26025.01 Hilo Street Culvert #10331

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by the City of Diamondhead at 5000 Diamondhead Circle, Diamondhead, Mississippi 39525, until 10:00 am, local time, on the day of Thursday, September 23, 2021 and shall cause the bids received to be publicly opened and the bid amount read aloud for the following project:

HILO STREET CULVERT
CITY OF DIAMONDHEAD, MISISSIPPI
PICKERING FIRM, INC. PROJECT NO. 26025.01

The Work included in the Contract shall consist primarily of the following approximate items:

• Removal of roughly 230 linear feet of corrugated metal storm piping and replacement with 65”x40” reinforced concrete arch pipe, removal/replacement of concrete headwall, removal/replacement of concrete yard inlet, roughly 60 SY of asphalt roadway removal/repaving, roughly 300 LF of ditch work, and dredging of an existing pond.

Copies of the contract documents, including Drawings and Technical Specifications, are on file and may be examined without charge at the following locations:

Pickering Firm, Inc.
126 Rue Magnolia
Biloxi, Mississippi 39530

City of Diamondhead
5000 Diamondhead Circle
Diamondhead, Mississippi 39525
www.diamondheadbids.com
(log-in/registration required)

Plans and specifications are being made available via hard copy or digital download. Plan Holders are required to log-in or register for an account to view or order bid documents at www.diamondheadbids.com. Bid documents are non-refundable and must be purchased through the website. Questions regarding website registration and online orders, please contact Plan House at 228-248-0181. No partial sets of drawings of project manuals will be issued. No contract documents (hard copies or electronic copies) will be issued to Contractors within twenty- four (24) hours of the time indicated above for receiving bids.

Bids must be submitted upon the standard forms contained within these contract documents furnished by the Engineer for the City of Diamondhead, Mississippi, noted in the Instructions to Bidders. Bids submitted shall be in letter form in a sealed envelope and outside of envelope shall be marked plainly Hilo Street Culvert and shall be addressed to Jeannie Klein, City Clerk, City of Diamondhead at 5000 Diamondhead Circle, Diamondhead, Mississippi 39525 or for those interested, bids can be electronically submitted at www.diamondheadbids.com under the project page. No oral, telegraphic, telephonic, or e-mail proposals will be considered. Each bidder shall write his Name, his Address, and his Certificate of Responsibility number/or a statement that the bid enclosed does not exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) on the outside of the sealed envelope containing his proposal. If submitting electronically, please include this information on a cover page with your bid submission. All interpretations of drawings and specifications shall be directed to Pickering Firm, Inc. to Cara Wagner 228-432-5925 or email cwagner@pickeringfirm.com. An acknowledged received copy of all Addenda issued by the Engineer via Plan House must be included with the bid proposal.

The maximum allowable number of consecutive calendar days for the completion of Work (the Contract Time) is set forth in the Bid Proposal and will be included in the executed Agreement. The project will be subject to liquidated damages in the amount of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00) per consecutive calendar day for each day in default after the stipulated completion date. The contract time will begin when the Contractor commences work on this project but no later than the tenth consecutive calendar day after receipt of a notice to proceed from the Owner.

The City of Diamondhead, Mississippi, reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any informality in the bidding. Bids may be held by the City of Diamondhead, Mississippi, for a period not to exceed sixty (60) 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.

Each bid must be accompanied by a Bid Bond or Certified Check in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of his Base Bid, payable to the City of Diamondhead, Mississippi, as bid security. In the event that an electronic bid is submitted, a copy of the bid bond must be included with the submission. If submitting electronically, a hard copy of all bid documents must be provided within 3 business days if requested after the bid opening. The successful bidder shall furnish a Performance Bond and a Payment Bond each in the amount of 100% of the bid.

Published by order of the Diamondhead City Council

Jeannie Klein, City Clerk
City of Diamondhead

Publication Dates:
August 25, 2021
September 1, 2021