OFFICE OF STATE AID ROAD CONSTRUCTION
                   MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
                                     AND
                     LAFAYETTE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS                    
 
                                 SECTION 900
                                
 
    NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS:
  
Sealed bids will be received by the Board of Supervisors of Lafayette County, Mississippi in the Boardroom of the Lafayette County Chancery Building, Oxford, Mississippi, until 3:00 p.m. on Monday the 1^st day of April, 2019 and shortly thereafter publicly opened for the construction of 0.114 miles of BOX BRIDGE AND APPROACHES on COUNTY ROAD 473 being known as Project No.LSBP-36(31)in Lafayette County, Mississippi.
 
 
             PRINCIPAL ITEMS OF WORK ARE APPROXIMATELY AS FOLLOWS:
          

              ITEM                                     QUANTITY           UNIT
 
ROADWAY ITEMS:
 
MOBILIZATION                                     LUMP SUM           LS
CLEARING AND GRUBBING               LUMP SUM           LS
REMOVAL OF EXISTING BRIDGE AT                                            
AT STA. 4+77                                                 1.000           UN 
REMOVAL OF PIPE (ALL SIZES)               25.000            LF
UNCLASSIFIED EXCAVATION (FM)      1,225.000           CY
BORROW EXCAVATION (F.M.E.)                                               
(CONTRACTOR FURNISHED)
(CLASS 9)                                                  590.000           CY
STRUCTURE EXCAVATION                      250.000           CY
GRANULAR MATERIAL (CLASS 4,
GROUP "C")                                               731.000           TON
24" REINFORCED CONCRETE PIPE,
CLASS III                                                       40.000           LF
36" REINFORCED CONCRETE PIPE,
CLASS III                                                       80.000           LF
24" BRANCH CONNECTION TO BOX
CULVERT WING WALL                                  1.000           EA
36" BRANCH CONNECTION TO BOX
CULVERT WING WALL                                  1.000           EA
RIGHT-OF-WAY MARKERS (TYPE I)          12.000           EA
MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC              LUMP SUM           LS
ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION SIGNS         0.000           SF
TEMPORARY STREAM DIVERSION            1.000            EA
 
EROSION CONTROL ITEMS:
 
COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER (13:13:13)        1.430             TON
AMMONIUM NITRATE                                   0.480             TON
SEEDING                                                        0.950             AC
VEGETATIVE MATERIALS FOR MULCH      2.850             TON
TEMPORARY SILT FENCE (TYPE I)
(AOS 0.15 – 0.84 mm)                             1,425.000             LF
LOOSE RIPRAP (300 LB.)                         455.000             TON
GEOTEXTILE UNDER RIPRAP, TYPE V,
AOS 0.21 – 0.43 mm                                  270.000             SY
WATTLES, 20”                                            260.000             LF
 
 
BOX BRIDGE ITEMS:
   
BOX BRIDGE CONCRETE, CLASS "BB"   298.24              CY
REINFORCEMENT                               54,538.000             LB                                                    

PROJECT NO. LSBP-36(31)
                                                          LAFAYETTE COUNTY
 
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS:
   
 
CONTRACT TIME:            60 Working Days
 
BASIS OF AWARD
  
The award, if made, will be made to the lowest qualified bidder on the basis of published quantities.
 
The Board of Supervisors hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement; minority business enterprise 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, or national origin in consideration for an award.
 
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS are on file in the Office of the Chancery Clerk of Lafayette County, the LSBP Engineer's office and the Office of the State Aid Engineer, 412 E. Woodrow Wilson Avenue, Jackson, Mississippi.  This project shall be constructed in accordance with the latest edition of the Mississippi Standard Specifications for State Aid Road and Bridge Construction.
 
PLANS AND PROPOSALS may be secured from Larry L. Britt, LSBP Engineer for Lafayette County, Mississippi, P.O. Box 308, 823 North Lamar Blvd., Oxford, MS 38655, 662-234-1763.  The Cost is seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for plans and thirty dollars ($30.00) for the proposal, non-refundable.
 
Official bid documents can be downloaded at www.centralbidding.com.  Electronic bids may be submitted at www.centralbidding.com.  For any questions relating to the electronic bidding process, please call Central Bidding at 225-810-4814.
 
Certified check or bid bond for five percent (5%) of the total bid, made payable to Lafayette County and the State of Mississippi must accompany each proposal.
 
Bidders are hereby notified that any proposal accompanied by letters qualifying in any manner the condition under which the proposal is tendered will be considered an irregular bid and such proposal will not be considered in making the award.
 
 
                                          /s/__________________________________
                                          Jeff Busby, President
                                          Lafayette County Board of Supervisors