Furnish & Deliver Fully Automated Nucleic Acid Extraction Workstation Fax Inquiry deadly April 30, 2026
Southeastern Louisiana University's Purchasing Department issued an Invitation to Bid (ITB) for the procurement of one fully automated nucleic acid extraction workstation for the Biology Department in Hammond, Louisiana. The solicitation seeks a complete turnkey solution capable of performing magnetic bead-based DNA/RNA extraction workflows, including sample preparation, purification, and transfer operations. Deliverables include all necessary hardware, software, accessories, installation services, and comprehensive personnel training, with the system to be delivered on an FOB Destination basis to Hammond, Louisiana with all transportation and handling costs prepaid and included in the unit price. The vendor must provide evidence of comprehensive insurance coverage, including workers' compensation, commercial general liability with minimum limits of $1,000,000 per occurrence, automobile liability, professional liability (errors and omissions), and cyber liability with A.M. Best ratings of A-:VI or higher, and must execute an indemnification agreement. Required qualifications include on-site installation, installation qualification, operational qualification, and pipetting verification prior to final delivery, along with a minimum one-year warranty covering parts and labor with ongoing technical support and availability of consumables and replacement parts. The deadline for fax inquiries was April 29, 2026, and sealed bids must be received by 4:00 p.m. Central Time on May 14, 2026, at the Southeastern Louisiana University Purchasing Department, Property Control & Supply Building, 2400 North Oak Street, Hammond, Louisiana, with public bid opening and bidder attendance permitted. Bid prices are firm for a minimum of thirty calendar days, and payment terms are Net 30 days following receipt of a properly executed invoice or delivery, whichever is later.
No set-aside designations or restrictions on the types of organizations that can respond are noted in this procurement, and no incumbent vendors or current contractors are identified. Southeastern Louisiana University is exempt from Louisiana State Sales and Use Taxes, though bidders remain responsible for all other applicable taxes included in their pricing. No Louisiana preference is noted in this particular procurement. The solicitation does not specify an award value or budget range for this equipment acquisition. Vendors interested in responding should note that the university seeks a fully integrated, ready-to-operate system with complete technical support and training capabilities to ensure immediate operational functionality for the Biology Department.
Louisiana 5/14/26, 5:00 PM 4/27/26, 1:00 AM Building Demolition Services 201 Mississippi St.
The City of Hammond is requesting competitive sealed proposals for building demolition services and site cleanup at 201 Mississippi Street, Hammond, Louisiana, with proposals due July 9, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.
The scope includes complete demolition and removal of all buildings and structures (including accessory buildings); removal of foundations, walls, floors, and tanks with backfilling to grade; removal of sewers and laterals with concrete sealing at property lines; removal of sidewalks and driveways; site grading and erosion control; and removal of trees and brush (retaining living trees with trunk diameters of six inches or larger in good condition as determined by the Building Department Director). All demolition debris must be transported to a licensed landfill or recycling center. Contractors must attend a pre-demolition meeting with the Building Department Director or designee and provide 24 hours' notice before beginning work. Work hours are limited to 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. daily. Demolition must be completed within ten calendar days (excluding legal holidays, Sundays, and rain days) from the Notice to Proceed.
Contractors must obtain all necessary permits and maintain property damage and public liability insurance with minimum limits of $300,000 per occurrence, naming the City as additional insured. Use of explosives, weighted balls, and burning of combustible materials are prohibited. Contractors assume all responsibility for protecting adjacent properties and repairing any damage caused during the project. A valid business license must be maintained throughout contract performance.
Proposals must be submitted on City-furnished RFP forms, typed or written in blue or black ink with initialed changes and proposer signature. Questions regarding specifications should be directed to Larry Pines at pines_lj@hammond.org; other inquiries to Jana Thurman Soileau, Purchasing Director, at (985) 277-5633 or thurman_je@hammond.org. The City reserves the right to reject any non-responsive or all proposals.
Louisiana 7/9/26, 1:00 AM 7/6/26, 1:00 AM Hauling of Voting Machines for Tangipahoa Parish - Advertisement Change of Link to view Drayage Bid Packets
The Louisiana Department of State, under Secretary of State Nancy Landry, is soliciting sealed bids for drayage services related to voting machine transportation in Tangipahoa Parish. The procurement involves the comprehensive hauling of approximately 193 AVC "Advantage" voting machines to and from 84 polling precincts and demonstration sites. Contractors must provide enclosed trucks or trailers, individually cover and strap machines, complete chain of custody documentation, and execute precise delivery and setup according to approved schedules. The contract will run from January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026, with potential renewals for two additional 12-month periods. Sealed bids are due by November 25, 2025 at 10:30 a.m. CST, with public bid opening and award determination within ten days of submission. Bidders are required to submit a five percent bid guaranty and demonstrate capability to handle voting machines valued at approximately $6,000 each and weighing 265 pounds.
