Tupelo Rail Improvements Program (TRIP)

Location:	Mississippi
Posted:	Mar 12, 2026
Due:	Apr 2, 2026
Agency:	State Government of Mississippi
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	15 - Aircraft and Airframe Structural Components
Solicitation No:	1555-20260302140731 Tupelo
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Procurement Details

Smart Number	1555-20260302140731 Tupelo	Advertised Date	03/11/2026 10:00 PM
RFx #	3170035227	Submission Date	04/02/2026 5:00 PM
RFx Status	Open	Major Procurement Category	CONSTRUCTION
RFx Opening Date	N/A	Sub Procurement Category	CONSTRUCTION - SERVICES
RFx Type	MDA - RFx
Agency	MPTAP
RFx Description	Pre-bid Conference: Date & Time: 3/23/2026 1:30 PM Description: NOTICE is hereby given that the Mayor and City Council of the City of Tupelo, Mississippi (hereinafter “the CITY) will receive Statements of Qualifications from interested engineering firms for the purpose of providing preliminary engineering services for the Tupelo Rail Improvements Program (TRIP) until the hour of 5:00 o’clock P.M. local time on April 2, 2026. Responses shall be delivered only in the manner specified below, on or before the deadline. Untimely submittals will not be accepted. A pre-submission conference will be conducted to answer any questions on March 23, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. in City Council Chambers, Second Floor, Tupelo City Hall, 71 E. Troy Street, Tupelo, Mi

RFx Items

PRODUCT CATEGORY	PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
57048	Rails Railroad Steel

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Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, P O Box 909, Tupelo MS 38802

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TIFFANY MAY

CITY OF TUPELO

P.O BOX 1485

TUPELO, MS 38802

(662) 841-6487

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LEGAL NOTICE

FOR QUALIFICATIONS

NOTICE is hereby given that the

Mayor and City Council of the City

of Tupelo, Mississippi (hereinafter

“the CITY) will receive Statements

of Qualifications from interested

engineering firms for the purpose

of providing preliminary engineer-

ing services for the Tupelo Rail Im-

provements Program (TRIP) until

the hour of 5:00 o’clock P.M. local

time on April 2, 2026. Responses

shall be delivered only in the man-

ner specified below, on or before

the deadline. Untimely submittals

will not be accepted.

Documents, including the full

Request for Qualifications, Specifi-

cations and Exhibits, may be ob-

tained in hard copy or electronic

format by contacting www.Tupelo

MSbids.com.

Any questions should be di-

rected in writing by email to the

Owner’s project managers prior to

the deadline established in the RFQ

timeline.

Owner’s Project Managers:

City of Tupelo

Attn: Dennis Bonds,

City Engineer

Attn: Abby Christian,

Grant Administrator

71 East Troy Street,

Tupelo, MS 38804,

662-841-6457

dennis.bonds@tupeloms.gov

abby.christian@tupeloms.gov

Interested firms submitting hard

copy responses are required to

submit one original and five copies

of their response marked “City of

Tupelo Request for Qualifications

to Provide Engineering Services for

the Tupelo Rail Improvements Pro-

gram (TRIP)”. Responses submit-

ted via www.tupelomsbids.com

shall be in PDF format.

Mail responses to:

City of Tupelo, Mississippi

Attn: Cade Armstrong

P.O. Box 1485

Tupelo, MS 38802-1485

Hand-deliver responses to:

City of Tupelo, Mississippi

Attn: Cade Armstrong

Tax Office

71 East Troy Street

Tupelo, MS 38804

Online submittals:

www.tupelomsbids.com

Qualifications must be clearly

identified with “TRIP Preliminary

Engineering RFQ 2026-019” on the

front of the sealed envelope along

with the firm’s name, address,

point of contact, telephone number

and email address. Inside the en-

velope, five (5) copies of the RFQ

response shall be in printed docu-

ment form and at least one (1) ad-

h ll b l d d

ditional copy shall be included on a

digital storage device. If correc-

tions or erasures are made to the

printed copy, they shall be initialed

by the person signing the proposal.

No telephone, telegraph, fac-

simile or email proposal will be

accepted. Qualifications submit-

ted after 5:00 p.m. on April 2,

2026 will not be considered. Re-

sponsibility for timely submittal

lies solely with the submitting firm.

The selection criteria for this

award is contained in the full RFQ.

Firms interested in providing

these services must submit, as a

minimum, those matters and, in

the manner, specified by the full

RFQ.

This project is being funded in-

whole or in-part through the Fiscal

Year 2022 Rebuilding American In-

frastructure with Sustainability and

Equity (“RAISE”) Grant Program

administered through the United

States Department of Transporta-

tion and the Federal Railroad Ad-

ministration (“Grant Program”).

The terms and conditions of such

Grant Program, and applicable

Agreement are incorporated fully

herein by reference and may be

made as a condition on any con-

tract(s) awarded because of this

Request for Qualifications.

The City of Tupelo, Mississippi,

Pursuant to Title VI of the Civil

Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252,

42 U.S.C. §§ 2000d to 2000d-4)

and the applicable implementing

regulations, hereby affirms that, in

connection with any contract en-

tered into pursuant to the Agree-

ment, disadvantaged business

enterprises will be afforded full and

fair opportunity to submit bids in

response to any solicitation and

will not be discriminated against

on the grounds of race, color, or

national origin in consideration for

an award. This bid solicitation will

be submitted to the Agency Bid

Bank at

agencybidbank@mississippi.org.

BY ORDER OF THE MAYOR AND

CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI.

CITY OF TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI

By: /s/ Kim Hanna,

City Clerk/CFO

March 3, 10, 2026.

$133.26

- $0.00

$133.26

Notes:

Email address: Kim.Hanna@tupeloms.gov

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