1-09762 SAP-41(55) Lee Co. #13949

COOK COGGIN IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THIRD PARTY DOCUMENT DISTRIBUTION. BIDS WILL BE ACCEPTED ONLY UNDER THE NAME OF THE BIDDER TO WHOM CONTRACT DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY PLAN HOUSE PRINTING, ON BEHALF OF THE ENGINEER, AND WHOSE NAME APPEARS ON THE OFFICIAL LIST OF PLANHOLDERS MAINTAINED BY PLAN HOUSE PRINTING

THE HARD COPY PURCHASE AND DIGITAL DOWNLOAD OPTION WILL BECOME AVAILABLE WHEN THE DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE ENGINEER AND HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE PLAN ROOM

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS:

Sealed bids or electronic bids will be received by the Board of Supervisors of Lee County, Mississippi until 10:00 AM on the 29th day of August ,2023 and shortly thereafter publicly opened for the construction of 0.208 miles of PRECAST BRIDGE AND APPROACHES on COUNTY ROAD 2424 (COUNTY LINE TO HOMESTEAD BIRMINGHAM RIDGE) being known as Project

No. SAP-41(55) in Lee County, Mississippi. Sealed bids will be received until the designated date and time at the Lee County Board of Supervisors Building, 300 W. Main Street, Tupelo, Mississippi OR electronic bids will be received until the designated date and time via electronic online bid submission through www.cceplanroom.com.

CONTRACT TIME: 90 WORKING DAYS
BASIS OF AWARD:

The award, if made, will be made to the lowest qualified bidder on the basis of published quantities.

The Board of Supervisors hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement; minority business enterprise will be afforded 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.

PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS are on file in the Office of the Chancery Clerk of Lee County, the County Engineer's office and

the Office of the State Aid Engineer, 412 E. Woodrow Wilson Avenue, Jackson, Mississippi. This project shall be construction in accordance with the latest edition of the Mississippi Standard Specifications for State Aid Road and Bridge Construction.

PLANS AND PROPOSALS may be secured from John Mark Weeden, County Engineer for Lee County at www.cceplanroom.com. The Cost is fifty dollars ($50.00) for plans and fifty ($50.00) for the proposal, non-refundable. PLANS AND PROPOSALS may also be downloaded electronically for an additional $25 fee by Bidders for electronic bidding purposes ONLY. All Bidders are to upload electronic bids in .PDF format only. Questions regarding electronic bidding shall be directed to Plan House Printing at (662) 407-0193.

Certified check or bid bond for five percent (5%) of the total bid, made payable to Lee County and the State of Mississippi must accompany each proposal. For Bidders submitting bids electronically, the bond submitted must be either a bond issued by the Surety in electronic format of the original hard copy of the bid bond must be submitted to the Lee County Board of Supervisors, 300 W. Main Street, Tupelo, Mississippi prior to bid opening in order for the bid to be valid.

The entire PROPOSAL is required to be turned in for both paper and electronic bid submission.

Bids will be accepted only under the name of the Bidder to whom PLANS AND PROPOSALS have been issued by the County Engineer, and whose name appears on the official list of Plan holders maintained by the County Engineer.

Bidders are hereby notified that any proposal accompanied by letters qualifying in any manner the condition under which the proposal is tendered will be considered an irregular bid and such proposal will not be considered in making the award.

Mike Smith, President

Lee County Board of Supervisors

Publish: July 28th and August 4th, 2023