MC09-22-002 Elmwood Street Sanitary Sewer & Utility Improvements

Sealed bids will be received by the City of McComb (Owner) until 10:00 a.m. on October 21, 2022, in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 115 3rd Street, McComb, Mississippi 39648 for the project titled Elmwood Street Sanitary Sewer & Utility Improvements. Bids shall be addressed to the attention of the City Clerk.

The work generally consists of sewer and utility improvements on Elmwood Street in the City of McComb. Specific locations and improvements are shown in the Contract Drawings.

The above general summary of features of the work does not in any way limit the responsibility of the Contractor to perform all work and furnish all plant, labor, equipment, and materials required by the specifications and the drawings referred to therein.

Contract time shall be 120 calendar days from the effective date shown in the Notice to Proceed. Liquidated damages will be assessed at a rate of $200.00 per day for each consecutive calendar day the work has not achieved Substantial Completion.

Bidders must be qualified under Mississippi State Law and show Certificate of Responsibility issued by the Mississippi State Board of Public Contractors.

The Owner reserves the right to waive any formalities or to reject any and all bids. Bids will be awarded on Total Bid Price and the Bidder’s ability to perform the work as specified within the completion dates stated above.

A 5% bid bond will be required on this project. The successful bidder shall furnish a Performance Bond and a Payment Bond each in the amount of 100% of the bid.

Attorneys-in-fact who sign Payment Bonds must file with each bond a certified and effective dated copy of their power of attorney.

Proposals shall be submitted in duplicate, sealed, and deposited at the office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 115 3rd Street, McComb, Mississippi 39648 prior to the hour and date above designated. No bidder may withdraw his bid within 90 days after the actual date of the opening thereof.

Awarding public contracts to non-resident Bidders will be on the same basis as the non-resident Bidder's state awards Contractors to Mississippi Contractors bidding under similar circumstances. In order to ensure that Mississippi's so called "Golden Rule" is followed, state law requires a non-resident Bidder to attach to his bid a copy of his resident state's current laws pertaining to such state's treatment of non-resident Contractors. The City of McComb is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The City of McComb hereby notifies all Bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged and women's business enterprises will be afforded the full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award.

Contract Drawings, Contract Specifications, Instructions to Bidders and Bidders Proposal forms are on file and open to public inspection in the City of McComb, Public Works Office, 120 East Michigan Avenue, McComb, Mississippi and the office of Neel-Schaffer, Inc., 206 Maryland Avenue, McComb, MS 39648.

Bid documents are being made available via paper or digital copy. Plan holders are required to log-in or register for an account at www.neel-schafferplans.com to view and order Bid Documents. All plan holders are required to have a valid email address for registration. Bid documents are non-refundable and must be purchased through the website. If anyone prefers to submit their bid electronically instead of in a sealed envelope, they can do so through the website. Please contact Plan House Printing at (601) 336-6378 with questions regarding website registration, electronic bidding and online orders.

The Engineer is Neel-Schaffer, Inc., 206 Maryland Avenue, McComb, Mississippi 39648, (601) 684-4564, Fax No. (601) 684-0526.

Each bidder shall write his Certificate of Responsibility number on the outside of the sealed envelope containing his proposal.

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