VOUCHER #24-39042 TO BE PUBLISHED – LEGAL 06-12-24 & 06-19-24 BIDS TO BE OPENED: 06-27-24 THE ADVOCATE BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA Electronic or sealed bids will be received by the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge, Purchasing Division, 222 Saint Louis Street, 8th Floor, Room 826, Baton Rouge, La. until 11:00 A.M., June 27, 2024 for the following: A24-39042 EMERGENCY CONTINGENCY FOR DRY ICE Bids shall be received electronically via www.centralauctionhouse.com or on the solicitation bid forms furnished by the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge. Electronic bids for the solicitation will be downloaded by the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge, Purchasing Division. Electronic bids must be submitted through www.centralauctionhouse.com prior to the bidding deadline. Beginning as soon as feasible after the bid closing time all electronic bids will be downloaded and publicly read aloud along with all paper bids received, if any, in Room 806 immediately after the 11:00 a.m. bid closing. Bidders or their authorized representatives are invited to be present. Note: The City-Parish has elected to use LaPAC, the state's online electronic bid posting and notification system, in addition to its standard means of advertising this requirement. This Invitation to Bid is available in electronic form at the LaPAC website https://wwwcfprd.doa.louisiana.gov/osp/lapac/dspBid.cfm?search=department&term=102. Bids, amendments to bids or request for withdrawal of bids received after time specified for bid openings shall not be considered for any cause whatsoever. Inquiries will be received up until 5 pm on June 20, 2024 Full information may be obtained upon request from the above address or by telephoning Mr. DeSean Bethley, MPA at (225) 389-3259, Ext. 3261, or via email [email protected]. Due to the COVID-19 emergency situation and in light of the Louisiana Governor’s Proclamation Number JBE 2020-30, the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge, Purchasing Division, is temporarily suspending in-person attendance by vendors at public bid openings for bids published by our office. Any vendor who would like to listen to the opening of this bid can access the following link, at the date and time of this bid opening: Join by phone +1-408-418-9388 United States Toll Access code: 263 373 080 (followed by the # button) Alternate numbers to call if number above is not available, which may occur due to network traffic (use the same Access Code, followed by the # button): United States Toll (Boston) +1-617-315-0704 United States Toll (Chicago) +1-312-535-8110 United States Toll (Dallas) +1-469-210-7159 United States Toll (Denver) +1-720-650-7664 United States Toll (Jacksonville) +1-904-900-2303 United States Toll (Los Angeles) +1-213-306-3065 This link will provide you with live audio access to this bid opening. The link will be live at the noted bid opening time for the date of bid opening. All other terms & conditions remain unchanged.