2024-17 Emergency Repairs to Tylertown High Alternative School #15231

Notice is hereby given that sealed quotes will be received by the Walthall County  School District School Board of Education, in the Board Room of the Walthall County School District Multi-Purpose Building located at 807 Ball Avenue, Tylertown, MS  39667, until 2:00pm, local time, on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, and then and there publicly opened and read for the following project:

EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO TYLERTOWN HIGH SCHOOL ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL

In accordance with plans and specifications prepared by:
Allred Stolarski Architects, PA
711 Church Street
Ocean Springs, Mississippi 39564

Bid documents are being made available via paper copy. Bidders are required to log-in or register for an account at www.asaplans.com to view and order Bid Documents ($100.00 per set). All plan holders are required to have a valid email address for registration. Bid documents must be purchased through the website.

Proposals shall be submitted on the blank Quote Form furnished with the specifications and must be accompanied by bid security in the form of Certified Check, Cashier's Check or acceptable Bid Bond, payable to Walthall County School District, in amount equal to at least five percent (5%) of the base bid; such security to be forfeited as liquidated damages, not penalty, by any bidder who may be awarded the contract but who fails to carry out the terms of the proposal, execute the contract and post- performance bond in the form and amount within the time specified.

At the Bidders option in lieu of procuring hardcopies of the Bid Documents and submitting a physical sealed Quote, Official Bid Documents may be downloaded, and electronic bids may be submitted at www.centralbidding.com. Quotes shall be received electronically until the date/time as stated above. For any questions relating to the electronic bidding process, please call Central Bidding at 225-810-4814. Electronic submittal of Bids is not required.

All quotes submitted in excess of $50,000.00 by a prime or subcontractor to do any erection, building, construction, repair, maintenance or related work, must comply with Section 31-3-21, Mississippi Code of 1972, by having a current Certificate of Responsibility from the State Board of Public Contractors. The current Certificate of Responsibility Number shall be indicated on the exterior of the sealed bid envelope before it can be opened. If the bid is not in excess of $50,000, "THIS BID SHALL NOT EXCEED $50,000", shall be indicated on the sealed bid envelope before it can be opened.

In the letting of public contracts in the State of Mississippi, preference shall be given to resident contractors, and a non-resident bidder domiciled in a state having laws granting preference to local contractors shall be awarded Mississippi public contracts only on the same basis as the non-resident bidder's state awards contracts to Mississippi contractors bidding under similar circumstances; and resident contractors actually domiciled in Mississippi, be they corporate, individuals, or partnerships, are to be granted preference over non-residents in awarding of contracts in the same manner and to the same extent as provided by the laws of the state of domicile of the non-resident. When a non-resident contractor submits a bid for a public project, they shall attach thereto a copy of his resident state's current law pertaining to such state's treatment of non-resident contractors.

No quote may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing time for a period of thirty (30) days. The Walthall County School District reserves the right to reject any or all bids on any or all projects and to waive any informalities.

School Board of Education
Walthall County School District