NOTICE TO BIDDERS
 
Notice is hereby given that written sealed term bids for the period of August 06, 2024, through December 31, 2024, will be received by the Rankin County Board of Supervisors until 8:30 a.m. August 05, 2024.  Paper bids can be submitted to the Rankin County Board of Supervisors at 211 East Government Street, Suite A, Brandon, MS 39042.  Electronic bids can be submitted at www.centralbidding.com.
 
Sealed bids will be for the supply of all labor, equipment, and materials necessary for cleaning and crack sealing, and or provide asphalt binder to be placed on public roads in Rankin County. 
 
All bidders submitting bids in response to this Notice acknowledge and agree that any bid accepted shall be automatically available to municipalities located in Rankin County, if any, who have entered into an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement with the Rankin County Board of Supervisors indicating that said municipality or municipalities intend to participate in the County’s Commodity Term Bid Procedure.
 
By submitting a sealed bid, Bidders are acknowledging and agreeing to commit to and honor pricing submitted in response to this Notice in the event that the following municipalities located in Rankin County enter into an interlocal agreement with Rankin County providing for their participation with the County in the labor, equipment and materials that form the basis of this term bid:  The cities of Brandon, Florence, Flowood, Pearl, Richland, and the towns of Pelahatchie and Puckett. In order to participate with the County in this term bid procedure and in order to be eligible for the pricing set forth in the awarded bid response, each participating municipality must enter into an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement with Rankin County which must be approved by the Office of the Mississippi Attorney General.
 
The Board is acting under the authority of Section 31-7-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, Amended, and reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
                                                
Official bid documents may be obtained by contacting the Rankin County Purchasing Office at 601-825-9601, [email protected], or downloaded from Central Bidding at www.centralbidding.com.  For any questions relating to the electronic bidding process, please call Central Bidding at 225-810-4814.
 
Published by the order of the Rankin County Board of Supervisors, Brandon, Mississippi dated June 27, 2024.
 
                                                                        Mark S. Scarborough, Clerk of the Board
 
Publication Dates:  July 24, 2024, and July 31, 2024