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LEGAL NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Sealed bids for Craft Road Water Production Facility 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, February 23, 2026 and thereafter will be opened and publicly read.
The project consists of the construction of a new 750,000 GPD water production facility at the
City’s existing Craft Road Elevated Water Storage Tank location. Included in this work will be the
installation of all necessary piping, treatment equipment and housing, concrete, electrical
improvements, and appurtenant work as required to make functional this new water production
facility as detailed and described in the contract documents and technical specifications.
A Pre-Bid Conference will be held at City Hall at 2:00 P.M. local time on Thursday, February
12, 2026, 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 Water Production Facility” 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
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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.
The City of Olive Branch reserves the right to reject any or all bids in whole or in part, with or
without cause; and to accept the lowest bid which in its judgment will be for the best interest of
the City of Olive Branch.
PUBLISH: Thursday, January 22, 2026
Thursday, January 29, 2026
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