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FLATS ROAD / TAYLOR CIRCLE COMMUNITY STORMWATER DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

MISSISSIPPI MUNICIPALITY & COUNTY WATER INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM (MCWI)

COUNTY OF WAYNE, MISSISSIPPI

ENGINEER’S PROJECT NO. WCBS-101-23

Sealed bids will be received by the Wayne County Board of Supervisors at the Wayne County Courthouse, located at 619 Azalea Drive, Waynesboro, MS 39367, until 10:00 a.m. local time on Monday, July 8, 2024, for supplying all labor, materials, and equipment necessary for construction of Flats Road / Taylor Circle Community Stormwater Drainage Improvement Project, also known as Engineer's Project No. WCBS-101-23. Bids will be opened in public and read aloud.

The Plans, Specifications, and Contract documents are on file and can be viewed and obtained online via the website of the Engineer of Record, Lawrence R. Clark, P.E., DBA Chas. N. Clark Associates at www.clarkengineersprojects.com. By use of the website the plan holders shall have the option of obtaining a hard copy of the Plans and Specifications and/or shall have the opportunity to submit an official bid online.

All hard copy proposals shall be directed to the attention of The Wayne County Board of Supervisors with the outside of the envelope marked “WCBS-101-23, Bid Proposal Flats Road / Taylor Circle Community Stormwater Drainage Improvement Project”. Online bids shall be accepted and opened as instructed on the website and in the contract documents.

Bidder must be qualified under Mississippi Law and show a Certificate of Responsibility issued by the Mississippi State Board of Public Contractors establishing the bidder’s classification as to the value and type of construction on which the bidder is authorized to bid. Each Bidder shall write their Certificate of Responsibility Number on the outside of the sealed envelope containing the proposal. No bidder may withdraw his bid within 90 days after the actual date of the opening thereof.

Awarding public contracts to non-resident Bidders will be on the same basis as the non-resident Bidder’s state awards contracts to Mississippi Contractors bidding under similar circumstances. In order to ensure that Mississippi’s so-called Golden Rule is followed state law requires a non-resident bidder to attach to his bid a copy of his resident state’s current laws pertaining to such state’s treatment of resident contractors.

Each Bidder must deposit with his proposal a Certified Check or Bid Bond in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the bid, payable to Wayne County, Mississippi, as bid security.

Basis of Award: The award, if made, will be to the lowest and best qualified bidder. The Board intends to accept the lowest and best bid and reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids.

Contract Time as Advertised shall be 100 Working Days from the effective date shown in the Notice to Proceed.

Wayne County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Wayne County Board of Supervisors hereby notifies all Bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that in a contract entered pursuant to this advertisement Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual preference, marital or veteran status, or any other legally protected status in consideration for an award.

Wayne County reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any informalities or irregularities therein. Bidders are hereby notified that any proposal accompanied by letter qualifying in any manner the condition under which the proposal is tendered will be considered an irregular bid, and such proposals will not be considered in making the award.

R. Keith Clay, President

Wayne County Board of Supervisors

Dates of Publication: June 6, 2024 & June 13, 2024

WCBS-101-23

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