Purchase of One or More Tactical Armored Vehicle

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The DeSoto County Board of Supervisors will receive bids for the purchase of One or More Tactical Armored Vehicles for the DeSoto County Sheriff's Office department in the following manner:

BID FILE NO: 25-200-002 Bid for Purchase of One or More Tactical Armored Vehicle

Unpriced technical proposals will be accepted until 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 24, 2025 in sealed envelopes at the Office of Procurement, 365 Losher Street, Suite 300, Hernando, Mississippi, or by electronic bid submission.

Submissions will be evaluated and vendors submitting acceptable offers will be invited to submit priced bids. Electronic bids and/or reverse auction 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.

Bidding will be held by electronic reverse auction on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. Bidders may come to the Office of Procurement with a paper bid and receive technical assistance in entering their bid in the reverse auction.

Specifications and procedures are available by registering on the Procurement page of the DeSoto County Board of Supervisors website and printing the bid package at: http://desotocountyms.gov and on file in the Office of Procurement, DeSoto County Administration Building, 365 Losher Street, Suite 300, Hernando, Mississippi, during normal business hours at no charge. Bid packages may also be downloaded from Central Bidding for a fee at www.centralbidding.com . All bids must comply with the specifications provided. DeSoto County reserves the right to amend the specifications, as necessary, and agrees to notify all having requested bid packets from the DeSoto County Office of Procurement.

The Office of Procurement reserves the right to extend the auction date if necessary to complete the bid proposal pre- qualification process.

All unpriced technical offers must be sealed and clearly labeled on the outside of the bid envelopes as instructed in the bid package and delivered to the Office of Procurement at the above address or electronic bids can be submitted at www.centralbidding.com . Bidders may submit technical offers to Central Bidding at no charge.

The Board of Supervisors reserves the right to reject any and all bids and waive any informalities. WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, this the 7th day of July, 2025.

(SEAL)

___________________________________ /s/ MISTY HEFFNER

MISTY HEFFNER, CHANCERY CLERK

DeSoto County Board of Supervisors

SUBMITTED: DESOTO TIMES TRIBUNE

FOR PUBLICATION ON: Thursday, July 10, 2025

Thursday, July 17, 2025

PROOF OF PUBLICATION TO: DeSoto County Administrator Office

DeSoto County Administration Building 365 Losher Street, Suite 300

Hernando, MS 38632

Phone: 662-469-8180