NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Sealed bids will be received by Tippah County Board of Supervisors at the Chancery Clerk’s Office, located at 101 East Spring Street, Ripley, MS 38663, by October 4, 2021 until 10:00 a.m. for:
Design-Build Bid Proposal For Tippah County Hospital Ambulance Center and Morgue,
1005 City Avenue North, Ripley, Mississippi 38683
Design-Build Bid documents may be obtained from Chancery Clerk’s Office, located at 101 East
Spring Street, Ripley, MS 38663.
No deposit is required. Bid preparation will be in accordance with Section 00200 - Instructions to
Bidders and Section 00300 Summary of Work.
BID GUARANTEE: Proposals shall be submitted with Proposal Security in the form of Certified
Check or acceptable Bid Bond in an amount equal to at least five percent (5%) of the base bid; such security is to be forfeited as liquidated damages, not penalty, by any bidder who fails to carry out the terms of the proposal. The Bid Bond shall be payable to the Owner. Bonds on the project must be received on or before the period scheduled for the project and no bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing time for the project. Bids must be firm for a period of forty-five (45) days after the scheduled time of opening.
PERFORMANCE-PAYMENT BOND: A one hundred percent (100%) Performance-Payment Bond issued by a surety company authorized to do business in the State of Mississippi will be required within ten (10) days after the successful bidder has been notified of the award of the contract to him.
CERTIFICATE OF RESPONSIBILITY: All bids submitted by a prime or subcontractor for public works or public projects where said bid is in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) to perform contracts enumerated in Section 31-3-21, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall contain on the outside or exterior of the envelope or container of such bid the contractor's current certificate number. No bid shall be opened or considered unless such contractor's current certificate number appears on the outside or exterior of said envelope or container or unless there appears a statement on the outside or exterior of such envelope or container to the effect that the bid enclosed therewith does not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).
PRE-BID: An optional pre-bid conference will be held on Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at 10:00 am at Tippah County Hospital in the Magnolia Room, located at 1005 City Avenue North, Ripley, MS 38663 for all Design-Builders.
The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive irregularities.
Publish Date(s): SEPT. 8 and SEPT 15