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John Brooks Recovery Center

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SUBJECT: Bid Tabulation Results for John Brooks Recovery Center

MESSAGE:

This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.

Records requested:

Please send the final and compiled bid tabulation (Bid Tally), including all quantities and unit pricing for each bidder, for John Brooks Recovery Center that was submitted on 1/22/2019.

Below is an example of the format we are looking for that the engineer usually creates at the completion of the bid:

| | |

| BIDDER 1 | BIDDER 2 |

————————————————————————————————

Item | Description | QNT | UNIT | AMOUNT | UNIT | AMOUNT |

| | | | |

| | | | |

| | | | |

| | | | |

Please send all documents electronically.

Thanks,
PPA

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Flynn_Kaitlyn,

Thank you for your email. I am currently out of the office until Tuesday,
June 20, 2023, and will respond to your email upon my return. If this is a
pressing matter, please contact Kari Scull at [email address]. If
this is related to OPRA, please contact Sarah Kiamos at
[email address].

 

Kindest regards,

 

Kaitlyn Flynn

Assistant County Counsel,

Atlantic County Department of Law

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Kiamos_Sarah,

CUSTODIAN CLARIFICATION REQUEST TO OPRA REQUEST 396-2023

 

June 22, 2023

 

Your request: Please send the final and compiled bid tabulation (Bid
Tally), including all quantities and unit pricing for each bidder, for
John Brooks Recovery Center that was submitted on 1/22/2019.

 

Below is an example of the format we are looking for that the engineer
usually creates at the completion of the bid:

 

|                                   |                                   |

 

|         BIDDER 1         |         BIDDER 2          |

 

————————————————————————————————

 

Item |  Description |  QNT |    UNIT |  AMOUNT    |    UNIT |  AMOUNT   |

 

|                     |           |                                  
|                                   |

 

|                     |           |                                  
|                                   |

 

|                     |           |                                  
|                                   |

 

|                     |           |
                                  |                                   |

 

Please send all documents electronically.

 

At this time, your request is overly broad and unclear, and I am therefore
requesting clarification. Your request is overly broad, unclear and fails
to specify the documents you are seeking with particularity and would
require the custodian to research which documents are responsive. 
Currently, your request is for a class of various documents rather than a
request for a specific identifiable government record and OPRA does not
require custodians to research files to discern which records may be
responsive to a request.  The request you have submitted fails to identify
with reasonable clarity the specific government records sought, as is
required by Bent v. Stafford Police Department, 381 N.J.Super. 30, 37
(App. Div.  2005). The New Jersey Superior Court has held that “OPRA … is
not intended as a research tool litigants may use to force government
officials to identify and siphon useful information.  Rather, OPRA simply
operates to make identifiable government records ‘readily accessible for
inspection, copying, or examination.’  N.J.S.A. § 47:1A-1.” MAG
Entertainment, LLC v. Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, 375 N.J.
Super. 534, 546 (App. Div. 2005).  In short, OPRA does not countenance
open-ended searches of an agency’s files.”  (Emphasis added.)  Id. at
549.  Further, in Bent, the Appellate Division held that a proper request
under OPRA must identify with reasonable clarity those documents that are
desired, and a party cannot satisfy this requirement by simply requesting
all of an agency’s documents.”  Please identify with reasonable clarity
the documents that you are seeking on or before July 3^rd, 2023.

 

Sincerely,

 

Sarah Kiamos, Legal Secretary/ Confidential Aide

Atlantic County Dept. of Law

County Counsel Office

1333 Atlantic Avenue., 8^th Floor

Atlantic City, New Jersey 08401

Phone:  (609) 345-6700, ext. 2310

Fax:      (609) 343-2373

Email:   [1][email address]

 

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Kiamos_Sarah,

CUSTODIAN RESPONSE TO OPRA 396-2023

 

July 5, 2023

 

You have submitted an Open Public Records Request and have indicated your
preferred method of delivery is email.

 

Your request: Please send the final and compiled bid tabulation (Bid
Tally), including all quantities and unit pricing for each bidder, for
John Brooks Recovery Center that was submitted on 1/22/2019.

 

Below is an example of the format we are looking for that the engineer
usually creates at the completion of the bid:

 

|                                   |                                   |

 

|         BIDDER 1         |         BIDDER 2          |

 

————————————————————————————————

 

Item |  Description |  QNT |    UNIT |  AMOUNT    |    UNIT |  AMOUNT   |

 

|                     |           |                                  
|                                   |

 

|                     |           |                                  
|                                   |

 

|                     |           |                                  
|                                   |

 

|                     |           |
                                  |                                   |

 

Please send all documents electronically.

