21-E-8072 Sallis 2020 CDBG Water System Improvements #13090

Bids for the construction of the 2020 Water System Improvements Project will be received by The Town

of Sallis located at 6267 Front Street, Sallis, Mississippi 39160, until April 19, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. local

time. At that time the Bids received will be publicly opened and read. Electronic bids will not be accepted

for this project.

The Project includes the following Work:

Installing a new potable-water booster station consisting of a 6,000-gallon collector tank, a 4,000-gallon

hydropneumatic tank, hydropneumatic-tank control panel, 100-gpm service pumps, gate valves, check

valves, tie-ins to existing waterline, yard piping, 610-limestone gravel for driveway, and chain-link

fence.

Information and Bidding Documents for the Project can be found at the following website:

www.engserviceplans.com. Bidding Documents may be viewed and purchased electronically via the

designated website. The website will be updated periodically with addenda, lists of registered plan

holders, reports, and other information relevant to submitting a Bid for the Project. All official

notifications, addenda, and other Bidding Documents will be offered only through the designated website.

Neither Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for Bidding Documents, including addenda, if any,

obtained from sources other than the designated website.

Printed copies of the Bidding Documents may be obtained by paying a non-refundable deposit for each

set.

The Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is:

Engineering Service

115 Aero Smith Drive

Richland, MS 39218

Prospective Bidders may examine the Bidding Documents at the Issuing Office on Monday through Friday

between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

For all further requirements regarding bid submittal, qualifications, procedures, and contract award, refer

to the Instructions to Bidders that are included in the Bidding Documents.

The successful bidder must comply with Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12

U.S.C. 1701u). CDBG regulations governing the grant require that, to the greatest extent feasible

opportunities for contracting, subcontracting, training and employment arising in connection with this

CDBG project will be extended to Section 3 businesses and Section 3 residents.

Minority and Woman Owned Business Enterprises are solicited to bid on this contract as prime contractors

and are encouraged to make inquiries regarding potential subcontracting opportunities, equipment,

material and/or supply needs.

The Town of Sallis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and hereby notifies all bidders will be afforded the

full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the

grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual preference, marital or veteran

status, or any other legally protected status in consideration for an award.

The successful bidder must comply with the Davis-Bacon Act which requires that all laborers and

mechanics shall be paid at rates not less than those determined by the Department of Labor to be

prevailing for the locality in which the project is located.

Awarding public contracts to non-resident Bidders will be on the same basis as the non-resident Bidder’s

state awards contracts to Mississippi Contractors bidding under similar circumstances. In order to ensure

that Mississippi’s so-called Golden Rule is followed state law requires a non-resident bidder to attach to

his bid a copy of his resident state’s current laws pertaining to such state’s treatment of non-resident

contractors.

This Advertisement is issued by:

Owner: Town of Sallis

By: Luke Eaton

Title: Mayor

Date: March 16, 2023 and March 23, 2023