LEGAL NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Sealed bids for Craft Road Widening from College Road to Church Road will be received by
the City of Olive Branch at 9200 Pigeon Roost Road, Olive Branch, Mississippi 38654 until 2:00
P.M. local time on Monday, November 24, 2025, and thereafter will be opened and publicly read.
The project consists of the construction of Craft Road Widening from College Road to Church
Road in the City of Olive Branch MS.
A Pre-Bid Conference will be held at City Hall at 10:00 A.M. local time on Monday, November 17,
2025, in order to discuss the scope and schedule for the Project.
Plans, Specifications and Contract Documents may be picked up at the office of Karen McNeil,
Purchasing Manager, 9200 Pigeon Roost Road, Olive Branch, Mississippi (662-892-9208) or may
be requested via email from Karen.Mcneil@obms.us.
In addition, official bid documents can be downloaded from Central Bidding at
www.centralbidding.com. Electronic bids can be submitted at www.centralbidding.com. Electronic
bids are due the same time and date as sealed bids. For any questions relating to the electronic
bidding process, please call Central Bidding at 225-810-4814.
Each bid must be submitted in a sealed envelope, addressed to the City Clerk, City of Olive
Branch, 9200 Pigeon Roost Road, Olive Branch, Mississippi 38654. Each envelope must be
plainly marked on the outside as “Craft Road Widening from College Road to Church Road” and
must bear on the outside the date the bid is to be opened. Opened bids will be presented for
consideration at a regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Olive
Branch.
Each bid shall be accompanied by a Bidder’s Bond issued by a Surety Company licensed to
operate in the State of Mississippi, in the amount of 5% of the total bid price, as a guarantee that
if the bid is accepted, the Bidder will enter into a contract and execute the Performance and
Payment bonds in the form and within the time specified.
The successful Bidder will be required to execute a Performance Bond and a Payment Bond,
each in the amount of 100% of the Contract, issued by a Surety Company licensed to operate in
the State of Mississippi and shall be named in the current list of "Companies Holding Certificates
of Authority as Acceptable Sureties on Federal Bonds and as Acceptable Reinsuring Companies"
as published in Circular 570 (amended) by the Audit Staff Bureau of Accounts, U.S. Treasury
Department.
Each Bidder shall have a Certificate of Responsibility to bid on contracts for public projects in
which the bid price exceeds $50,000.00 and for private projects in which the bid price exceeds
$100,000.00 as required by the laws of the State of Mississippi. Each Bidder shall show on the
outside of the envelope containing his bid: his current certificate of responsibility number and
expiration date or if applicable, a statement certifying that the bid enclosed does not exceed
$50,000.00 for a public project or $100,000.00 for a private project. Failure to show these items
on the outside of the envelope containing the bid will result in the bid being returned to Bidder
unopened.
No Bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of sixty (60) days after date of actual bid opening,
without the Owner's consent.