Sealed proposal for the construction of the New Lutcher Fire Station, Lutcher Louisiana, will be received by the St. James Parish Government until 2:00 pm local time on Tuesday August 4, 2015 at the Director of Operations office, 2nd floor, Convent Courthouse, Convent Louisiana., at which time and place said proposals will be publicly opened and read aloud. Any received after the announced closing item will be returned unopened. 

Bids received prior to the time of the scheduled bid opening will be securely kept unopened. No bid received after the scheduled time for opening will be considered. Failure of the U.S. Mail or of any express carrier or delivery service to delivery service to deliver the bids timely shall not be considered due cause for the scheduled time of the bid opening to be extended. 

All proposals must be submitted in a sealed envelope bearing the Bidder's name, address and State Contractor's license number and must be addressed as follows:
PROPOSAL: New Luther Fire Station
                    St. James Parish, Louisiana
                  
                    St. James Parish Government
                    5800 La. Hwy 44
                    Convent, La 70723
LICENSE NO. _________________________________________

Failure to have license number on the envelope will be cause for not opening the proposal. 

A mandatory pre-bid conference at which the scope of the project, contract time, and other requirements of the bidding and contract documents may be discussed, or any other special requirements of the project may be discussed with prospective bidders, will be held at the Office of Operations Conference Room, 2nd floor of the Convent Courthouse, Convent, Louisiana on Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 2:00 p.m.  Attendance at the pre-bid conference is mandatory in order to bid on the project.