ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

CITY OF JACKSON, HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

WOODROW WILSON AVENUE SIGNAL PROJECT

Federal Aid Project Number: STP-0250-00(052)LPA/108072-701000

The City of Jackson, Mississippi, will receive bids for the WOODROW WILSON AVENUE SIGNAL PROJECT, Federal Aid Project No. STP-0250-00(052)LPA/108072-701000 no later than 3:30 p.m., Local Time, April 2, 2024, at the Office of the Municipal Clerk located at 219 South President Street, Jackson, Mississippi. All bids so received will be publicly opened and read aloud.

The work shall consist essentially of the following items:

Installation of traffic signal equipment at the intersections of Woodrow Wilson Avenue at Bailey Avenue, Woodrow Wilson Avenue at Bailey Avenue Extension, Bailey Avenue at Glendale Street, and at Woodrow Wilson Avenue at Medgar Evers Blvd (5 Points) and all other related items of work required to complete the project as shown as specified in the contract documents.

The above general outline of features of the work does not in any way limit the responsibility of the contractor to perform all work and furnish all plant, labor, equipment and materials required by the specifications and the drawings referred to therein.

The attention of bidders is directed to the Contract Provisions governing selection and employment of labor. Minimum wage rates for Federal-Aid projects have been predetermined by the Secretary of Labor and are subject to Public Law 87-581 Work Hours Act of 1962, as set forth in the Contract Provisions.

The City of Jackson hereby notifies all Bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged and women’s business enterprises will be afforded the 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, religion or national origin in consideration for an award.

The award of this contract will be contingent upon the Contractor satisfying the DBE/WBE requirements.

Plans, specifications and contract documents are on file and open to public inspection at the Office of Stantec Consulting Services Inc., 2300 Lakeland Terrace, Suite 200, Jackson, Mississippi, 39216 and the Engineering Department of the City of Jackson. One (1) copy of the Plans, Specifications and Contract Documents may be procured upon payment of $200.00 (by check, made payable to "Stantec Consulting Services Inc.") from 2300 Lakeland Terrace, Suite 200, Jackson, Mississippi, 39216. The payment is nonrefundable.

Each bid shall be accompanied by a Cashier’s check, 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 Jackson as bid security. Bidders shall also submit a current financial statement, if requested by the County. The successful bidder will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and a Payment bond each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount.

The proposal and contract documents in its entirety shall be submitted in a sealed envelope and deposited with the Municipal Clerk, 219 South President Street, Jackson, Mississippi prior to the hour and date above designated.

Official bid documents can be downloaded from Central Bidding at www.centralauctionhouse.com. Electronic 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.

Work to be performed shall be in accordance with the “Mississippi State Highway Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction, 2017”, together with all amendments and/or special provisions and/or addenda to the standards duly approved and adopted, unless otherwise noted in these specifications.

The attention of Bidders is directed to the provisions of Subsection 102.07 pertaining to irregular proposals and rejection of bids.