4575-20261022161558 DCBS.pdf

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

The DeSoto County Board of Supervisors will receive bids for the Purchase & Installation of Equipment for the County’s Sheriff’s Office in the following manner:

BID FILE NO: 27-200-001 Purchase & Installation of Equipment for Sheriff Vehicles

Unpriced technical proposals will be accepted until 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 04, 2026 in sealed envelopes at the Office of Procurement, 365 Losher Street, Suite 320, Hernando, Mississippi, or by electronic bid submission.

Submissions will be evaluated and vendors submitting acceptable offers will be invited to submit priced bids. Electronic bids and/or reverse auction bids can be submitted at www.centralbidding.com. For any questions relating to the electronic bidding process, please call Central Bidding at 225-810-4814.

Bidding will be held by electronic reverse auction on Monday, November 09, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Bidders may come to the Office of Procurement with a paper bid and receive technical assistance in entering their bid in the reverse auction.

Specifications and procedures are available by registering on the Procurement page of the DeSoto County Board of Supervisors website and printing the bid package at: http://desotocountyms.gov and on file in the Office of Procurement, DeSoto County Administration Building, 365 Losher Street, Suite 320, Hernando, Mississippi, during normal business hours at no charge. Bid packages may also be downloaded from Central Bidding for a fee at www.centralbidding.com. All bids must comply with the specifications provided. DeSoto County reserves the right to amend the specifications, as necessary, and agrees to notify all having requested bid packets from the DeSoto County Office of Procurement.

The Office of Procurement reserves the right to extend the auction date if necessary to complete the bid proposal pre-qualification process.

All technical offers must be sealed and clearly labeled on the outside of the bid envelopes as instructed in the bid package and delivered to the Office of Procurement at the above address or electronic bids can be submitted at www.centralbidding.com. Bidders may submit technical offers to Central Bidding at no charge.

The Board of Supervisors reserves the right to reject any and all bids and waive any informalities.

WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, this the 19th day of October, 2026.

________________________/s/ MISTY HEFFNER

(SEAL)

MISTY HEFFNER, CHANCERY CLERK

DeSoto County Board of Supervisors

SUBMITTED: DESOTO TIMES TRIBUNE

FOR PUBLICATION ON: Thursday, October 22, 2026

Thursday, October 29, 2026

PROOF OF PUBLICATION TO: DeSoto County Finance Office DeSoto County Administration Building 365 Losher Street, Suite 320 Hernando, MS 38632 Phone: 662-469-8261 http://www.centralbidding.com/ http://desotocountyms.gov/ http://www.centralbidding.com/ http://www.centralbidding.com/