OFFICE OF STATE AID ROAD CONSTRUCTION
                   MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
                                     AND
                     LAFAYETTE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS                    
 
                                 SECTION 900
                                
 
    NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS:
  
Sealed bids will be received by the Board of Supervisors of Lafayette County, Mississippi in the Boardroom of the Lafayette County Chancery Building, 300 N. Lamar Blvd., Oxford, Mississippi, until 9:00 A.M. on the 26th day of August, 2021 and shortly thereafter publicly opened for the construction of approximately 0.052 miles of BOX BRIDGE AND APPROACHES on COUNTY ROAD 106 being known as Project No. LSBP-36(36) in Lafayette County, Mississippi.
 
 
             PRINCIPAL ITEMS OF WORK ARE APPROXIMATELY AS FOLLOWS:
          
              ITEM                                     QUANTITY          UNIT
 
 
ROADWAY ITEMS:
 
MOBILIZATION                                   LUMP SUM           LS
CLEARING AND GRUBBING             LUMP SUM           LS
REMOVAL OF BRIDGE (STA. 11+16)          1.000           UN
UNCLASSIFIED EXCAVATION (FM)        980.000           CY
BORROW EXCAVATION (F.M.E.)          1,674.000           CY
  (CONTRACTOR FURNISHED) (CLASS 9)
STRUCTURE EXCAVATION                     300.000           CY
TEMPORARY STREAM DIVERSION           1.000           EA
GRANULAR MATERIAL                           360.000           TON
  (CLASS 4, GROUP C)
24” CORRUGATED POLYETHYLENE PIPE        140.000           LF
48” CORRUGATED POLYETHYLENE PIPE          70.000           LF
24” CORRUGATED POLYETHYLENE PIPE,END SECTION              3.000           EA
48” CORRUGATED POLYETHYLENE PIPE,END SECTION              1.000           EA
24” BRANCH CONNECTION INTO BOX BRIDGE WINGWALL          3.000           EA
48” BRANCH CONNECTION INTO BOX BRIDGE WINGWALL          1.000           EA
RIGHT-OF-WAY MARKERS (TYPE I)                            12.000           EA
MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC                               LUMP SUM           LS
ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION SIGNS                         0.000           SF
 
EROSION CONTROL ITEMS:
 
COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER (13:13:13)               0.900           TON
AMMONIUM NITRATE                                          0.090           TON
SEEDING                                                               0.900           AC
VEGETATIVE MATERIALS FOR MULCH             2.700           TON
EXCELSIOR BLANKET                                    700.000           SY
TEMPORARY SILT FENCE (TYPE I) (AOS 0.15 mm – 0.84 mm)   500.000           LF
WATTLES, 20”                                                     80.000           LF
LOOSE RIPRAP, 300 LB.                                  710.000           TON
GEOTEXTILE UNDER RIPRAP, (TYPE V)        360.000           SY
NON-WOVEN, AOS < 0.43 mm
 
 
BOX BRIDGE ITEMS:
 
BOX BRIDGE CONCRETE, CLASS “BB”                         315.420           CY
REINFORCEMENT                                                      59,858.000           LB
 
 
                                        PROJECT NO. LSBP-36(36)
                                         LAFAYETTE COUNTY
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS:
 
CONTRACT TIME:            75 Working Days
 
BASIS OF AWARD
  
The award, if made, will be made to the lowest qualified bidder on the basis of published quantities.
                                 
The Board of Supervisors hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement; minority business enterprise will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award.
 
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS are on file in the Office of the Chancery Clerk of Lafayette County, the County Engineer's office and the Office of the State Aid Engineer, 412 E. Woodrow Wilson Avenue, Jackson, Mississippi.  This project shall be constructed in accordance with the latest edition of the Mississippi Standard Specifications for State Aid Road and Bridge Construction.
 
PLANS AND PROPOSALS may be secured from Larry L. Britt, County Engineer for Lafayette County, Mississippi, P.O. Box 308, 823 North Lamar Blvd., Oxford, MS 38655, 662-234-1763.  The Cost is seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for plans and thirty dollars ($30.00) for the proposal, non-refundable.
 
Certified check or bid bond for five percent (5%) of the total bid, made payable to Lafayette County and the State of Mississippi must accompany each proposal.
 
Official bid documents can be downloaded at www.centralbidding.com. Electronic
bids may be submitted at www.centralbidding.com. For any questions relating to
the electronic bidding process, please call Central Bidding at 225-810-4814.
 
Bidders are hereby notified that any proposal accompanied by letters qualifying in any manner the condition under which the proposal is tendered will be considered an irregular bid and such proposal will not be considered in making the award.
 
Bidders are hereby notified that any proposal that is submitted as a stripped bid will be considered an irregular bid and such proposal will not be considered in making the award.
 
 
 
                                          /s/__________________________________
                                          Mike Roberts, President
                                          Lafayette County Board of Supervisors