The City of Pine Bluff, Economic & Community Development Department will accept bids for the new construction of two (2) single family houses within the city limits of Pine Bluff, AR.  The bid documents are available for viewing at the office of Economic and Community Development at 716 S. Georgia St, Pine Bluff.   Official bid documents can be downloaded from Central Bidding at www.centralbidding.com.  Electronic bids can be submitted at www.centralbidding.com.  For any questions relating to the electronic bidding process, please call Central Bidding at 225-810-4814.
 
In order to be eligible to submit a bid, all interested contractors or their representatives must meet the minimum contractor’s requirement to do businesses in the City of Pine Bluff, Arkansas. All contractor qualifications on file must be current at the time contract is awarded and remain current throughout the completion of the project.
 
Sealed bids are to be submitted electronically or received by the office of the City Clerk, 200 East 8th Ave.  Rm. 202, City Hall, Pine Bluff, AR  71601 on or before Thursday, September 9, 2021 @ 2:00 P.M. at which time they will be opened and examined.  The consideration of bid award as the Department’s choice, barring extraordinary circumstances, shall be given to the qualified contractor(s) with the lowest responsible bid, with strong consideration given to timely performance.
 
The City of Pine Bluff does not discriminate based on race, sex, religion, creed, color national origin, familiar status or handicap and encourages participation by minority and female owned and operated business and local firms.
 
The Community Development Department, reserves the right to reject any or all bids and waive any or all informalities.  The successful contractor will be given seven (7) calendar days from the bid award to execute a contract to be provided by the Community Development Department.  The contractor will be given five (5) calendar days from the date the notice to proceed to begin construction.  Questions concerning any of these items should be voiced before the submission of bids.
 
For more information, please feel free to contact Centralbidding.com at 225-810-4814 or Michael Gilliard, Public Works Coordinator at 870-543-1820 or via email at [email protected].
 
Sincerely,
 
Larry G. Matthews
Director
 

Additional Notes/Requirements

Attention all contractors: In order to be eligible to submit a bid, all interested contractors or their representatives must provide the following current documents before contracts are awarded: Proof of contractor’s liability insurance, Occupational license issued by the City of Pine Bluff, Arkansas State Contractor’s License, and Please turn in the whole bid document (Work Scope), with all the contractors’ information: Contractors Information/ name of the organization Contractors total bid amount on the front page of the work scope. Contractors phone number