5672-20240910140810 DURANT.docx

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

INVITATION TO BID

The City of Durant is soliciting bids for five (5) homeowner housing units, two (2) that will be demolished and rebuilt, one (1) mobile home replacement, and two (2) units that will be rehabilitated with the City's HOME rehab grant program # 1233-M21-SG-280-172. Sealed, written bids will be received at the Durant City Hall located at 253 W. Mulberry St., Durant, MS 39063 until 2:00 P.M., on Friday, October 11, 2024, at which time they will be opened and read aloud.

Drawings and Specifications are available at the office of North Central Planning and Development District, 28 Industrial Park Blvd., Winona, Mississippi, 38967. Inquiries should be directed to John Wiggers, Project Administrator, at (662) 845-6134.

A mandatory pre-bid meeting and walk-through is scheduled for September 30, 2024, at 9:00 A.M. at the Durant City Hall, 253 W. Mulberry Street, Durant, MS 39063, in the Durant City Hall Board Room. A walk-through of each unit in the project to be bid on will be conducted at the end of the meeting. Any contractor wishing to bid must complete and have on file the Qualifications of the General Contractor Form which is included in the bid packet and a current Mississippi Contractors License.

Bidders shall submit a bid for the cost of construction. All bidders shall know that the Durant Board of Aldermen shall accept the lowest and best bid.

Bidders must comply with Section 3 of the HUD ACT of 1968, the Anti-Kickback Act, the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, and the Presidents Executive Order No. 11246.

The City of Durant is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The City of Durant encourages Minority owned Business Enterprises (MBEs) and Woman-owned Business Enterprises (WBEs) to submit bids. The City of Durant also encourages Section 3 eligible businesses to submit proposals. Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended (12 U.S.C. 17010) requires, to the greatest extent feasible, that the City of Durant and its contractors that participate in the above referenced Program give opportunities for job training and employment to lower incomes residents of the City of Durant. Section 3 also requires that contracts for work in connection with the Section 3 area be awarded to qualified Section 3 eligible business concerns, whenever possible.

The City of Durant reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids on behalf of the homeowners. The City of Durant is an equal opportunity housing provider.

INSTRUCTIONS TO NEWSPAPER:

1. Please publish two times in the legal section of The Holmes County Herald on: September 12, 2024, and September 19, 2024.

2. Send the invoice to: Ursula Perry, City Clerk of The City of Durant, P.O. Box 272 Durant, MS 39063

3. Please send Proof of Publication to: John Wiggers, NCPDD, 28 Industrial Park Blvd., Winona, MS 38967.