NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Notice is hereby given that written sealed semi-annual term bids for asphalt for the period of

January 1, 2026, through June 30, 2026, will be received by the Rankin County Board of

Supervisors until 4:00 p.m. November 26, 2025. Paper bids can be submitted to the Rankin

County Board of Supervisors at 211 East Government Street, Suite A, Brandon, MS 39042.

Electronic bids can be submitted at www.centralbidding.com. Bids will be opened on December

1, 2025, at 9:00 a.m.

Sealed bids will be for the supplying of all labor, equipment, and materials necessary for cold milling of bituminous paving, plant mix bituminous base course, hot bituminous pavement, surface course, ultra-thin asphalt pavement, crack sealing, and bituminous surface and base mixtures to be placed on public roads in Rankin County.

All bidders submitting bids in response to this Notice acknowledge and agree that any bid accepted shall be automatically available to municipalities located in Rankin County, if any, who have entered into an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement with the Rankin County Board of

Supervisors indicating that said municipality or municipalities intend to participate in the

County’s Commodity Term Bid Procedure.

By submitting a sealed bid, Bidders are acknowledging and agreeing to commit to and honor pricing submitted in response to this Notice in the event that the following municipalities located in Rankin County enter into an interlocal agreement with Rankin County providing for their participation with the County in the labor, equipment and materials that form the basis of this semi-annual bid: The cities of Brandon, Florence, Flowood, Pearl, Richland, and the towns of

Pelahatchie and Puckett. In order to participate with the County in this semi-annual bid procedure and in order to be eligible for the pricing set forth in the awarded bid response, each participating municipality must enter into an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement with Rankin

County which must be approved by the Office of the Mississippi Attorney General.

The Board is acting under the authority of Section 31-7-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, Amended, and reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

BID NUMBER: 26-300-2 Semi-Annual Asphalt

Official bid documents may be obtained by contacting the Rankin County Purchasing Office at

601-825-9601, hewitt.pittman@rankincounty.org, or downloaded from Central Bidding at www.centralbidding.com. For any questions relating to the electronic bidding process, please call Central Bidding at 225-810-4814.

Published by the order of the Rankin County Board of Supervisors, Brandon, Mississippi dated

October 6, 2025

Mark S. Scarborough, Clerk of the Board

Publication Dates: November 5, 2025, and November 12, 2025 http://www.centralbidding.com/ mailto:hewitt.pittman@rankincounty.org http://www.centralbidding.com/