T21-505 Saltillo Downtown Sidewalk Improvements Phase 2 #13597

Sealed or electronic bids for the construction of SALTILLO DOWNTOWN SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS PHASE 2 will be received by the City of Saltillo, 395 Mobile Street, Saltillo MS 38866, until 10:00 A.M., on Thursday, June 29, 2023 and then publicly opened and read aloud.

Contract Documents and Plans can be viewed and/or purchased at Engineering Solutions, Inc. plan room at www.esiplans.com. Deposit is non-refundable. Should a bidder choose to submit a bid electronically in place of a sealed bid, it may be submitted at www.esiplans.com. Questions regarding website registration, online plan and document(s) purchase, or electronic bidding, please call Plan House Printing at (662) 407-0193.

This work consists of the removal and replacement of sidewalk in downtown Saltillo along Mobile Street between Second Street and Front Street. The work will also include the addition of curb islands, steps, ramps and railings. Defined quantities to be bid are specified in the Contract Documents.

Each bid submitted must be marked on the outside “Bid for SALTILLO DOWNTOWN SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS PHASE 2. Any bid in excess of $50,000 must contain on the outside of the envelope the contractor’s current certificate of responsibility number, and no bid shall be opened or considered unless this number appears on the outside of the envelope or unless a statement is included on the outside of the envelope indicating that the bid enclosed does not exceed $50,000.

A satisfactory Bid Bond executed by the Bidder and an accepted Surety, a certified check, or bank draft payable to the City of Saltillo, Mississippi, on negotiable U.S. Government Bonds (at par value), shall be submitted with each bid in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the total bid.

In the letting of public contracts, preference shall be given to resident contractors, and a nonresident bidder domiciled in a state having laws granting preference to local contractors shall be awarded Mississippi public contracts only on the same basis as the nonresident bidder’s state awards contracts to Mississippi contractors bidding under similar circumstances; and resident contractors actually domiciled in Mississippi, be they corporate, individuals, or partnerships, are to be granted preference over nonresidents in awarding of contracts in the same manner and to the same extent as provided by the laws of the state of domicile of the nonresident. When a nonresident contractor submits a bid for a public project, he shall attach thereto a copy of his resident state’s current law pertaining to such state’s treatment of nonresident contractors.

Bids may be held up to 90 days from the date of opening for review of bids and qualifications of bidders prior to Contract award. The City of Saltillo, MS reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any informalities in the bidding.

Hon. Copey Grantham, Mayor

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