0279.22.006 Gulf Park Language and Speech Therapy Center #17786

Your firm is invited to submit an offer under seal to Owner at the address
indicated below for construction of a facility located at:

University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Park Campus
730 East Beach Blvd., Long Beach, MS 39560

Before 2:00 p.m. local standard time on the 1st day of April, 2025, for:

Project Name: HRSA-22-134 Gulf Park Language & Speech Therapy Center

Engineer/Architect Project Number: 0279.22.006

Project Description: This project consists of Project Description as described in the Construction Documents and Specifications.

A Non-Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at 10:00 A.M. Those interested should meet at the front lobby of the Physical Plant Building located on the Long Beach Campus of the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) at the Owner address listed above. After the meeting a site walk will be conducted.

Bid Documents for a Stipulated Sum contract may be obtained from the website of the Architect at www.mpengplans.us upon receipt of a non-refundable deposit, by cash or check, in the amount indicated on the plan room site for one set delivered in electronic PDF format.

The Bid Schedule may be examined at the following locations: Mississippi Procurement Technical Assistance Program (MPTAP)

Mississippi Development Authority, Minority & Small Business Development
Woolfolk Building
501 North West Street, Suite B 01
Jackson, MS 39201

Bidders will be required to provide Bid security in the form of a Bid Bond of a sum no less than 5 percent of the Bid Amount or a certified check for a sum no less than 5 percent of the Bid Amount.

Refer to other bidding requirements described in Document 002113 - Instructions to Bidders and Document 003100 - Available Project Information.

Submit your offer on the Bid Form provided. Bidders may supplement this form as appropriate.

If Bids are mailed or hand delivered, then they must be contained in a sealed envelope marked on the outside with the project name. They must be on file as received or delivered by the time stated above to the address of the Owner stated above. Do not deliver Bids to the project address or the Architect's address.

Electronic Bid Submission will be accepted on this project. If anyone prefers to submit their bid electronically, please follow the instructions below using the following website: https://www.ms.gov/dfa/contract_bid_search/Home/Sell. If you are not already registered in this system, potential bidders will first need to click on “Supplier Registration” and follow the steps outlined (a one-time process). Once registered, return to the original website and click on “Procurement Opportunities” where you can either search by keyword for the bid you desire to respond to or leave the search box blank and click “Search” for a listing of all current bids and proposals for the various State of Mississippi offices.

All bids submitted in excess of $75,000.00 by a prime or subcontractor to do any erection, building, construction, repair, maintenance or related work, must comply with Section 31-3-21, Mississippi Code of 1972, by having a current Certificate of Responsibility from the State Board of Public Contractors. The current Certificate of Responsibility Number shall be indicated on the exterior of the sealed bid envelope before it can be opened.

In the letting of public contracts in the State of Mississippi, preference shall be given to resident contractors, and a non-resident bidder domiciled in a state having laws granting preference to local contractors shall be awarded Mississippi public contracts only on the same basis as the non-resident bidder's state awards contracts to Mississippi contractors bidding under similar circumstances; and resident contractors actually domiciled in Mississippi, be they corporate, individuals, or partnerships, are to be granted preference over non-residents in awarding of contracts in the same manner and to the same extent as provided by the laws of the state of domicile of the non-resident. When a non-resident contractor submits a bid for a public project, he shall attach thereto a copy of his resident state's current law pertaining to such state's treatment of non-resident contractors.

Your offer will be required to be submitted under a condition of irrevocability for a period of 60 days after submission.

The Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any or all offers.

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Jacob Cochran
Director of Procurement and Contracts
The University of Southern Mississippi

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