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The Madison County Board of Supervisors in Mississippi is soliciting proposals for the procurement of one or more new half-ton crew cab pickup trucks to be delivered to the Madison County Road Department in Canton, Mississippi within 30 days. The vehicles must meet specific equipment and performance standards including 4-wheel drive, crew cab configuration with short bed, 5.3-liter gasoline V-8 engine, 10-speed automatic transmission, leather seats, air conditioning, AM/FM Bluetooth radio, all-terrain tires, and complete towing and trailering packages. Unpriced proposals must be submitted by 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 9, 2026, either as sealed proposals to the Madison County Chancery Clerk's Office at 125 West North Street, Canton, MS 39046, or electronically as PDF files via the county's website at http://www.madison-co.com/bids. All bid proposals must be submitted on the county's mandatory bid sheet, signed and dated by an authorized company representative, and must include a detailed product summary with all features and options of the proposed vehicle. Bidders must meet or exceed all specifications, with any exceptions to specifications required to be submitted in writing on the face of the proposal form, and the bid price must include delivery costs to Madison County. Following the initial proposal submission, a live electronic reverse auction is scheduled for Tuesday, April 14, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. CDT, with qualified vendors receiving email notification containing access links to the auction platform.

The solicitation documents do not specify any set-aside designations or restrictions on the types of organizations that can respond, nor do they identify any disadvantaged enterprise requirements, incumbent vendors, or current contractors. No existing infrastructure or technology integration requirements are mentioned in the procurement notice. The bid submission and award value or budget range for this procurement have not been disclosed in the available documentation. The county reserves the right to extend the auction date if necessary to complete the bid proposal pre-qualification process, and the solicitation was published on Thursday, March 12, 2026, and Thursday, March 19, 2026, allowing vendors adequate time to prepare their responses prior to the April 9, 2026 deadline.