24-03 Town of Lula CDBG Sewage Collection System and Pumpstation Rehabilitation Project #17047

$400,000 -$425,000

NOTICE is hereby given that Town of Lula, Mississippi, will receive written sealed bids and publicly opened on Monday, December 2, 2024, at 11:00 am at Town Hall, 118 Second Street, Lula, MS- 38617, for the furnishing of all labor and materials, and for performing all activities specified in the Contract Documents, for the construction of the Town of Lula Proposed Sanitary Sewer System Improvement Project, 2022 CDBG Project #1139-22-240-PF-01 consisting of sewage collection system Improvements.

The project includes rehabilitation and improvements to the existing sewer system located in Town of Lula, Mississippi, such work being the rehabilitation of the Fourth Street pump station and the First Street pump station and raising manholes along Second Street. The Contract Time will be one-hundred twenty (120) consecutive calendar days, and the liquidated damages will be $250 per consecutive calendar day thereafter. Substantial completion shall be met within one hundred (100) consecutive calendar days. A pre-bid conference will not be held.

Plans, contract documents and proposal forms are on file for public inspection in the office of the Lula Town Hall, 118 Second Street, Lula, MS-38617 and in the office of the Engineer, Cornerstone Engineering, LLC (Attn: Mauricka McKenzie, P.E.), 600 E. Northside Drive, Suite A, Clinton, MS 39056 (601-473- 2403). One copy of the contract documents and plans may be procured from the Cornerstone Planroom at https://www.cornerstoneengllcplanroom.com/ The cost for plans and specifications is non-refundable.

Technical questions and inquiries shall be addressed to the project manager, Mauricka McKenzie, P.E. of Cornerstone Engineering, LLC in Clinton, MS at the email address of mmckenzie@cornerstoneengllc.com. The phone number is 601-473-2403.

This Advertisement and the Bid/Proposal Form for this project may be examined at the 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, Contact: LaTisha Landing.

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. Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 requires that the Town and contractors participating in CDBG projects give opportunities for job training and employment to lower income residents of the Section 3 area that is described as the Town of Lula, MS. Section 3 also requires that “to the maximum extent feasible” contracts for work in connection with Section 3 covered projects be awarded to business concerns that are located in or owned in substantial part by persons residing in the Section 3 area.

All bids will be publicly opened and read aloud on the date and at the time set forth above at the Board Room in the Town Hall, 118 Second Street, Lula MS-38617. The bids will be considered by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the Town of Lula at the next regular meeting thereof to be held within thirty (30) days of the date of receipt of bids.

Any contract awarded under this Advertisement for Bids is expected to be financed in whole or in part by funds from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program administered by the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA). Neither the MS Development Authority, the MDA staff, the State of Mississippi, the U.S. Government, nor any of their departments, agencies or employees is or will be a party to this advertisement for bids or any resulting construction contract. This procurement will be subject to all applicable sections of the Mississippi Code of 1972, Annotated, and to the Community Development Block Grant Program Regulations.

The Town of Lula reserves the right to waive any and all informalities in the bid process and to reject any and all bids.

As approved by the Mayor and Board of Alderman of the Town of Lula.

This Advertisement for Bids is hereby issued this the 24th day of October 2024.

Publication Dates:
October 24, 2024
October 31, 2024