ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
 
Sealed Proposals for furnishing all labor and materials as required by the drawings and specifications for the Entrance Modifications to Various Schools Phase IV will be received by Madison County Schools, 476 Highland Colony Parkway, Ridgeland, Mississippi, 39157, on the thirty-first (31) day of March, 2023 until 10:00 a.m. Central Daylight Time at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read aloud. 
 
Bid documents are being made available via paper copy or digital pdf. Plan holders are required to register and order bid documents at www.jhharchitectsplans.com. Bid documents are non-refundable and must be purchased through the website. All plan holders are required to have a valid email address for registration. For questions regarding website registration and online orders, please contact Plan House Printing at (662) 407-0193. Selected plan rooms will be issued one (1) CD without charge.
 
In addition, official bid documents can be downloaded from Central Bidding at www.centralbidding.com.  Electronic bids may be submitted at www.centralbidding.com.  For any questions relating to the electronic bidding process, please call Central Bidding at 225-810-4814. Electronic bids are not required by Madison County Schools but offered as another means to submit a bid.  Each bidder submitting a bid electronically shall include a cover document titled Bid: Entrance Modifications to Various Schools Phase IV and shall list the bidder’s Company Name, Company Address and Certificate of Responsibility Number as part of its PDF bid submittal. Any electronic PDF bid that does not include the bidder’s Certificate of Responsibility Number shall not be considered.
 
Proposals must be submitted on the form as shown in the specifications and must be accompanied by a Bid Security in the form of a Bid Bond, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check in an amount equal to 5% of the Bid and as required by the Contract Documents. Such security is to be forfeited as liquidated damages, not penalty, by any bidder who fails to carry out the terms of the proposal, execute a contract and post Performance and Payment Bonds in the form and amount within the time specified.  The Bid Bond, if used, shall be payable to the Owner.
 
A pre-bid conference will be held on the twenty-second (22) day of March, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. at the Madison County School District Office, 476 Highland Colony Parkway, Ridgeland, Mississippi 39157.
 
The Contract or Contracts will be awarded to the lowest acceptable bidder, except that the Owner reserves the right to waive any informalities and the Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids. The Owner reserves the right to hold all bids for examination for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days and to award the Contract based on the best bid. All Bids shall be in compliance and subject to Sections 31-3-15 and 31-3-21 of the Mississippi Code of 1972 as annotated and amended, and in all case law pertaining thereto.
 
BY:  Charlotte Seals, Superintendent
 
JH&H Architects, Planners, Interiors PA
1047 North Flowood Drive
Flowood, Mississippi 39232-9533
(601) 948-4601
 
Advertisement dates: 02 March, 2023, and 09 March, 2023