REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR A SPLASH PAD PARK

Location:	Mississippi
Posted:	Jan 27, 2026
Due:	Feb 12, 2026
Agency:	State Government of Mississippi
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	25 - Vehicular Equipment Components
Solicitation No:	260-20260123163135 OACMS
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Procurement Details

Smart Number	260-20260123163135 OACMS	Advertised Date	01/27/2026 12:00 PM
RFx #	3170034834	Submission Date	02/12/2026 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	You are invited to offer a proposal to the Okolona Area Chamber/Main Street. By participating in this process you are indicating your acceptance to be bound by the guidelines set out in this letter and attachments. Provided below are the key details of th

RFx Items

PRODUCT CATEGORY	PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
98815	Serv RecParkFenceIns
98836	Serv RecParkGrndMain
98852	Serv RecParkLandscap
98854	Serv RecParkLighting
98863	Serv RecParkPrkAreCo

Awarded

VENDOR NAME

VENDOR NUMBER

AWARD DATE

AWARD AMOUNT

FUNDING SOURCE

Bid Attachments

Attachments
(2026-01-23) Splash Pad RFP.pdf

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OKOLONA AREA CHAMBER/MAIN STREET

219 WEST MAIN STREET

OKOLONA, MS 38860

okolonaccmainst@yahoo.com

662-447-5913

January 23, 2026

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR A SPLASH PAD PARK

You are invited to offer a proposal to the Okolona Area Chamber/Main Street.

By participating in this process you are indicating your acceptance to be bound by the guidelines

set out in this letter and attachments. Provided below are the key details of the requirements set

forth by the Okolona Area Chamber/Main Street for this project. Please take into account these

requirements when submitting your proposal.

The project will entail but is not limited to the following areas:

1. Concrete Work: demolition of concrete and pouring of new concrete

2. Plumbing Work: installing water lines, sprinklers, etc.

3. Excavation work: levelling off displaced dirt and filling in holes

4. Electrical Work: installing of sprinkler system

5. Construction of an overhead pavilion

6. Construction of concrete sidewalk around perimeter

Please acknowledge via email receipt of this letter within 14 working days (February 12,

2026 your confirmation of this request, along with a signed understanding of the terms

and conditions of the contract and your proposal. February 12, 2026 a 5pm. is the

submission deadline. All proposals received after this deadline may or may not be

considered. Please email all inquiries and/or submissions to Annie Gates at

awgates60@yahoo.com

Submittals, at a minimum, shall contain:

1. Contact person to whom all correspondence regarding the proposal should be

addressed (along with entity address, relevant contact telephone, facsimile numbers, and

email addresses and also identification of the key individual and important qualifications

of submitting vendor.

2. Years of existence as a business

3. Qualifications of all persons offered or expected to perform services under

this contract. Include education, experience, and other relevant information.

4. Rates for each individual identified above, including other costs and expenses that

may be incurred during the performance of the services.

5. Provide three job project references.

6. Provide General Liability insurance with a coverage of One Million Dollars

($1,000,000.00), with Okolona Area Chamber/Main Street listed as insured.

Please direct any questions regarding the content or process to the Okolona Area Chamber/Main

Street representatives named below. You should not contact other Okolona Area/Main Street

personnel unless directed to do so by the Okolona Area Chamber/Main Street

representative. Okolona Area Chamber/Main Street reserves the right to disqualify and reject all

proposals from suppliers who do not comply with these guidelines. Winning bids will be

awarded based on several factors, including but not limited to time and bid amount. Okolona

Area Chamber/Main Street reserves to the right to reject any bid no matter the amount. Okolona

Area Chamber/Main Street reserves to the right to withhold 10% of the total payment until such

time as the project is finalized.

All contracts awarded pursuant to these procedures shall contain the applicable required contract

terms described in code federal Regulations, Title 2, Part 200, Appendix II. (Attachment “A”

hereto.)

All contracts awarded pursuant to these procedures shall comply with the other applicable

requirements contained in the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles and Audit

Requirements for Federal Awards. All questions should be submitted in writing either by post

or to the email address below.

Only communications made by your Bid Manager (or their deputy) to our named

representatives, Annie Gates, Project Manager will be taken into account during the pre-

contract tender period.

As part of this bid process Okolona Area Chamber/Main Street makes no obligations in any way

to:

(i) pay any vendor for any Request for Proposal or

(ii) award the contract with the lowest or any bidder; or

(iii) accept any RFP information received from vendors; or

(iv) include vendors responding to this RFP, in any future invitation; or

(v) any other commitment to vendors whatsoever.

SUPPLEMENTAL TERMS

A. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY CLAUSE.

(1) During the performance of this contract, the contractor agrees as follows:

(a) The contractor will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for

employment because of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or

national origin. The contractor will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are

employed, and that employees are treated during employment without regard to their

race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. Such

action shall include, but not be limited to the following:

Employment, upgrading, demotion, or transfer; recruitment or recruitment advertising;

layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for

training, including apprenticeship. The contractor agrees to post in conspicuous places,

available to employees and applicants for employment, notices to be provided setting

forth the provisions of this non-discrimination clause.

(b) The contractor will, in all solicitations or advertisements for employees placed by or

on behalf of the contractor, state that all qualified applicants will receive consideration

for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender

identity, or national origin.

employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired

about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another

employee or applicant. This provision shall not apply to instances in which an employee

who has access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a

part of such employee's essential job functions discloses the compensation of such other

employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to such

information, unless such disclosure is in response to a formal complaint or charge, in

furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation

conducted by the employer, or is consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish

information.

