47-20260115131410 PORT GIBSON.pdf

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

AFB - 1 of 2 Cornerstone Engineering, LLC Clinton, Mississippi

CE #25-06

NOTICE is hereby given that City of Port Gibson, Mississippi, will receive written sealed bids and publicly opened on Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 1:00 pm at Port Gibson City Hall, 105 College Street, Port Gibson, MS 39150, for the furnishing of all labor and materials, and for performing all activities specified in the Contract Documents, for the construction of the City of Port Gibson, Proposed Wastewater System Improvement Project, 2024 CDBG Project #1200-24-

305-PF-01.

The project includes rehabilitation and improvements to the existing wastewater treatment system, the sewage pumping system, and the sewer gravity system located in the City of Port Gibson, Mississippi, such as the installation of new aerators at the wastewater treatment facility, levee repairs at the lagoon, chlorine contact chamber improvements, and membrane liner anchorage repairs for the base bid. The alternate bid work shall include sludge removal, dewatering, and disposal offsite, as well as pumpstation rehabilitation work and collection system rehabilitation along Dorsey Lane. The Contract Time will be one hundred eighty (180) consecutive calendar days, and the liquidated damages will be $250 per consecutive calendar day thereafter. Substantial completion shall be met with one hundred (150) consecutive calendar days.

Plans, contract documents and proposal forms are on file for public inspection in the office of the Port Gibson City Hall, 1005 College Street, Port Gibson, MS-39150. Plans and specifications may be procured from the Cornerstone Planroom at https://www.cornerstoneengllcplanroom.com/ The cost for plans and specifications is non-refundable. Technical questions and inquiries shall be addressed to the project manager, Mauricka McKenzie, P.E. of Cornerstone Engineering, LLC in Clinton, MS at the email address of mmckenzie@cornerstoneengllc.com. The phone number is 601-473-2403.

This Advertisement and the Bid/Proposal Form for this project may be examined at the 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, Contact: LaTisha Landing.

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. Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 requires that the town and contractors participating in CDBG projects give opportunities for job training and employment to lower income residents of the Section 3 area that is described as the City of Port Gibson, MS. Section 3 also requires that “to the maximum extent feasible” contracts for work in connection with Section 3 covered projects be awarded to business concerns that are located in or owned in substantial part by persons residing in the Section 3 area.

All bids will be publicly opened and read aloud on the date and at the time set forth above at the Board Room in the City Hall, 1005 College Street, Port Gibson, MS 39150. The bids will be considered by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Port Gibson at the next regular meeting thereof to be held within thirty (30) days of the date of receipt of bids.

Any contract awarded under this Advertisement for Bids is expected to be financed in whole or in part by funds from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program administered by https://www.cornerstoneengllcplanroom.com/

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

AFB - 2 of 2 Cornerstone Engineering, LLC Clinton, Mississippi

CE #25-06

the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA). Neither the MS Development Authority, the MDA staff, the State of Mississippi, the U.S. Government, nor any of their departments, agencies or employees is or will be a party to this advertisement for bids or any resulting construction contract.

This procurement will be subject to all applicable sections of the Mississippi Code of 1972, Annotated, and to the Community Development Block Grant Program Regulations.

The City of Port Gibson reserves the right to waive any and all informalities in the bid process and to reject any and all bids.

As approved by the Mayor and Board of Alderman of the City of Port Gibson.

This Advertisement for Bids is hereby issued this the 16th day of January 2026

Publication Dates: 16th January 2026

23rd January 2026