ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS 
 
Sealed bids will be received for the State of Louisiana by the Division of Administration and shall be directed to the Office of Facility 
Planning and Control, 1201 North Third Street, Claiborne Office Building, Suite 7-160, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70802 or P.O. Box 
94095, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70804-9095. The deadline for receipt of bids is 2:00 PM on Tuesday, December 03, 2024, at which 
time bids will be opened and read aloud in a public meeting in the Claiborne Office Building, Conference Room 1-145.   
 
FOR: Drainage Improvements and Raising Level of Street 
 Nicholls State University 
 Thibodaux, Louisiana  
PROJECT NUMBER: 19-621-23-02, F.19002514 
 
Complete Bidding Documents for this project are available in electronic form. They may be obtained without charge and without 
deposit from www.centralbidding.com. Printed copies are not available from the Designer but arrangements can be made to obtain 
them through most reprographic firms. Plan holders are responsible for their own reproduction costs. 
 
Questions about this procedure shall be directed to the Designer at: 
 
T. Baker Smith, LLC 
1100 South Acadia Road 
Thibodaux, LA 70301 
Telephone: 225-228-5594 
E-mail: [email protected] 
 
All bids shall be accompanied by bid security in an amount of five percent (5.0%) of the sum of the base bid and all alternates. The 
form of this security shall be as stated in the Instructions to Bidders included in the Bid Documents for this project. 
 
The successful Bidder shall be required to furnish a Performance and Payment Bond written as described in the Instructions to Bidders 
included in the Bid Documents for this project. 
 
A PRE-BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD 
at 2:00 PM on Thursday, November 14, 2024 at  
Nicholls State University, John L. Guidry Stadium, Century Room, 331 Alumni Drive, Thibodaux, LA  70301.  
 
Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2192 for the classification of Highway, Street, and 
Bridge Construction. Bidder is required to comply with provisions and requirements of LA R.S. 38:2212(B)(5). No bid may be 
withdrawn for a period of forty-five (45) days after receipt of bids, except under the provisions of LA. R.S. 38:2214. 
 
The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids for just cause. In accordance with La. R.S. 38:2212(B)(1), the provisions and 
requirements of this Section and those stated in the bidding documents shall not be waived by any entity. 
 
When this project is financed either partially or entirely with State Bonds or financed in whole or in part by federal or other funds 
which are not readily available at the time bids are received, the award of this Contract is contingent upon the granting of lines of 
credit, or the sale of bonds by the Bond Commission or the availability of federal or other funds. The State shall incur no obligation to 
the Contractor until the Contract Between Owner and Contractor is fully executed. 
 
Facility Planning and Control is a participant in the Small Entrepreneurship (SE) Program (the Hudson Initiative) and the Veteran-Owned
and Service-Connected Disabled Veteran-Owned (LaVet) Small Entrepreneurships Program. Bidders are encouraged to 
consider participation. Information is available from the Office of Facility Planning and Control or on its website at 
https://www.doa.la.gov/doa/fpc/. 
 
If you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to participate in this meeting, please contact Christina 
Cardona at [email protected] or (225) 342-6060 as soon as possible but no later than 48 hours before the scheduled meeting. 
 
STATE OF LOUISIANA 
DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION 
FACILITY PLANNING AND CONTROL 
ROGER E. HUSSER, JR., DIRECTOR

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