ADVERTISEMENT
BID #22-10
 
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS ("RFP") CITY OF MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
CONTRACT FOR SOLID WASTE
COLLECTION & TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
 
 
The Mayor and Council of the City of Meridian, Mississippi (the "City") are soliciting sealed written proposals, pursuant to Miss. CODE ANN. §31-7-13(r) (Supp. 2003) (the "Act") to furnish all labor, materials, work, and services (collectively, the "Contract for Solid Waste Collection, Recycling, & Transportation Services" or the "Services") for the collection and transportation for disposal and recycling of Solid Waste, Rubbish and Bulky Waste (collectively "Solid Waste") and other terms under definitions, in the request from Residential Units and Light Commercial Units within the current corporate limits of the City or as hereafter expanded, as described in the specifications (the "Specifications").
 
Sealed proposals will be received by the City of Meridian, Mississippi, until 11:00 A.M. Central Standard Time (CST), Friday, April 1, 2022, in the office of the Purchasing Agent, for a Contract for Solid Waste Collection, Recycling, & Transportation Services as specified in the contract documents.
 
Official bid documents can be downloaded from Central Bidding at www.centralbidding.com.  Electronic bids and/or reverse auction 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.
 
A Mandatory pre-proposal conference will be held at the 3rd floor Auditorium at City Hall located at 601-23rd Avenue, Meridian, MS 39301 for interested parties at 11:00 A.M. Central Standard Time (CST), Thursday, March 10, 2022.
 
Specifications, proposal forms, and City maps are on file and open to public inspection in the office of Vanessa Virgil, Purchasing Agent, City of Meridian, 601 23rd Avenue, Meridian, Mississippi 39301, 601-485-1940, [email protected].
 
One copy of the City map and two copies of the contract documents and proposal forms may be procured from the City upon payment of seventy-five dollars ($75.00), which will not be refunded.
 
A proposal may not be modified, withdrawn, or cancelled by the Proposer for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days following the date and time designated for receipt of proposals.
 
The City reserves the right to award an overall contract based upon all proposals submitted or separately award each proposal considered. Proposers submitted pricing must reflect the cost for each of the items and not be provided as a bundled price in case the City decides to use multiple providers based on their pricing.  In accordance with the Act, after selection of the most qualified proposal or proposals, the City may negotiate and enter contracts with one or more of the persons or firms submitting proposals, such contracts may not necessarily be limited to the terms of the proposals submitted. If the City deems none of the proposals to be qualified or otherwise acceptable, the request for proposal process may be reinitiated.
 
All information submitted in response to this Request for Proposals will be considered public information after award of the contract.
 
A Proposal/Bid Security in the form of a certified or cashier's check, bank letter-of-credit or bid bond by a corporate surety licensed to do business in Mississippi and acceptable to the City, in a sum of $50,000.00 shall be required to be submitted with the proposal.
 
It is understood that the City reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, and to waive technicalities, irregularities and informalities in proposals, solicit new proposals or select the proposal or proposals that, in the opinion of the City shall be the most qualified proposal.
 
The City of Meridian is an equal opportunity employer and hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that, in any contract entered pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, sex, age, disability or national origin in consideration for an award.