LEGAL NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that Taylorsville, Mississippi (the “Town”), will receive sealed bids for (1) Knuckle Boom Loader and Trash Body with Chassis for the Taylorsville, Mississippi Sanitation Department.

Un-priced bid proposals will be accepted until 5 p.m. local time on September 13, 2018, in sealed envelopes at the Town Clerk’s Office in the Taylorsville Town Hall at 202 Eureka Street, Taylorsville, MS, 39168 or P.O. Box 358, Taylorsville, MS 39168, or by electronic bid submission.  Submissions will be evaluated and vendors submitting acceptable offers will be invited to submit priced bids.  Electronic bids and/or reverse auctions bids can be submitted at www.centralbidding.com.  For any questions relating to the electronic bidding process, please call Central Bidding at 225-810-4814.

Bidding will be held by ELECTRONIC REVERSE AUCTION on September 27, 2018, commencing at 11:00 a.m. and ending at 12 noon local time.  Taylorsville, Mississippi reserves the right to utilize “anti-sniping” for reverse auctions.  Anti-sniping is a tool that automatically extends the bid time for a reverse auction by five (5) minutes if a vendor places a bid in the final five (5) minutes of a reverse auction.  The anti-sniping effect will also auto extend the reverse auction bid time any time a bid is placed in the last five (5) minutes of the reverse auction and can auto extend the reverse auction multiple times until the bidding on the reverse auction ends.

Specifications are available by contacting the Town Clerk’s Office at 601-785-6531 between the hours of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm local time. Official bid documents can be downloaded from  Central Bidding at www.centralbidding.com .  All bids must comply with the specifications provided.  Taylorsville, Mississippi reserves the right to amend the specifications as necessary and agrees to notify all parties having requested bid packets.  Taylorsville, Mississippi reserves the right to extend the auction date if necessary to complete the bid proposal pre-qualification process.

Questions – All questions regarding this bid should be directed to Arthur Newman, Deputy Town Clerk, in writing by email at [email protected] not less than seven (7) days prior to the bid due date.  All questions must be submitted in writing; telephonic inquires will not be considered.  The town is not responsible for bids which are mailed to the wrong address or which arrive in the mail after the designated bid opening time.

The contract will be awarded to the lowest and best bidder.  However, the Town reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids or to waive any informality.

No bidder may withdraw his bid within 60 days after the actual date of the opening thereof.

Witness my signature on this the ____ day of August, 2018.
 
   __________________________________________________
      Mitzi V. Ford, Town Clerk of Town of Taylorsville

(SEAL)

Publish Dates:
08/30/2018
09/06/2018