ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
 
Sealed Proposals for furnishing all labor and materials as required by the drawings and specifications for the Entrance Modifications to Various Schools will be received by Madison County Schools, 476 Highland Colony Parkway, Ridgeland, Mississippi, 39157, on the sixteenth (16th) day of October, 2018 until 2:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read aloud. 
 
Contract Documents are available in the office of the Architect, JH&H Architects, Plan­ners, Interiors PA, 1047 North Flowood Drive, Flowood, MS 39232; Tel:  601-948-4601, upon deposit of $100.00 per set.  No partial set of Documents will be issued. 
 
In addition, official bid documents can be downloaded from Central Bidding at www.centralbidding.com.  Electronic bids can also be submitted at www.centralbidding.com.  For any questions relating to the electronic bidding process, please call Central Bidding at 225-810-4814. Electronic bids are not required by the Madison County Schools, but offered as another means to submit a bid. 
 
Proposals must be submitted on the form as shown in the specifications and must be accompanied by a Bid Security in the form of a Bid Bond, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check in an amount equal to 5% of the Bid and as required by the Contract Documents. Such security is to be forfeited as liquidated damages, not penalty, by any bidder who fails to carry out the terms of the proposal, execute a contract and post. Performance and Payment Bonds in the form and amount within the time specified.  The Bid Bond, if used, shall be payable to the Owner.
 
A pre-bid conference will be held October 9, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at the Madison County School District Office, 476 Highland Colony Parkway, Ridgeland, Mississippi 39157
 
The Contract or Contracts will be awarded to the lowest acceptable bidder, except that the Owner reserves the right to waive any informalities and the Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids. The Owner reserves the right to hold all bids for examination for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days and to award the Contract based on the best bid. All Bids shall be in compliance and subject to Sections 31-3-15 and 31-3-21 of the Mississippi Code of 1972 as annotated and amended, and in all case law pertaining thereto.
 
BY:Kimber Halliburton, Superintendent
 
JH&H Architects, Planners, Interiors PA
1047 North Flowood Drive
Flowood, Mississippi 39232-9533
(601) 948-4601
 
Advertisement dates: September 13, 2018, and September 20, 2018