NOTICE FOR BIDS
 
PEARL RIVER VALLEY WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT
BATHHOUSE FACILITIES
TIMBERLAKE CAMPGROUND
GOSHEN SPRINGS CAMPGROUND
PRV # 23-800-20-04
 
 
Sealed and electronic bids will be received by the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District (District) for Bathhouse Facilities, Timberlake Campground, Goshen Springs Campground until 11:00 o'clock A.M., Local Time, on 23 January 2024, at the District’s Office, 115 Madison Landing Circle, Ridgeland, Mississippi 39157, at which time and place bids will be opened and read aloud.  Bids forwarded by mail should be addressed to the District at P. O. Box 2180, Ridgeland, Mississippi 39158.  Contract time and liquidated damages for failure to complete are detailed in the Contract Documents.
 
The Advertisement for Bids, Instructions to Bidders, Form of Bid, Form of Contract, Plans, Specifications and Form of Bid Bond, Performance Bond and Payment Bond, and other Contract Documents may be examined at the following locations:
            PRVWSD District Office, 115 Madison Landing Circle, Ridgeland, Mississippi 39157
 
            Joseph Orr Architecture, PA, 967 Madison Avenue, Suite B, Madison, MS
 
Official Bid Documents, including the Contract Documents, can be downloaded from Central Bidding at www.centralbidding.com.  Electronic Bids may be submitted at www.centralbidding.com.  For any questions related to the electronic bidding process, please call Central Bidding at 225.810.4814.
 
Bids shall be made out on the bid proposal form provided, sealed in an envelope, and plainly marked on the outside of the envelope: Bid for Bathhouse Facilities, Timberlake Campground, Goshen Springs Campground, Bid #23-800-20-04.  Bidder must be qualified under Mississippi Law and show current Certificate of Responsibility issued by the Mississippi State Board of Public Contractors establishing its classification as to the value and type of construction on which it is authorized to bid. Each bidder shall write its Certificate of Responsibility Number on the outside of the sealed envelope containing its proposal.  Each Bidder must deposit with its bid, security, in the amount equal to five percent (5%) of its total.  Security may be in the form of a Certified Check or a Bid Bond.  Both forms of security must be payable to the District.
 
The work shall consist of, but not be limited to, the following: 1) mobilize equipment and personnel to the site(s), 2) construct 2,900 +/- masonry bathhouse building(s), 3) construct associated paved parking areas, 4) grade site, to include under cutting and backfill, and reestablish vegetation, 5) construct associated utility service extensions and connections, 6) demobilize equipment and personnel from the site. 
 
A Pre-Bid Meeting is scheduled for 9 January 2024, at 9:00 AM local time at the PRVWSD District office at 115 Madison Landing Circle, Ridgeland, MS 39157.  A site visit will follow the meeting.  Attendance by all potential contractors, subcontractors, and other interested parties is encouraged, but is not mandatory.
 
All bids submitted in excess of $50,000, by Prime and Subcontractors, to perform any erection, building, construction, repair, maintenance or related work must comply with the Mississippi Contractors Act of 1985 by securing a Mississippi Certificate of Responsibility from the State Board of Contractors. 
 
Mississippi State law requires a non-resident bidder to attach/include a copy of its resident state’s current law pertaining to such state’s treatment of non-resident contractors with its bid.  Any bid submitted by a non-resident contractor which does not include the non-resident contractor’s current state law shall be rejected and not considered for award.
 
The District reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informalities or irregularities therein.  No Bidder may withdraw its bid within sixty (60) calendar days after the actual date of the opening thereof.
 
For questions concerning technical matters, contact Joseph Orr, Joseph Orr Architecture, PA, 601-855-0123.  For questions concerning other aspects of this procurement, contact Mark Beyea, Chief Engineer, Pearl River Valley Water Supply District, 601-856-6574.
 
                                                                PEARL RIVER VALLEY WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT
                                                           
                                                               BY:       J. Sigman, P.E.
                                                                            General Manager
 
Publication:  Clarion Ledger  
Adv. Dates:  12/7 & 12/14, 2023
Bid Opening:  1/23, 2024