 

 

Please be advised that your request is being denied as overly broad and
for failure to provide clarification.  We were unable to process your
request because you failed to provide the clarification that was requested
on June 22, 2023.  As explained in the June 22, 2023 email, your request
is broad, unclear and fails to specify the documents you are seeking with
particularity and would require the custodian to research which documents
are responsive. Your request fails to identify with reasonable clarity the
specific government records sought, as is required by Bent v. Stafford
Police Department, 381 N.J.Super. 30, 37 (App. Div.  2005). The New Jersey
Superior Court has held that “OPRA … is not intended as a research tool
litigants may use to force government officials to identify and siphon
useful information.  Rather, OPRA simply operates to make identifiable
government records ‘readily accessible for inspection, copying, or
examination.’  N.J.S.A. § 47:1A-1.” MAG Entertainment, LLC v. Division of
Alcoholic Beverage Control, 375 N.J. Super. 534, 546 (App. Div. 2005).  In
short, OPRA does not countenance open-ended searches of an agency’s
files.”  (Emphasis added.)  Id. at 549.  Further, in Bent, the Appellate
Division held that a proper request under OPRA must identify with
reasonable clarity those documents that are desired, and a party cannot
satisfy this requirement by simply requesting all of an agency’s
documents.”

 

Sincerely,

 

Sarah Kiamos, Legal Secretary/ Confidential Aide

Atlantic County Dept. of Law

County Counsel Office

1333 Atlantic Avenue., 8^th Floor

Atlantic City, New Jersey 08401

Phone:  (609) 345-6700, ext. 2310

Fax:      (609) 343-2373

Email:   [1][email address]

 

 

From: Kiamos_Sarah
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2023 8:47 AM
To: [OPRA #46477 email]
Cc: Flynn_Kaitlyn <[email address]>
Subject: CUSTODIAN CLARIFICATION REQUEST TO OPRA REQUEST 396-2023

 

CUSTODIAN CLARIFICATION REQUEST TO OPRA REQUEST 396-2023

 

June 22, 2023

 

Your request: Please send the final and compiled bid tabulation (Bid
Tally), including all quantities and unit pricing for each bidder, for
John Brooks Recovery Center that was submitted on 1/22/2019.

 

Below is an example of the format we are looking for that the engineer
usually creates at the completion of the bid:

 

|                                   |                                   |

 

|         BIDDER 1         |         BIDDER 2          |

 

————————————————————————————————

 

Item |  Description |  QNT |    UNIT |  AMOUNT    |    UNIT |  AMOUNT   |

 

|                     |           |                                  
|                                   |

 

|                     |           |                                  
|                                   |

 

|                     |           |                                  
|                                   |

 

|                     |           |
                                  |                                   |

 

Please send all documents electronically.

 

At this time, your request is overly broad and unclear, and I am therefore
requesting clarification. Your request is overly broad, unclear and fails
to specify the documents you are seeking with particularity and would
require the custodian to research which documents are responsive. 
Currently, your request is for a class of various documents rather than a
request for a specific identifiable government record and OPRA does not
require custodians to research files to discern which records may be
responsive to a request.  The request you have submitted fails to identify
with reasonable clarity the specific government records sought, as is
required by Bent v. Stafford Police Department, 381 N.J.Super. 30, 37
(App. Div.  2005). The New Jersey Superior Court has held that “OPRA … is
not intended as a research tool litigants may use to force government
officials to identify and siphon useful information.  Rather, OPRA simply
operates to make identifiable government records ‘readily accessible for
inspection, copying, or examination.’  N.J.S.A. § 47:1A-1.” MAG
Entertainment, LLC v. Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, 375 N.J.
Super. 534, 546 (App. Div. 2005).  In short, OPRA does not countenance
open-ended searches of an agency’s files.”  (Emphasis added.)  Id. at
549.  Further, in Bent, the Appellate Division held that a proper request
under OPRA must identify with reasonable clarity those documents that are
desired, and a party cannot satisfy this requirement by simply requesting
all of an agency’s documents.”  Please identify with reasonable clarity
the documents that you are seeking on or before July 3^rd, 2023.

 

Sincerely,

 

Sarah Kiamos, Legal Secretary/ Confidential Aide

Atlantic County Dept. of Law

County Counsel Office

1333 Atlantic Avenue., 8^th Floor

Atlantic City, New Jersey 08401

Phone:  (609) 345-6700, ext. 2310

Fax:      (609) 343-2373

Email:   [2][email address]

 

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2. mailto:[email address]

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