24-01 Repairs to Hattiesburg City Hall #17079

[Notice is hereby given that the Mayor and City Council of the City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, will receive sealed proposals in the City Clerk’s Office, located at 200 Forrest Street Hattiesburg, MS 39401 and for regular mailing P. O. Box 1898 Hattiesburg, MS 39403 , until 10:00 a.m. CST, on October 31, 2024, for furnishing all labor and materials in connection with Repairs to City Hall as described in and reflected by the drawings and specifications prepared by Verb Architecture, PLLC, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, dated [September 2024], immediately after which time said sealed proposals shall be publicly opened and read.

A voluntary Pre-Bid conference will be held on [Thursday], [October 17, 2024] at [2:00pm] CST at [the office of Verb Architecture], located at [127 Buschman Street, Suite 30, Hattiesburg, MS 39401].

A single contract shall be let for the complete project.

Plan Holders are required to register and order bid documents at www.verbplanroom.com. Bid documents are non-refundable and must be purchased through the website. All plan holders are required to have a valid email address for registration. Please contact Plan House Printing, 1a Churchill Street, Hattiesburg, MS, 39402, 601-336-6378 for questions regarding website registration and online orders.

Bids shall be submitted in duplicate only upon the blank bid forms provided with the project manual and must be accompanied by bid security in the form of a certified check or acceptable bid bond in an amount equal to at least five percent (5%) of the base bid. Said security to be forfeited, as liquidated damages, not penalty, by a bidder who may be awarded the contract, but who fails to carry out the terms of the proposal, execute the contract and post the required performance and payment bonds in the form and amount, and within the time specified. The bid bond, or the certified check, if used in lieu thereof, shall be payable unconditionally to [City of Hattiesburg]. Bids on the project must be received on or before the time specified above, and no bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing time and date for the receipt of bids for a period of forty-five (45) days. All bids submitted must comply with the requirements of Chapter 3, Title 31 (Sections 31-3-1, et. seq.) of the Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended, and the performance of any contract awarded shall be bonded in accordance with Chapter 5, Title 31 of the Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended.

Bidders who are non-residents of the State of Mississippi must also comply with the provisions of Section 31-3-21(3) of the Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended.

[City Council] reserves the right to reject all bids and to waive informalities.

PUBLISHED by Order of the City Council on this the 17th day of September 2024.

[City of Hattiesburg]
BY: Kermas Eaton/s/
City Clerk

Publish [9-26-24] and [10-3-24].