Sealed bids/Requests for Qualifications (RFQ)/Requests for Proposals (RFP) for Character Education/Social Emotional Learning Program 2024 will be received by Hattiesburg Public Schools at the district’s Central Office located at 301 Mamie Street, Hattiesburg, MS, until 9:30 a.m., CST on Monday, May 20, 2024, at which time they will be publicly opened.

Submitted Bids/RFQ/RFP must comply with the specifications provided. Each bidder must provide one (1) original proposal and three (3) copies of their submitted sealed bids/RFQ/RFP. Electronic bids can be submitted at www.centralbidding.com.  Although the bid proposals may be submitted electronically via Central Bidding, all responding bidders must ensure that four (4) printed copies of their proposals are received by Hattiesburg Public Schools by the Monday, May 20, 2024, 9:30 a.m., CST deadline or their proposals will not be considered.  For any questions relating to the electronic bidding process, please contact Central Bidding at 225-810-4814.

Specifications are on file at the Central Office.  Bidders may also receive a copy of the complete bid/RFQ/RFP packet and instructions by email by contacting Edith Stallings at [email protected]. Hattiesburg Public Schools reserves the right to amend the specifications, as necessary, and agrees to notify all who have requested bid/RFQ/RFP packets. 

The contract(s) will be awarded to the lowest and/or best bidder(s) to meet the needs of the district.  Hattiesburg Public Schools reserves the right to award all or portions of the bid/RFQ/RFP to one (1) or more than one (1) vendor(s) and/or to compile an approved Bid 24-010 vendor(s) list utilizing the established proposal rubric. 

Hattiesburg Public Schools reserves the right to waive any and all informalities and to reject any and all bids.

The following address should be used by all responding bidders for mailing or delivering the printed, sealed, and clearly labeled four (4) total copies of submitted bids/RFQ/RFP.

Hattiesburg Public School District

Attn:  Edith Stallings, Accounting Supervisor

301 Mamie Street

Hattiesburg, MS 39401

Bids/RFQ/RFP envelopes should be sealed and clearly marked “Character Education/Social Emotional Learning Program 2024  - Bid 24-010”.

/s/ Robert Williams

Superintendent of Education

To be published:    May 1, 2024

May 8, 2024

To be opened:        May 20, 2024