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The Board of Supervisors of Amite County, Mississippi, is soliciting sealed bids for county supplies and services to be utilized during the calendar year 2026. The procurement encompasses fifteen distinct categories of supplies, including equipment hire (trucks, tractors, road working equipment), construction materials (grader blades, bridging materials, sand, gravel, limestone), fuel products (lead-free gasoline at 87 and 89 octane, diesel fuel), asphalt materials (hot and cold mix asphalt, liquid and emulsified asphalt in specific grades), and administrative supplies (legal publications, office and paper supplies). Bids will be formally received on December 1, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. at the Amite County Courthouse in Liberty, Mississippi, with strict requirements that facsimile transmission bids will not be accepted. The contract term will commence in January 2025 or upon award by the Board of Supervisors, continuing through December 2025. Pricing for liquid and emulsified asphalt must remain firm with no escalation clauses, and submitted bids including such clauses will be summarily rejected.

The procurement includes a specific preference for Mississippi-based contractors, with the Board committed to awarding contracts to resident contractors domiciled in the state on the same basis as non-resident bidders. All gasoline and diesel fuel must contain tax-exempt fuel dye. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids submitted, maintaining significant discretion in the award process. In the event of unforeseen circumstances causing courthouse closure, all bids will be publicly opened on the next available business day at the originally advertised time. While specific award values are not explicitly detailed, the comprehensive nature of the procurement suggests a potentially significant annual contract value covering multiple supply categories. Bidders are deemed to have agreed to all procurement conditions upon submission, emphasizing the formal and binding nature of the bid process.