morris Plains, NJ 07950 for the Preliminary Engineering (PE) Phase of this project; and