(d) The contractor will send to each labor union or representative of workers with which

he has a collective bargaining agreement or other contract or understanding, a notice to

be provided advising the said labor union or workers' representatives of the contractor's

commitments under this section, and shall post copies of the notice in conspicuous places

available to employees and applicants for employment.

(e) The contractor will comply with all provisions of Executive Order 11246 of

September 24, 1965, and of the rules, regulations, and relevant orders of the Secretary of

Labor.

(f) The contractor will furnish all information and reports required by Executive Order

11246 of September 24, 1965, and by rules, regulations, and orders of the Secretary of

Labor, or pursuant thereto, and will permit access to his books, records, and accounts by

the administering agency and the Secretary of Labor for purposes of investigation to

ascertain compliance with such rules, regulations, and orders.

(g) In the event of the contractor's noncompliance with the nondiscrimination clauses of

this contract or with any of the said rules, regulations, or orders, this contract may be

canceled, terminated, or suspended in whole or in part and the contractor may be declared

ineligible for further Government contracts or federally assisted construction contracts in

accordance with procedures authorized in Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965,

and such other sanctions may be imposed and remedies invoked as provided in Executive

Order 11246 of September 24, 1965, or by rule, regulation, or order of the Secretary of

Labor, or as otherwise provided by law.

(h) The contractor will include the portion of the sentence immediately preceding

paragraph (1) and the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (8) in every subcontract or

purchase order unless exempted by rules, regulations, or orders of the Secretary of Labor

issued pursuant to section 204 of Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965, so that

such provisions will be binding upon each subcontractor or vendor. The contractor will

take such action with respect to any subcontract or purchase order as the administering

agency may direct as a means of enforcing such provisions, including sanctions for

noncompliance:

Provided, however, that in the event a contractor becomes involved in, or is threatened

with, litigation with a subcontractor or vendor as a result of such direction by the

administering agency, the contractor may request the United States to enter into such

litigation to protect the interests of the United States.

The applicant further agrees that it will be bound by the above equal opportunity clause

with respect to its own employment practices when it participates in federally assisted

construction work: Provided, That if the applicant so participating is a State or local

government, the above equal opportunity clause is not applicable to any agency,

instrumentality or subdivision of such government which does not participate in work on

or under the contract.

The applicant agrees that it will assist and cooperate actively with the administering

agency and the Secretary of Labor in obtaining the compliance of contractors and

subcontractors with the equal opportunity clause and the rules, regulations, and relevant

orders of the Secretary of Labor, that it will furnish the administering agency and the

Secretary of Labor such information as they may require for the supervision of such

compliance, and that it will otherwise assist the administering agency in the discharge of

the agency's primary responsibility for securing compliance.

The applicant further agrees that it will refrain from entering into any contract or contract

modification subject to Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965, with a contractor

debarred from, or who has not demonstrated eligibility for, Government contracts and

federally assisted construction contracts pursuant to the Executive Order and will carry

out such sanctions and penalties for violation of the equal opportunity clause as may be

imposed upon contractors and subcontractors by the administering agency or the

Secretary of Labor pursuant to Part II, Subpart D of the Executive Order. In addition, the

applicant agrees that if it fails or refuses to comply with these undertakings, the

administering agency may take any or all of the following actions: Cancel, terminate, or

suspend in whole or in part this grant (contract, loan, insurance, guarantee); refrain from

extending any further assistance to the applicant under the program with respect to which

the failure or refund occurred until satisfactory assurance of future compliance has been

received from such applicant; and refer the case to the Department of Justice for

appropriate legal proceedings.

(2) Contractor agrees to include the equal opportunity clause above in each of its nonexempt

subcontracts.

B. TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. The contractor shall comply with

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits recipients of federal financial assistance

from excluding from a program or activity, denying benefits of, or otherwise discriminating

against a person on the basis of race, color, or national origin (42 U.S.C. § 2000d et seq.), as

implemented by the Department of Treasury’s Title VI regulations, 31 CFR Part 22, which are

herein incorporated by reference and made a part of this contract (or agreement). Title VI also

includes protection to persons with “Limited English Proficiency” in any program or activity

receiving federal financial assistance, 42 U.S.C. § 2000d et seq., as implemented by the

Department of Treasury’s Title VI regulations, 31 CFR Part 22, which are herein incorporated by

reference and made a part of this contract or agreement.

C. OTHER NON-DISCRIMINATION STATUTES. Contractor acknowledges that the

Okolona Area Chamber of Commerce/Main Street is bound by and agrees, to the extent

applicable to contractor, to abide by the provisions contained in the federal statutes enumerated

below and any other federal statutes and regulations that may be applicable to the expenditure of

Fiscal Recovery Funds: The Fair Housing Act, Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42

U.S.C. §§ 3601 et seq.), which prohibits discrimination in housing on the basis of race, color,

religion, national origin, sex, familial status, or disability; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act

of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C. § 794), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability

under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance; The Age Discrimination Act

of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. §§ 6101 et seq.), and Treasury’s implementing regulations at 31

C.F.R. Part 23, which prohibit discrimination on the basis of age in programs or activities

receiving federal financial assistance; and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of

1990, as amended (42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq.), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of

disability in programs, activities, and services provided or made available by state and local

governments or instrumentalities or agencies thereto.

D. COPELAND ANTI–KICKBACK ACT.

1. Contractor. Contractor agrees it shall comply with the Copeland “Anti–Kickback” Act

(40 U.S.C. 3145), as supplemented by Department of Labor regulations (29 CFR Part 3,

“Contractors and Subcontractors on Public Building or Public Work Financed in Whole

or in Part by Loans or Grants from the United States”). The obligations thereunder

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR A SPLASH PAD PARK

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