Township Council Meeting — Packet

188-25 August 12, 2025 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 THE WASHINGTON STREET CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PHASE 2 WHEREAS, the Township of West Orange wishes to perform improvements to the Washington Street corridor from Liberty Street to the City of East Orange limits; and WHEREAS, the Township has been awarded NJDOT Local Aid and Economic Development Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) grant funding in the amount of $707,000.00 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 TAP grant is additional funding is provided via a Design Assistance Program to cover the consultant’s cost if one of the five NJDOT prequalified consultants is selected to oversee this project, so as not to impact the $707,000.00 grant total; and WHEREAS, NJDOT conducted a TAP Set-Aside 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 Executed Federal Aid Agreement (Exhibit B) approved on July 17, 2025 for completing the Preliminary Engineering (PE) Phase of this project at a total cost of $155,437.29; and WHEREAS, Greenman – Pedersen, Inc., have performed similar work for the Township on several projects and their work quality is very good; and