1430-20250917100243 BAY ST LOUIS.pdf

25.06 Advertisement to Bid

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed bids will be received by the Bay St. Louis – Waveland School District School Board of Education, in the Board Room of the Bay St. Louis – Waveland School District Administration Building in Bay St. Louis, MS, until 2:00pm, local time, on Thursday, October 30th, 2025, and then and there publicly opened and read for the following project:

Bay High Baseball Locker Room Addition & Renovation Bay St. Louis – Waveland School District Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

In accordance with plans and specifications prepared by:

JS|ARCHITECT, PLLC

Gulfport, MS john@jsarch.design

Bid documents shall be available via paper copy. Bidders are required to log-in or register an account at www.jsarchplans.com to view and order Bid Documents. All plan holders are required to have a valid email address for registration. Bid documents must be purchased through this website.

Registration is required to ensure inclusion on the Plan Holders list to be added to the distribution list for any Addendum or Clarifications during the Bidding process.

Proposals shall be submitted on the Bid Form provided in the Specifications along with the required bid security in the form of Certified Check, Cashier's Check or acceptable Bid Bond, payable to the Bay St. Louis – Waveland School District, in amount equal to five percent (5%) of the base bid; such security to be forfeited as liquidated damages, not penalty, by any bidder who may be awarded the contract but who fails to carry out the terms of the proposal, execute the contract and post-performance bond in the form and amount within the time specified.

At the Bidders option, in lieu of submitting a physical sealed Bid, electronic bids may be submitted at www.jsarchplans.com. Bids shall be received electronically until the date/time as stated above. Bidders with any questions regarding the electronic bidding process should call Plan House Printing at (228) 248-0181.

Electronic submittal of Bids is not required.

All bids submitted in excess of $50,000.00 by a prime or subcontractor to do any erection, building, construction, repair, maintenance or related work, must comply with Section 31-3-21, Mississippi Code of 1972, by having a current Certificate of Responsibility from the State Board of Public Contractors. The current Certificate of Responsibility Number shall be indicated on the exterior http://www.asaplans.com/ http://www.jsarchplans.com/ tel:2282480181

25.06 Advertisement to Bid

of the sealed bid envelope before it can be opened. If the bid is not in excess of $50,000, "THIS BID SHALL NOT EXCEED $50,000", shall be indicated on the sealed bid envelope before it can be opened.

In the letting of public contracts in the State of Mississippi, preference shall be given to resident contractors, and a non-resident bidder domiciled in a state having laws granting preference to local contractors shall be awarded Mississippi public contracts only on the same basis as the non-resident bidder's state awards contracts to Mississippi contractors bidding under similar circumstances; and resident contractors actually domiciled in Mississippi, be they corporate, individuals, or partnerships, are to be granted preference over non-residents in awarding of contracts in the same manner and to the same extent as provided by the laws of the state of domicile of the non-resident.

When a non-resident contractor submits a bid for a public project, they shall attach thereto a copy of his resident state's current law pertaining to such state's treatment of non-resident contractors.

No bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing time for a period of Sixty

(60) days. The Bay St. Louis – Waveland School District reserves the right to reject any or all bids on any or all projects and/or waive any informalities.

School Board of Education Bay St. Louis – Waveland School District

Dates of Publication:

September 25th, 2025 and October 2nd, 2025