23-13 NORTHWEST RANKIN HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL LIGHTING #13526

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received for the project named below by the

Rankin County School District until 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, and then publicly

opened and read aloud. Single stipulated sum bids will be received for all work required by the

contract documents in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders.

Location for Receipt of Bids:

Rankin County School District

1220 Apple Park Place

Brandon, Mississippi 39042

Contract Documents consisting of Plans and Specifications Entitled:

Northwest Rankin High School Softball Lighting

Bid Number: 23-13

Bid documents are being made available via paper copy or digital pdf. Plan holders are

required to register and order bid documents at www.rcsdplans.com. Bid documents are nonrefundable

and must be purchased through the website. All plan holders are required to have a

valid email address for registration. Questions regarding website registration and online orders

please contact Plan House Printing at (662) 407-0193.

No partial set of Documents will be issued. Selected plan rooms will be issued one (1) CD

without charge.

Proposals must be delivered in a sealed envelope marked plainly on the outside of the envelope

with the following: Northwest Rankin High School Softball Lighting, Bid Number 23-13 , to the

attention of Lance Fulcher, Director of Purchasing, Rankin County School District, 1220 Apple

Park Place, Brandon, Mississippi 39042. In addition, the envelope shall list the bidders

Company Name, Company Address and all applicable state and local license and registration

numbers of the bidder. Envelopes not so marked are submitted entirely at the risk of the bidder

as the Owner and Architect assume no responsibility for the premature opening of any bid

envelope by any employee of the Owner or Architect.

A Pre-Bid conference will be conducted at the Northwest Rankin High School Softball Field, 5805

Highway 25, Flowood, MS 39232 beginning at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. All prospective

Bidders are encouraged to attend.

Proposals shall be submitted in duplicate only upon the blank proposal forms provided with the

Specifications and must be accompanied by Proposal Security in the form of Certified Check or

acceptable Bid Bond in the amount equal to at least five percent (5%) of the Base Bid; such

security to be forfeited as liquidated damages, not penalty, by any bidder who fails to carry out

the terms of the proposal, execute a contract and post Performance and Payment Bonds in the

form and amount within the time specified. The Bid Bond, if used, shall be payable to the

Owner.

Bid proposals must be received on or before the scheduled time for opening of bids and no bid

may be withdrawn after the declared closing time for the receipt of bids for a period of ninety

(90) days.

All bids submitted in excess of $50,000 by a Prime or Subcontractor to do any erection, building,

construction, repair, maintenance, or related work must be in compliance with and subject to

Sections 31-3-15 and 31-3-21 of the Mississippi Code of 1972 as annotated and amended, and

in all case law pertaining thereto.

The Owner reserves the right to waive any irregularities, the right to reject any and all bids and

the option to postpone action and final decision for a period of up to ninety (90) days.

BY:______________________________________________________

Scott Rimes, Ph.D., Superintendent

OWNER:

Rankin County School District

1220 Apple Park Place

Brandon, Mississippi 39042

ENGINEER:

The Power Source, PLLC

305 Highway 51

Ridgeland, Mississippi 39157

Phone: (601) 605-4820

email: cgreen@thepowersource.us

DATES OF PUBLICATION:

May 17, 2023

May 24, 2023