237-20251107090627 BSAC.pdf
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- Alcorn County, Mississippi
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Amite County Prisoner Feeding Contract - Advertisement for Bids
This is an Advertisement for Bids issued by the Board of Supervisors of Amite County, Mississippi on behalf of its Sheriff's Department for a one-year contract to provide prisoner feeding services at the Amite County Jail. The contract requires the provision of nutritious, well-balanced, and tasty meals served three times daily, seven days a week, consisting of two hot meals and one cold meal per day. Bids are due by 9:00 a.m. on December 1, 2025, at the Courthouse in Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi. The contract term runs from January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2026, subject to extension and termination provisions. Meals will be prepared on-site by the successful bidder in the Sheriff's Department Kitchen; the County will provide the kitchen facility and serve meals only. Feeding times will be arranged with the Sheriff's Office. Detailed meal preparation specifications are available from Amite County Purchase Clerk Brittani Dixon at 601/657-8341. The Board of Supervisors reserves the right to reject any and all bids and will award the contract on the basis of lowest and best bid.
Bid pricing should be stated at a price per meal based on one or more prisoners per day, with the Board paying for meals on a monthly billing basis. No set-asides, incumbent information, or funding sources are specified in the advertisement. The document includes provisions addressing potential closure of the courthouse due to Force Majeure Events, stipulating that if closure prevents the advertised bid opening, all bids received will be publicly opened and read aloud on the next business day the courthouse is open at the previously advertised time, with vendors deemed to have knowledge of and agreed to this provision upon bid submission.
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Notice is hereby given that the Board of Supervisors of Amite County on behalf of its Sheriff's Department will receive sealed bids at the
Courthouse in the Town of Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi, until 9:00 a.m. on the 1st day of December, 2025, for the following, to-wit:
CONTRACT FOR FEEDING PRISONERS
A one year contract beginning January 1, 2026, and ending December 31, 2026, for feeding prisoners incarcerated in the Amite County Jail. Meals must be nutritious, well balanced, tasty meals, served three (3) times a day, seven days a week. Under Section 19-25-73 of the Mississippi Code. Bid price should be stated at price per meal based on one (1) or more prisoners per day. Feeding times to be arranged with Sheriff's Office. Two (2) hot meals each day and one (1) cold meal each day. Meals will be prepared on site by bidder in Sheriff’s Department Kitchen, County will provide kitchen and will serve meals only. Detailed specifications which must be followed in meal preparation may be obtained from Amite County Purchase Clerk, Brittani Dixon, 601/657-8341.
The Board will pay for said meals on a monthly billing.
The Board of Supervisors reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
Contract will be awarded on the basis of lowest and best bid.
If the Amite County Courthouse/Board of Supervisors is closed for any reason, including but not limited to: acts of God, strikes, lockouts, riots, acts of war, epidemics, governmental regulations superimposed after the fact, fire, earthquakes, floods or other natural disasters (the “Force Majeure Events”), which closure prevents the opening of bids at the advertised date and time, all bids received shall be publicly opened and read aloud on the next business day that the Amite County Courthouse/Board of Supervisors shall be open and at the previously advertised time. The new date and time of the bid opening, as determined in accordance with this paragraph, shall not be advertised, and all Vendors/Contractors, upon submission of a bid proposal, shall be deemed to have knowledge of and shall have agreed to the provisions of this paragraph. Bids shall be received by the agency until the new date and time of the bid opening as set forth herein. The Amite County Courthouse/Board of Supervisors shall not be held responsible for the receipt of any bids for which the delivery was attempted and failed due to the closure of the agency as a result of a Force Majeure Event. Each Vendor/Contractor shall be required to ensure the delivery and receipt of its bid by the agency prior to the new date and time of the bid opening.
Contract Term shall be January 2026 or upon award by the Amite County Board of Supervisors, whichever is later, through December 2026, subject to extension and termination provisions.
Published by order of the Board of Supervisors of Amite County, Mississippi, this the 24th day of October, 2025.
S/Jana Causey
JANA CAUSEY, CLERK
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November 6, 2025
November 13, 2025
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