SECTION 00010
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Sealed proposals for the construction of the Improvements to Two (2) Water Tanks will be received by the City of Quitman at the City HALL, located at 101 E. Church Street, Quitman, MS 39355 until 10:00 AM local time on April 8, 2025 and immediately thereafter will be opened and publicly read.
The work to be done consists generally of, but not limited to:
The Interior and Exterior Painting and Improvements to Two (2) Elevated Water Tanks located within the City of Quitman.
Specifications may be obtained Monday through Thursday between the hours of 8:00 till 4:00 from Fontaine Engineering at: 107 East Donald Street; Suit 9, Quitman, MS 39355, (601) 776-8910 for a deposit of $200.00 per set non-refundable. A copy of the Specifications may be examined at: The City Hall in Quitman, MS.
Each bid shall be accompanied by a Certified Check on a solvent bank or 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 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.
Awarding public contracts to non-resident Bidders will be on the same basis as the non-resident Bidder’s state awards contract 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.
No Bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of sixty (60) days after date of actual bid opening, without Owner's consent. The City of Quitman reserves the right to reject any or all proposals received, to waive any informalities in the bids received, and to accept any proposal which is deemed most favorable to the City of Quitman.
Funding for this project is through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Section 592 Program. All bidders shall conform to any federal and state requirements stipulated for this program.
BY:
Honorable Steve Watkins, Mayor
Quitman, Mississippi
0306/0313
