3822 Gay-Lemon Park Renovations #13565

Sealed or Electronic Bids for the Gay-Lemon Park Renovations Project will be received by the City of Ocean Springs, at the office of the City Clerk, 1018 Porter Avenue, Ocean Springs, MS 39564 until 11:00 a.m., local time on June 23, 2023, at which time the Bids received will be publicly opened and read. The Project consists of supplying and erecting a pre-manufactured building, fencing, dugouts, sidewalk, site drainage improvements and related work.

Bids will be received from a single prime Contractor. Bids shall be on a unit price basis, with additive alternate bid items (if any) as indicated in the Bid Form.

This Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is Brown, Mitchell & Alexander, Inc., 131 Rue Magnolia, Biloxi, MS 39530, (228) 436-7612. Prospective Bidders may examine the Bidding Documents at the Issuing Office on Monday through Thursday (between the hours of 7:30 A.M. and 5:30 P.M.) and Friday (between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and Noon). Copies of the Bidding Documents may be obtained from the Issuing Office as described below.

Bidding documents are being made available via paper copy or pdf for a charge of $150.00 (hard copy) or $75.00 (CD). Plan holders are required to log-in or register for an account at www.oceanspringsbids.com to view and order Bidding Documents. All plan holders are required to have a valid email address for registration. The cost for the bidding documents is non- refundable and must be purchased through the website. For questions regarding website registration and online orders please contact Plan House Printing at (228) 248-0181.

The date that the Bidding Documents are transmitted by the Issuing Office will be considered the prospective Bidder’s date of receipt of the Bidding Documents. Partial sets of Bidding Documents will not be available from the Issuing Office. Neither Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for full or partial sets of Bidding Documents, including Addenda, if any, obtained from sources other than the Issuing Office.

Bid security shall be furnished in accordance with the Instruction to Bidders.

For bids exceeding $50,000.00, Bidder must indicate his Certificate of Responsibility Number on the outside of sealed proposal as required by Mississippi Law. Effective July 1, 2010; Per MS Code 31-3-21(3); any bid submitted by a nonresident contractor which does not include the nonresident contractor’s current state law pertaining to such state’s treatment of nonresident contractors, shall be rejected and not considered for award. If no such law exists in the non- resident contractor’s state, then the non-resident contractor may provide a statement to that effect.

When submitting an electronic bid, the bid must be submitted in “pdf” format and shall contain the same information and forms as required for the paper bids. Electronic bids must be secured with a bid bond. When submitting a bid electronically, the authorized signature shall be an electronic signature or handwritten in blue-ink signature. In the event that an electronically submitted bid has a corrupted attachment, the bid will be considered null and void. When bids are submitted electronically, the requirement for including a certificate of responsibility, or a statement that the bid enclosed does not exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), on the exterior of the bid envelope shall be deemed in compliance by including the same information as an attachment with the electronic bid submittal.

For an electronic bid, documents can be downloaded from Plan House Printing.
Electronic bids shall be submitted at www.oceanspringsbids.com
For any questions relating to the electronic bidding process, please call Plan House Printing at 662-407-0193.

This project is funded by the National Park Service (NPS) which is strongly committed to the objectives of the policies included in Executive Order 12432 and encourages all recipients of its Cooperative Agreements to take affirmative steps to ensure such fairness by ensuring procurement procedures are carried out in accordance with the Executive Order. Pursuant to Executive Orders 11625, 12138, and 12432 and 2 C.F.R. § 200.321, it is the Federal Government’s policy to award a fair share of contracts to small and minority businesses, women’s business enterprises, and labor surplus area firms. Prime Contractor(s) must take all necessary affirmative steps to assure that these types of businesses are used when possible as sources of supplies, equipment, construction, and services. Affirmative steps must include:

1. Placing qualified small and minority businesses and women’s business enterprises on solicitation lists;

2. Assuring small and minority businesses, and women’s business enterprises are solicited whenever they are potential sources;

3. When economically feasible, dividing total requirements into smaller tasks or quantities so as to permit maximum participation by small and minority businesses, and women’s business enterprises;

4. Where the requirement permits, establishing delivery schedules that will encourage participation by small and minority businesses, and women’s business enterprises;

5. As appropriate, using the services and assistance of such organizations as the Small Business Administration and the Minority Business Development Agency of the Department of Commerce; and

No bidder may withdraw his bid within sixty (60) days after the actual date of the opening thereof. The Owner reserves the right to waive any informalities or to reject any or all bids.
Published by order of the Board of Aldermen; this the 2nd day of May, 2023.

Publish Dates:
May 25, 2023
June 1, 2023