3382-20240926132638 ZWA.pdf

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Separate sealed Bids will be received by Zama Water Association, for Zama Water Association, RWAIG No. ARWAI-G-0040011, Contract 2 - Water Treatment Plant Renovation, Attala

County, Mississippi, Project No. 105-22, until 2:00 P.M., Local Time, on November 4, 2024, at

Gardner Engineering, P.A., 111 South Madison Street, Kosciusko, MS 39090, at which time and place bids will be opened and read aloud.

The Notice and Instruction to Bidders, Form of Bid, Form of Contract, Plans and Specifications, Form of Bid Bond, Performance and Payment Bond, and other Contract Documents are on file and open to public inspection at the following address:

Gardner Engineering, P.A., 111 South Madison Street, Kosciusko, MS 39090

Copies may be obtained from the office of Gardner Engineering, P.A., at the following location upon payment of $100.00, none of which is refundable.

Gardner Engineering, P.A.

P. O. Box 1197

111 South Madison Street

Kosciusko, MS 39090

Telephone 662-290-0708

The BID SCHEDULE may be examined at the following locations:

Mississippi Procurement Technical Assistance Program (MPTAP), Mississippi Development

Authority, Minority & Small Business Development, Woolfolk Building, 501 North West Street, Suite B 01, Jackson, MS 39201

Northeast MS APEX Office, 318 7th Street North, Columbus, MS 39703

The Owner reserves the right to waive any informalities or to reject any and all bids.

Each bidder must deposit with his bid, security in the amount, for and subject to the conditions provided in the Notice and Instructions to Bidders.

All bids submitted in excess of $50,000 by a prime or subcontractor to do erection, building, construction, repair, maintenance, or related work, on public projects must comply with Section

31-3-21, Mississippi Code of 1972, must have a “Certificate of Responsibility” license. Where applicable, the foregoing certificate number and license number must be indicated on the exterior of the sealed bid envelope before it can be opened.

Certification of Nonsegregated Facilities: The Contractor must complete the Certification of

Nonsegregated Facilities included in the specifications.

Minority and women’s business enterprises are solicited to bid on this contract as prime contractors and are encouraged to make inquiries regarding potential subcontracting opportunities and equipment, material, and/or supply needs.

Any contract or contracts awarded under this invitation for bids are expected to be funded in whole or in part by anticipated funds from the ARPA Rural Water Associations Infrastructure

Grant (RWAIG). Neither the State of Mississippi, the Local Governments and Rural Water

Systems Improvements Board, nor any of their employees is or will be a party to this invitation for bids or any resulting or related contracts. This procurement will be subject to all applicable sections of the Mississippi Code of 1972, Annotated, as they apply to local governments, in accordance with RWAIG Program Regulations.

Based on the Assistance Listing: Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds and Part 2 of the US Treasury State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Compliance and Reporting Guidance

(v3.0 February 2022) (Compliance Guide), the following Uniform Guidance provisions will be required in all contracts:

• Subpart A, Acronyms and Definitions

• Subpart B, General provisions

• Subpart C, Pre-Federal Award Requirements and Contents of Federal Awards (except 2

CFR 200.204, .205, .210, and .213)

• Subpart D, Post Federal; Award Requirements (except 2 CFR 200.305(b)(8) & (9), .308, .309, and .320(c)(4))

• Subpart E, Cost Principles

• Subpart F, Audit Requirements

• 2 CFR Part 25 (Universal Identifier & System for Award Management)

• 2 CFR Part 170 (Reporting Subaward and Executive Compensation Information)

• 2 CFR Part 180 (OMB Guidelines to Agencies on Governmentwide Debarment and

Suspension (Non-procurement)

• 2 CFR 200 Appendix ii

CONTRACT ITEMS

The principal items of work under this contract are:

- Installation of a generator at the treatment plant site

- Water treatment plant upgrades to include aerator repairs, a new service pump, a new backwash pump, control upgrades, chlorination upgrades, and piping work

- Rehabilitation of a pressure filter

- Cleaning and painting two ground storage tanks

- Rehabilitation of a standpipe

ZAMA WATER ASSOCIATION

BY: /s/ Chad Fortune

President

DATE: October 26, 2024

TO: STAR-HERALD NEWSPAPER

PLEASE PUBLISH: October 3, 2024 and October 10, 2024

PROOF OF PUBLICATION TO:

ZAMA WATER ASSOCIATION AND CHRISTIAN GARDNER, P.E., P.L.S.

JEANNIE WEAVER, OPERATOR GARDNER ENGINEERING. P.A.

5439 ATTALA ROAD 5001 P. O. BOX 1197

KOSCIUSKO, MS 39090 KOSCIUSKO, MS 39090