Potential contractors must meet significant insurance and bonding requirements, including Workers' Compensation Insurance of at least $100,000 per person, Public Liability Insurance of $100,000, Bodily Injury Liability Insurance of $300,000 per occurrence, and Auto Liability Insurance of $500,000 in combined single limits. Contractors are limited to bidding on parishes with no more than 1,000 voting machines or four parishes total. A performance bond or irrevocable letter of credit at 1.5 times the contract price must be provided before contract execution. The contract includes strict liability provisions, with contractors responsible for all repair costs resulting from transport-related damage and potential three-year bidding ineligibility if the contract is canceled for cause. The total contract value is not explicitly stated, but the comprehensive requirements and scale of voting machine transportation suggest a significant procurement opportunity. The contract's execution remains contingent on legislative appropriation of sufficient funds.
Louisiana 11/25/25, 11:30 AM 11/14/25, 1:00 AM Furnish Janitorial Services at Baton Rouge Nursing Bid Cancelled: 04/14/2026 Mandatory PreBid Conf 4/8/2026 10am / Fax Inquiry Deadline 4/9/2026
Southeastern Louisiana University's Purchasing Department is issuing an Invitation to Bid (ITB) for comprehensive janitorial cleaning contract services at the SELU School of Nursing facility located at 4849 Essen Lane in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The procurement encompasses daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual custodial services for a 63,713-square-foot facility, including floor maintenance, restroom cleaning, dusting, glass cleaning, waste management, carpet shampooing, and floor stripping/waxing. Bidders must demonstrate qualifications through references for at least three current client contracts of 70,000 square feet or greater, with at least one reference from an athletic/fitness club, hospital, college, or university. The contractor must provide a minimum of two custodians working eighty hours per week Monday through Friday (or four days weekly during summer months) and comply with APPA Level 2 specifications for facility maintenance. The mandatory pre-bid conference is scheduled for April 8, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. Central Time at the School of Nursing Building Lobby, with a fax inquiry deadline of April 9, 2026, and bid opening on April 23, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. Central Time. The initial contract term runs from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, with options to extend for four additional twelve-month periods at the same prices and terms, contingent upon legislative appropriation of funds.
Bidders must submit pricing on a monthly basis multiplied by twelve for the primary contract scope, along with separate cost proposals for additional services including per-labor-hour rates for cleanup, per-square-foot rates for adding buildings, floor stripping/waxing, carpet shampooing, window cleaning, and pressure washing. A bid guaranty of five percent of the total bid price and a performance bond of fifty percent of the awarded price are required. Insurance requirements include workers' compensation with $1,000,000 employers' liability coverage, commercial general liability of $1,000,000 per occurrence with $2,000,000 general aggregate, and automobile liability of $1,000,000 combined single limit. Bidders must provide documentation of criminal background check procedures for all assigned employees and list cleaning suppliers and chemicals to be used. The solicitation does not indicate any specific set-aside designations or restrictions on organization types eligible to respond, nor does it identify incumbent vendors, current contractors, or existing infrastructure requiring integration. No specific award value or budget range is disclosed in the solicitation documents.
Louisiana 4/23/26, 5:00 PM 4/1/26, 1:00 AM Furnish and Deliver a Proprietary Illumina NextSeq 1000 Benchtop Next-Generation Sequencing System for the Biology Department
Southeastern Louisiana University's Purchasing Department has issued an Invitation to Bid (ITB) for the furnish and delivery of a proprietary Illumina NextSeq 1000 benchtop next-generation sequencing system for the Biology Department. The procuring jurisdiction is Vernon Parish in Louisiana. The solicitation requires the delivery of one integrated sequencing system that must be new and current model, equipped with 12 months of manufacturer's standard warranty coverage, installation services, and user training. The system must utilize reversible terminator sequencing-by-synthesis chemistry with bridge amplification and fluorescent nucleotide detection, support flexible read lengths from 50 base pairs (single-end) to 300 base pairs (paired-end), and provide minimum output capacity of 10 gigabases per run with maximum capacity of at least 240 gigabases per run. The equipment must include integrated hardware-accelerated secondary genomic analysis capabilities for sequence alignment, variant calling, demultiplexing, and base quality filtering. Sealed bids are due by 4:00 p.m. Central Time on March 25, 2026, at the Purchasing Department's Property Control & Supply Building in Hammond, Louisiana, with public bid opening occurring 72 hours after request. Bid prices must include all transportation, handling, and delivery costs on an FOB destination basis with Net 30 payment terms from receipt of properly executed invoice or delivery, whichever is later.
The procurement is designated as proprietary due to the Lake Maurepas Biomonitoring Project's requirement for methodological consistency with existing sequencing-by-synthesis datasets used in previous project phases. Southeastern Louisiana University is exempt from Louisiana State Sales and Use Taxes, and bidders must include all other applicable taxes in their unit prices. Vendors must provide proof of commercial general liability insurance with minimum limits of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 general annual aggregate, along with workers' compensation and automobile liability coverage as applicable, with the State of Louisiana and Southeastern Louisiana University named as additional insureds. Louisiana preference may be claimed by bidders for products produced, manufactured, or assembled in Louisiana that are equal in quality to out-of-state products. No specific set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises are mentioned in the solicitation documents, nor are there identified incumbent vendors or current contractors listed. The University reserves the right to award items separately or grouped and to reject any or all bids and waive informalities, though no specific budget range or award value is disclosed in the available documentation.
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