5421-20230621080849 NATCHEZ CONSTRUCT.docx

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The City of Natchez will receive sealed bids for the North Bluff Utility Work in the Office of the City Clerk, 124 South Pearl Street, Natchez, MS 39120, until 10:00 A.M CST on Tuesday, July 25, 2023, with bids then publicly opened, read aloud, and thereafter taken under advisement until the next meeting of the Natchez Mayor and Board of Alderman.

The funding for the North Bluff Utility Work is from a 2022 Capital Improvements General Obligation Bond Issue. No state and/or federal funds will be used for this renovation project.

A non-mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held at 2:00 P.M. local time on Wednesday, July 13, 2023, local time on site at the historic Natchez Bluffs, across from Smoot’s Grocery, 319 North Broadway, MS 39120.

Work will consist of the installation of up to six (6) electric pedestals (20/30/50 amp), five (5) electric panels (100/200/400 amp) along with one (1) electric vehicle (EV) charging station to allow for the City to provide needed electrical infrastructure to host multiple events on the north end of the Natchez Bluffs.

Contract documents may be viewed in the Office of the City Clerk or can be obtained in person from the Salas O’Brien (Electrical Engineer), 5215 Essen Lane, Suite 100, Baton Rouge, LA 70809, email at Jacob.Truax@SalasObrien.com, or requested by telephone: 225.766.8002, upon deposit of $100.00 per set. The first two (2) sets are refundable, additional sets are nonrefundable. Sets remain the property of the Engineer with deposit(s) refundable to general contractors submitting bona fide bids, one half of deposit amount is refundable to all others ‘provided documents are returned in good condition within 10 working days of bid date’. Official bid documents can be downloaded at www.centralbidding.com. Electronic bids can be submitted at www.centralbidding.com. For any questions regarding the electronic bidding process, please contact Central Bidding at 225-810-4814 or support@centralbidding.com.

Bid preparation and submittal will be in accordance with Section 00 21 13 Instructions to Bidders bound in the Project Manual. Bid Bond Security/Guarantee in the amount of 5% of total bid will be required in Contracts exceeding $25,000. 100% Performance and Payment Bond will be required. Licensing and other certification of qualifications will be required as specified in the contract documents. Where applicable, the foregoing certificate number must be indicated on the exterior of the sealed bid envelope before it is opened.

Bids for this work will be accepted only under the name of the Bidder to whom the Contract Documents and Addenda, if any, have been issued by the Engineer. Bids received by bidders to whom the Contract Documents were not issued by the Engineer will be returned unopened.

State law requires a non-resident bidder to attach/include a copy of his resident state’s current law pertaining to such state’s treatment of non-resident contractors with their bid. Any bid submitted by a non-resident contractor which does not include the non-resident contractor’s current state law shall be rejected and not considered for award.

All bids submitted must comply with Section 31-3-21 of the Mississippi Code of 1972.

Bids may be withheld by the Owner for a period not to exceed forty-five (45) days from the date of the opening of the bids for the purpose of bid review and investigation of the bidder's qualifications, prior to award of the contract.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any informalities, to negotiate with the lowest and best bidder to reduce the bid price to come within the funds allocated for the work, to reduce the job in order to stay within available funding or as desirable in the discretion of the Natchez Mayor and Board of Alderman, and to accept bids by classes and/or groups, if applicable, all as set forth and in accordance with applicable

Dan M. Gibson, Mayor City of Natchez

Publish Dates: June 23, 2023, June 28, 2023