12129-20240412101648 JONESTOWN CONSTRUCT.pdf

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The Town of Jonestown, Mississippi:

Owner Vivian Burnett, Mayor 267 Main Street Jonestown, MS 38639

Separate sealed Bids for the construction of:

2024 Jonestown Drainage DRA Project #MS-54539 will be received by the Town of Jonestown at 267 Main Street, Jonestown, Mississippi 38639 until 2:00 P.M. local time on Tuesday, May 21st, 2024, and thereafter will be opened and publicly read.

The project consists of the following major Items:

° Removal and replacement of storm drainage pipes.

° 1,184 square yards of concrete ditch paving.

° Grading and shaping approximately 1,775 linear feet of drainage ditches and appurtenances shown in more detail in the Plans, Specifications, and Contract Documents.

A NON-MANDATORY Pre-Bid Conference will be held at The Jonestown Town Hall at 10:00 A.M. local time on Tuesday, May 14th, 2024, in order to discuss the scope and schedule for the Project.

Copies of the Contract Documents may be obtained at the office of the Engineer, Smith & Weiland, Surveyors and Engineers Inc., upon payment of $100.00, NON- REFUNDABLE, for each set. Please send remittance to: Smith & Weiland, Surveyors and Engineers, Inc., 728 Cherry Street, Helena, AR 72342. (ph. 870.338.6550), anna@smithweiland.com .

Each bid must be submitted in a sealed envelope, addressed to the Town Clerk, Town of Jonestown, 267 Main Street, Jonestown, Mississippi 38639. Each envelope must be plainly marked on the outside as “Bid for Jonestown Drainage Improvements” and must bear on the outside the date the bid is to be opened. Opened bids will be presented for consideration at a regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Jonestown.

Each bid shall be accompanied by a Bidder’s Bond issued by a Surety Company licensed to operate in the State of Mississippi, in the amount of 5% of the total bid price, as a guarantee that if the bid is accepted, the Bidder will enter into a contract and execute the Performance and Payment bonds in the form and within the time specified.

The successful Bidder will be required to execute a Performance Bond and a Payment Bond, each in the amount of 100% of the Contract, issued by a Surety Company licensed to operate in the State of Mississippi and shall be named in the current list of "Companies Holding Certificates of Authority as Acceptable Sureties on Federal Bonds and as Acceptable Reinsuring Companies" as published in Circular 570 (amended) by the Audit mailto:anna@smithweiland.com

Staff Bureau of Accounts, U.S. Treasury Department.

Each Bidder shall have a Certificate of Responsibility to bid on contracts for public projects in which the bid price exceeds $50,000.00 and for private projects in which the bid price exceeds $100,000.00 as required by the laws of the State of Mississippi. Each Bidder shall show on the outside of the envelope containing his bid: his current certificate of responsibility number and expiration date or if applicable, a statement certifying that the bid enclosed does not exceed $50,000.00 for a public project or $100,000.00 for a private project. Failure to show these items on the outside of the envelope containing the bid will result in the bid being returned to Bidder unopened.

No Bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of sixty (60) days after the date of the actual bid opening, without the Owner's consent.

The City of Jonestown reserves the right to reject any or all bids in whole or in part, with or without cause; and to accept the lowest bid which in its judgment will be in the best interest of the City of Jonestown.

This Contract shall be completed within sixty (60) days of the Notice to Proceed per Contract documents.

Patricia Malone, Town Clerk

Thursday, April 18th, 2024 & Thursday, April 25th, 2024 Publish Date(s):