1-09672 ERBR-SAP-05(54) Benton Co. #14168

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 CONTACTORS: Project No. ERBR-SAP-05(54) Benton County, MS. The

Board of Supervisors of Benton County, MS will receive bids for the construction of 0.132 miles

of Bridge and Approaches to Replace Structure No. SA0500000000051 on

Meadowbrook/Scott Road. This project is funded by Mississippi Infrastructure Modernization

Act of 2018’s Emergency Road & Bridge Repair Fund. Sealed bids will be received until 9:00

AM on the 29th day of September, 2023 and shortly thereafter publicly opened at the Benton

County Courthouse, 190 Ripley Avenue, Ashland, MS. Plans, specifications & contract

documents are on file in the Office of the Chancery Clerk of Benton County, Mississippi. Plans,

specifications & contract documents may be viewed and/or secured from Kenneth P. Geno, Jr.,

Engineer of Record of Cook Coggin Engineers, Inc., at www.cceplanroom.com upon

payment of $100.00, which is non-refundable. Project information is also available on the

website of the Mississippi Office of State Aid Road Construction at www.osarc.ms.gov/bidcalendar-

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

qualified quantities. The Board of Supervisors hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively

ensure that minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids and will

not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration of

the award. Bids will be accepted only under the name of the Bidder whose name appears on

the official list of Planholders maintained by the Engineer of Record. 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.

Ricky Pipkin, President

Benton County Board of Supervisors

Publish: August 31st & September 7th, 2023