ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

The City of Pass Christian, Mississippi, will receive bids for:
St. Paul Village Infrastructure
at the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, Pass Christian, Mississippi, during normal office hours at any time prior to the designated bid date, but not later than 3:30 p.m. on the date of the bid opening.    Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at City Hall at 200 W. Scenic Drive, Pass Christian, MS 39571 at 6:00 P.M., at the meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen on December 19, 2023. The bid will be awarded at the meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to be held at the Board in the City Hall Complex at a regular or special meeting of the Board thereafter. 
Bids are invited for the furnishing of materials, equipment, labor, and incidentals necessary to construct Infrastructure for St. Paul Village Infrastructure.  This project is being funded in part from a Gulf Coast Restoration Funds grant awarded to the City by the State of Mississippi and administered by the Mississippi Development Authority.. 
Contract Documents, including Drawings and Technical Specifications, are on file at the Office of City   Clerk, at City Hall, Pass Christian, Mississippi.  Official bid documents can also be downloaded from Central Bidding at www.centralbidding.com.  Electronic bids can be submitted at www.centralbidding.com.  For any questions relating to the electronic Central Bidding process, please call Central Bidding at 225-810-4814.
A certified check or bank draft payable to the order of City of Pass Christian, Mississippi, negotiable U. S. Government bonds (at par value), or a satisfactory Bid Bond executed by the Bidder and an acceptable surety, in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the total bid for City of Pass Christian, “St. Paul Village Infrastructure”, shall be submitted with each bid.
For bids exceeding $50,000 Bidder must indicate his Certificate of Responsibility Number on outside of sealed proposal as required by Mississippi Law.  For bids not exceeding $50,000, Bidder must either indicate his Certificate Number, or else write clearly "Bid does not exceed $50,000."  For the purposes of submitting a bid, the Bidder shall possess a current commercial contractor’s license from the Mississippi State Board of Contractors. The license shall be in the correct classification of licensure that will allow the perspective bidder to perform the work described in the bid documents.
The City of Pass Christian, Mississippi, reserves the right to consider the following relevant factors in addition to the contract price in determining the lowest and best bid:  bidder's skill and business judgment, his experience and his facilities for carrying out the contract, his previous conduct under other contracts and the quality of previous work, as well as his pecuniary ability, honesty, and integrity.  The City also reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any informalities in the bidding.  
Awarding public contracts to non-resident Bidders will be on the same basis as the non-resident bidder’s state awards contracts to Mississippi Contractors bidding under similar circumstances. In order to ensure that Mississippi’s so-called Golden Rule is followed, state law requires a non-resident bidder to attach to his bid a copy of his resident state’s current laws pertaining to such state’s treatment of non-resident contractors.

        Minority and women’s business enterprises are solicited to bid on this contract as prime contractors and are encouraged to make inquiries regarding potential subcontracting opportunities and equipment, material and/or supply needs. All bidders must make positive efforts to use small and minority owned business and women business enterprises. 
     Bids may be held by the City of Pass Christian, Mississippi, for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days from the date of the opening of bids for the purpose of reviewing the bids and investigating the qualifications of Bidders, prior to awarding of the Contract.
    All contractors entering into a construction contract with the City of Pass Christian must represent and warrant that they will ensure compliance with the Mississippi Employment Protection Act and will register and participate in the E-Verify System, the federal employment status verification system, of all newly hired employees.

    

Authorized by order of the Mayor and Board of Alderman, November 8, 2023.
                                                                                         City of Pass Christian, Mississippi
                                                                                         By: Ron Duckworth
                                                                                         Title               CITY CLERK    
Publish:  November 10 and 17, 2023