Warren County Mississippi (hereinafter the County) is developing land located at 1200 HWY 80, Vicksburg MS 39180 for a new County Jail. The County is seeking confidential sealed proposals for the acquisition, installation, and testing of network cabling for the Local Area Network and Audio Video Networks related to the Warren County Jail Project. Deadline for receipt of Phase One sealed proposals is 10:00 a.m. CST on Friday, March 7, 2025.

Selection will be a multi-step process. In Phase One, technical proposals are evaluated for potential acceptablilty based upon pre-determinined criteria. In Phase Two, only those bidders whose technical proposals are determined acceptable shall be invited to Phase 2 and be provided an opportunity to sign an NDA and receive detailed facility information to be used for Best and Final priced bids for consideration. Warren County encourages vendor participation in this multi-step process.  Contractors interested in submitting a proposal for this project are invited to review the proposal package on the Central Bidding Website at the followig address: https://www.centralauctionhouse.com/rfpc10661-warren-county.html

For any questions relating to the electronic bidding process, please call Central Bidding at 225-810-4814 or the Warren County Purchasing Dept., 913 Jackson Street, Vicksburg, MS 39183, 601-638-7428.

A pre-proposal meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, February 25, 2025, at 10:00AM. Join Zoom Meeting with link below: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81071013215?pwd=FbZVY8zyx5uswa3zt8R0OZkwqXbb6G.1
Meeting ID: 810 7101 3215
Passcode: 303157

Each proposal shall be accompanied by a proposal surety in the form of a Bid Bond or other certified funds payable to Warren County in the amount of 5% of the total bid. Contractors who submit proposals that do not result in an award or contract shall have their proposal surety returned to them.
Proposals must be signed by an owner or authorized officer of the company and shall be submitted utilizing Central Bidding before the closing date and time listed above. Late submissions will not be allowed.

The Warren County Board of Supervisors reserves the right to determine responsible proposing companies, responsive and most advantageous proposal(s), invite bids from multiple bidders, reject any and all proposals or bids and waive minor informalities in the proposal and bid process.  Warren County reserves the right to award a contract to the bidder(s) believed most advantageous to Warren County with price and other factors considered.

This notice is published pursuant to an order of the said Board of Supervisors dated 5th day of August 2024.
                                                                                          Warren County Board of Supervisors
                                                                                          By: Victoria Bell, Purchasing Agent
PUBLISH:             February 12, 2025
                              February 19, 2025