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The University of Mississippi is requesting sealed bids for RSA/ROFA Improvements at University Oxford Airport (FAA AIG Project No. 3-28-0057-048-2026) with bids due July 9, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. local time, and a pre-bid conference on June 18, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. at the University-Oxford Airport Terminal Building in Oxford, Mississippi.

All contractors must hold a Mississippi State Board of Public Contractors Certificate of Responsibility and comply with prevailing wage requirements for Lafayette County. The project is subject to Davis-Bacon Act compliance, Federal Buy American Preference requirements, Title VI Civil Rights Act provisions, Federal debarment and suspension regulations, and anti-lobbying requirements. The scope is split into two phases: Phase 1 comprises clearing, grubbing, ditch improvements, pipe extension, and hydroseeding with a forty-five-calendar-day contract time; Phase 2 involves grading improvements with a ten-calendar-day contract time. Bid security of at least five percent of the base bid must be submitted with each bid as a certified check, bank draft, or bid bond payable to the University of Mississippi. The successful bidder will furnish separate performance and payment bonds, each equal to 100 percent of the contract price. Liquidated damages are assessed at $1,000 per calendar day of project delay beyond the specified completion time.

Bidding documents are available electronically and in printed copies through https://bidding.bargedesign.com/, with document inquiries directed to Barge Plan Room at 901-381-9811. Bids may be submitted electronically at https://secure24.olemiss.edu/prelecbids/CurrentBids or by registered mail. Sealed bids are received at the Office of Procurement Services, 164 Jeanette Phillips Drive, P.O. Box 1848, University, Mississippi 38677, and publicly opened and read aloud at bid time.