ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
 
Separate sealed bids for HARMONTOWN WATER ASSOCIATION, INC.
CONTRACT “B”, 20,000 GALLON GROUND STORAGE TANK, RWAIG AGREEMENT NO. ARWAI-G-360007, LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI will be received by the Harmontown Water Association, Inc. at the Elliott & Britt Engineering, P.A. Conference room located at 823 North Lamar Blvd., Oxford, MS 38655  until  10:00 a.m. Local Time, Monday, February 10, 2025 at which time and place all Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.
 
Each bid must be submitted in a sealed envelope addressed to the Harmontown Water Association. Each sealed envelope containing a bid must be plainly marked on the outside as “Bid for HARMONTOWN WATER ASSOCIATION, INC. CONTRACT “B”, 20,000 GALLON GROUND STORAGE TANK, RWAIG AGREEMENT NO. ARWAI-G-360007” Any bid for a sum in excess of $50,000.00 shall contain on the outside or exterior of the envelope of such bid the contractor’s current certificate of responsibility number, and no bid shall be opened or considered unless such contractor’s current certificate number appears on the outside or exterior of the envelope or unless there appears a statement on the outside or exterior of such envelope to the effect that the bid enclosed does not exceed $50,000.00.
 
The work is as follows:  Furnish and erect a glass?coated, bolted?steel water storage tank, including foundation, tank structure and tank appurtenances as shown on the contract drawings and described herein.     
 
Contract time is 280 Calendar Days from Notice to Proceed date.
 
Contract Documents, including Drawings and Specifications, are on file at the office of Elliott & Britt Engineering, 823 North Lamar Boulevard, Oxford, Mississippi 38655 and may be reviewed.  Contract Documents, including Drawings and Specifications are also available for review at the Mississippi Procurement Technical Assistance Program (MPTAP), Mississippi Development Authority, Minority & Small Business Development, Woolfolk Building, 501 North West Street, Suite B 01, Jackson, MS 39201. A copy of Contract Documents including Drawings and Specification are on file with the Harmontown Water Association, 1 CR 539, Como, MS 38618 and may be reviewed there upon request.
 
Copies of the Contract Documents may be obtained by depositing $105.00 with Elliott & Britt Engineering, P.O. Box 308, Oxford, Mississippi 38655, telephone (662) 234-1763 for each set of documents so obtained. This deposit is nonrefundable.
 
Official bid documents can be downloaded at www.centralbidding.com. Electronic bids may be submitted only through www.centralbidding.com. For any questions relating to the electronic bidding process, please call Central Bidding at 225-810-4814.
 
A certified check or bank draft, payable to the order of the Harmontown Water Association, Inc., negotiable U.S. Government bonds (at par value), or a satisfactory Bid Bond executed by the Bidder and an accepted Surety, in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the total of the Bid shall be submitted with each bid.
 
Attention is called to the fact that not less than the minimum salaries and wages set forth in the Contract Documents must be paid on this project, and that the Contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, color, religion, sex or natural origin.
 
This project is financed by an ARPA Rural Water Associations Infrastructure (RWAIG) Grant and is subject to the rules and regulations thereof.
 
Minority and Woman Owned Business Enterprises are solicited to bid on this contract as prime contractors and are encouraged to make inquiries regarding potential subcontracting opportunities, equipment, material and/or supply needs.
 
The Harmontown Water Association, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and hereby notifies all Bidders that they will be afforded the full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual preference, marital or veteran status, or any other legally protected status in consideration for an award. 
 
The successful bidder must comply with the Davis-Bacon Act which requires that all laborers and mechanics shall be paid at rates not less than those determined by the Department of Labor to be prevailing for the locality in which the project is located. 
 
The Harmontown Water Association, Inc. reserves the right to reject any or all Bids or to waive any informalities in the bidding.
 
Bids may be held by the Harmontown Water Association, Inc. for a period not to exceed 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.
Based on the Assistance Listing: Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds and Part 2 of the US Treasury State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Compliance and Reporting Guidance (v3.0 February 2022) (Compliance Guide), the following Uniform Guidance provisions will be required in all contracts:Subpart A, Acronyms and Definitions

• Subpart B, General provisions
• Subpart C, Pre-Federal Award Requirements and Contents of Federal Awards (except 2 CFR 200.204, .205, .210, and .213)
• Subpart D, Post Federal; Award Requirements (except 2 CFR 200.305(b)(8) & (9), .308, .309, and .320(c)(4))
• Subpart E, Cost Principles
• Subpart F, Audit Requirements
• 2 CFR Part 25 (Universal Identifier & System for Award Management)
• 2 CFR Part 170 (Reporting Subaward and Executive Compensation Information)
• 2 CFR Part 180 (OMB Guidelines to Agencies on Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Non-procurement)
• 2 CFR 200 Appendix ii

  /s/                                                      
Lawrence Trine, President                                          Dates of Advertisement
Harmontown Water Association, Inc.                        Wednesday January 8, 2025
                                                                                    Wednesday, January 15, 2025