105-21 Emergency Watershed Protection Program - Beechwood to Tanglewood to Oak Grove Road #10050

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

The Lamar County Board of Supervisors will receive sealed bids at the William “Pete” Gamble Chancery Courthouse, Supervisor’s Office, 403 Main Street, Purvis, Mississippi, until August 9. 2021 at 10:00 a.m. for furnishing all labor, materials and equipment required to complete the EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROTECTION PROGRAM , BEECHWOOD TO TANGLEWOOD TO OAK GROVE ROAD. STREAM BANK STABILIZATION AND CHANNEL DEBRIST/ SEDIMENT REMOVAL. LAMAR COUNTY, MISSI SSIPPI THROUGH UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NATURAL RES OURCES CONSERV ATION SERVICE. as
described in and reflected by the plans and specifications prepared by The Walker Associates, Engineers­ Planners-Designers, PLLC, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, dated July 2021, immediately after which time said sealed proposals shall be publicly opened and read.

Detailed drawings and specifications are on file, and may be examined, at the office of the Lamar County Board of Supervisors, 403 Main Street, Purvis, Mississippi, and in the office of The Walker Associates, Engineers-Planners- Designers, PLLC, 2203 Hardy Street, Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Plans and specifications are being made available via paper or digital copy. Plan Holders are required to log-in or register for an account to view or order bid documents at www.twaplanroom.com. Bid documents are non-refundable and must be purchased through the website. For questions regarding website registration and online orders, please contact Plan House at 601-336-6378. For questions related to the contract documents, please contact The Walker Associates at 601-583-2127. No partial sets of drawings or bid documents will be issued.

All Proposals shall be submitted on Bid Forms provided with the specifications. Bids may be submitted in person, or for those interested, bids can be electronically submitted at www.twaplanroom.com under the project page. No oral, telegraphic, telephonic, or e-mail proposals will be considered . For sealed bids, the current Certificate of Responsibility Number of the bidder shall appear on the outside of each sealed envelope containing a proposal, said envelope being plainly marked EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROTECTION PROGRAM. BEECHWOOD TO TANGLEWOOD TO OAK GROVE ROAD. STREAM BANK STABILIZATION AND CHANNEL DEBRIST/ SEDIM ENT REMOVAL, LAM AR COUNTY. MISSISSlPPl THROUGH UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE. If
submitting electronically, please include this information on a cover page with your bid submission.

All bids must be returned in the original contract book as issued and submitted in DUPLICATE. Proposals shall be submitted on the prescribed blank bid form provided with the drawings and general conditions and scope of work. Proposals must be accompanied by Bid Security in the form of a certified check or acceptable bid bond payable to Lamar County, Mississippi as bid security in an amount equal to at least five percent (5%) of the base bid. Said security to be forfeited, as liquidated damages, not penalty, by a bidder who may be awarded the contract, but who fails to carry out the terms of the proposal, execute the contract and post the required performance bond in the form and amount, and within the time specified. In the event that an electronic bid is submitted, a copy of the bid bond must be included with the submission. If submitting electronically, a hard copy of all bid documents must be provided within 3 business days if requested after the bid opening.

Bids on the project must be received on or before the time specified above, and no bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing time and date for the receipt of bids for a period of sixty (60) days. All bids submitted must comply with the requirements of Chapter 3, Title 31 (Sections 31-3-1, et. Seq.) Of the Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended, and the performance of any contract shall be bonded in accordance with Chapter 5, Title 31 of the Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended.

Bidders who are non-residents of the State of Mississippi must also comply with the provisions of Section 31-3-21(3) of the Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended.

The award of the Contract, if it is awarded, will be to the lowest responsible Bidder whose qualifications indicate that the award will be in the best interest of Lamar County, Mississippi.

The Lamar County Board of Supervisors reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive informalities.

No Bidder may withdraw his bid within 60 days after the date of opening t hereof. LAMAR COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

By: /s/ Warren Byrd, President

Publish dates: July 8, 2021 and July 15, 2021

This project is funded, in part, through a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service. As such, all bidders must insure that they meet all federal requirements as stipulated by NRCS.