CITY OF PASCAGOULA
 
Lighthouse Park Improvements
Pascagoula, Mississippi
 
 
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
 
Sealed Bids for the Lighthouse Park Improvements Project will be received by City of Pascagoula, at the Pascagoula City Hall, 603 Watts Avenue, Pascagoula, MS 39567 until 2:00 p.m., local time on May 13, 2021, at which time the Bids received will be publicly opened and read.
 
The Project consists of construction of additional amenities to the park that include bench swings, additional parking, Pickle Ball courts, and other 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 applicable, as indicated in the Bid Form.
 
All bids shall be submitted in a sealed envelope addressed to the City Clerk of Pascagoula.  If a bid is submitted by mail, the post office address of the City Clerk is P.O. Drawer 908, Pascagoula, Mississippi  39568-0908.
 
All bid envelopes should contain the bidder’s name and mailing address on the face of the envelope and shall specify the name of the bid package.
 
This Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is Brown, Mitchell & Alexander, Inc., 131 Rue Magnolia, Biloxi, MS, (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 $100.00 (hard copy) or $50.00 (CD). Plan holders are required to log-in or register for an account at www.bmaprojects.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.
 
A pre-bid conference will be held at 10:00 a.m., local time on May 5, 2021 at the project site, 3776 Frederick Street, Pascagoula, MS 39567. Attendance at the pre-bid conference is highly encouraged but is not mandatory.
 
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 Central Bidding or Plan House Printing.  Electronic bids shall be submitted at www.centralbidding.com.  For any questions relating to the electronic bidding process, please call Central Bidding at 225-810-4814.
 
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.
 
Each bid shall be accompanied by a Certified Check on a solvent bank or a Bidder’s Bond issued by a Surety Company licensed to operate in the State of Mississippi, in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total bid price, payable to the City of Pascagoula, as bid security.  Bidders shall also submit a current financial statement, if requested by the City of Pascagoula.  The successful bidder will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and a Payment Bond each in the amount of 100 hundred percent (100%) of the Contract amount.
 
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.
 
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 City of Pascagoula; this the 6th day of April, 2021.
 
Publish Dates:
April 13, 2021
April 20, 2021