Long Beach Wastewater System Upgrade MDEQ Agreement No. 20-00012 (Project 1 RE-BID) #9847

The Harrison County Utility Authority, will receive bids for:

MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM• HARRISON COUNTY UTILITY AUTHORITY (HCUA)
LONG BEACH WASTEWATER SYSTEM UPGRADE MDEQ AGREEMENT NO. 20-00012 (PROJECT 1 RE-BID) HARRISON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

at the Office of Harrison County Utility Authority located at 10271 Express Drive, Gulfport, Mississippi, 39503, during normal office hours at any time prior to the designated date for the bid opening. Bids will then be publicly opened and read aloud at 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, June 16, 2021.

Bids are invited for all materials, labor, tools, and services necessary to install and perform:

• Installation of approximately 13,770 linear feet of twenty-four-inch (24”) sewer force main and associated appurtenances; rehabilitation and restoration of 1 sewer lift station; associated site restoration.

Bidder will be liable for any and all costs related to downloading electronic files, ordering hard copies, or costs otherwise related to obtaining documents and/ or submitting bids.

Contract Documents, including Drawings and Technical Specifications, are on file at the Office of Harrison County Utility Authority, Gulfport, Mississippi. Official bid documents can also be downloaded from www.hcua- msbids.com or www.phbidding.com . Electronic bids can be submitted at www.hcua-msbids .com. Bidder will be liable for any and all costs related to downloading electronic files, ordering hard copies, or costs otherwise related to obtaining documents and / or submitting bids.

Any questions regarding the electronic bidding service should be directed to Planhouse Bidding Group at 662-407-0193, all other questions should be sent by email to Candice Sardin at
csardin@hcua-ms.us

Bid Documents can also be viewed, but not obtained, at the Office of Pickering Firm, Inc., 126
Rue Magnolia, Biloxi, MS 39530 or at www.PickeringFirmPlanRoom.com. The bid schedule can also be examined at the following locations:

1. 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

2. South MS Contract Procurement Center
1636 Popps Ferry Road, Suite 203
Biloxi, MS 39532
Phone(228) 396-1288

Any contract awarded under this invitation for Bids may be paid for in whole or in part with grant funding from the United States Depa1tment of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (“MDEQ”) under the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opport\mities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (RESTORE Act). Any contract resulting from this solicitation will be subject to the terms and conditions of the funding award, the RESTORE Act Financial Assistance Standard Terms and Conditions and Program-Specific Tenns and Conditions, the Standard Sub-Award Tenns and Conditions, the RETORE Act, 33 U.S. C. 132l(t), Treasury Regulations 31 C. F. R. § 34 et’seq., including 31 C. F. R. §§ 34, Subpart D, all applicable terms and conditions in 2 C. F. R. Part 200 (including Appendix II to Part 200), and all other 0MB circulars, executive orders or other federal laws or regulations , as applicable. Notwithstanding the above, neither MDEQ nor Treasury, or any of their agents, representatives, or employees, is or will be a party to this Invitation for Bids or any resulting contract. Further, any contractor awarded a contract under this Invitation for Bids shall not be deemed to be an agent, representative, employee or servant of MDEQ or Treasury.

Minority and women’s business enterprises are solicited to bid on this contract as prime contractors and are encouraged to make inquiries regarding potential subcontracting opportunities and equipment, material and/or supply needs.

All bidders must make positive efforts to use small and minority owned business and women business enterprises.

Additional information and assistance regarding this bid oppottunity, the MS Procurement Technical Assistance Program, and local contract procurement center may be found at www.mscpc.com.

Any contract or contracts awarded under this invitation for bids are expected to be funded in whole or in part by anticipated funds from the Water Pollution Control Revolving Loan Funds (WPCRLF) loan program from the State of Miss issippi. Neither the State of Mississippi, the Commission on Environmental Quality nor any of their employees is or will be a party to this invitation for bids or any resulting or related contracts. This procurement will be subject to all applicable sections of the Mississippi Code of 1972, Annotated.

A ce1tified check or bank draft payable to the order of Harrison County Utility Authority , negotiable U. S. Government bonds (at par value), or a satisfactmy Bid Bond executed by the Bidder and an acceptable surety, in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the total bid for Harrison County Utility Authority “Mississippi Gulf Coast Water Quality Improvement Program: Harrison County Utility Authority (HCUA) Long Beach Wastewater System Upgrade”, shall be submitted with each bid.

For bids exceeqing $50,000 Bidder must indicate his Certificate of Responsibility Number on outside of sealed, proposal as required by Mississippi Law. For bids not exceeding $50,000, Bidder must either indicate his Certificate Number, or else write clearly “Bid does not exceed $50,000.”

Harrison County Utility Authority reserves the right to reject any or all bids
or to waive any informalities in the bidding.

Bids may be held by the Harrison County Utility Authority, for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days from the date of the opening of bids for the purpose of reviewing the bids and investigating the qualifications of Bidders, prior to awarding of the Contract.

Done by order of the Board of Directors, May 6, 2021.

Publish:
May 14, 2021
May 21, 2021