Section 901 ADVERTISEMENT
HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
 
Federal Aid Project No. STP-7315-00(003)LPA/109221/701000
 
The City of Byram, Hinds County, Mississippi, will receive bids for the removal, repair, and replacement.
of bridge No. SA25-049 for a total project length of 0.49 miles, Federal Aid Project No.
STP-7315-00(003)LPA/109221/701000 no later than 2:00 p.m., Local Time, July 6, 2023, located at
the City Hall of Byram at 5901 Terry Road, Byram, Mississippi. All bids received will be publicly opened and read aloud.
 
A pre-bid meeting will be held on June 20, 2023, at 2:00 P.M. at City Hall in Byram, Mississippi.
 
The work shall consist essentially of the following items:

Removal and storage of existing bridge, driving new piles, reinstalling stored bridge components, milling, and overlaying. All other related items of work required to complete the project as shown on the plans and specified in the Contract Documents.

The above general outline of features of the work does not in any way limit the responsibility of the contractor to perform all work and furnish all plant, labor, equipment, and materials required by the specifications and the drawings referred to therein.
 
The attention of bidders is directed to the Contract Provisions governing selection and employment of labor. Minimum wage rates for Federal-Aid projects have been predetermined by the Secretary of Labor and are subject to Public Law 87-581 Work Hours Act of 1962, as set forth in the Contract Provisions.
 
The City of Byram in Hinds County hereby notifies all Bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged and women’s business enterprises will be afforded the full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, sex, age, disability, religion or national origin in consideration for an award.
 
The award of this contract will be contingent upon the Contractor satisfying the DBE requirements.
 
The contract Documents are on file and may be examined or purchased at the following locations:
 
5901 Terry Road, Byram, Mississippi 39272.
McMaster and Associates Inc., 212 Waterford Square, Madison, Mississippi 39110
Online at www.centralbidding.com 
 
Each bid shall be accompanied by a Cashier’s check, Certified Check on a solvent bank or a Bidder’s Bond issued by a Surety Company licensed to operate in the State of Mississippi, in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total bid price, payable to the City of Byram as bid security. The successful bidder will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and a Payment bond each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount.
 
The proposal and contract documents in its entirety shall be submitted in a sealed envelope (or submitted electronically as shown above) and deposited with the Chancery Clerk, 5901 Terry Road, Byram, Mississippi prior to the hour and date above designated.
 
 
Work to be performed shall be in accordance with the “Mississippi State Highway Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction, 2017”, together with all amendments and/or special provisions and/or addenda to the standards duly approved and adopted, unless otherwise noted in these specifications.
 
The attention of Bidders is directed to the provisions of Subsection 102.07 pertaining to irregular proposals and rejection of bids.
 
 


          CITY OF BYRAM  
HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
 
 
BY                                                                   
RICHARD WHITE, MAYOR
CITY OF BYRAM, HINDS COUNTY
 
PUBLISH: June 5th and June 12th