You are hereby invited to submit a sealed bid for “Replace HVAC Building 5 – Hattiesburg Campus” located at the Hattiesburg Campus of Pearl River Community College, Poplarville, Mississippi.  Bids will be received from contractors at the Administration Building                                    on the Poplarville Campus, Poplarville,  until 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, September 24, 2019, and then publicly opened and read aloud.
 
Single stipulated sum bids will be received for all work required by the Contract Documents in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders.
 
Instructions to Bidders, Form of Bid, Form of Contract, Form of Contract Bond, Drawings, Specifications and other Contract Documents may be examined at the following locations:
 
Office of the Engineer: Stephens Mechanical Engineering, 925 Tommy Munro Dr., Ste B, Biloxi, MS, 39532.
ABC Plan Rooms, Gulfport and Jackson, Mississippi.
AGC Plan Rooms, Gulfport and Jackson, Mississippi. 
All proposals must be on file with the College prior to the opening time as stated above. All proposals must be sealed and clearly marked on the outside of the envelope as indicated “Replace HVAC Building 5 – Hattiesburg Campus” to be opened on “September 24, 2019”.  Envelopes not so marked are submitted at the risk of the Bidder and the College assumes no responsibility for the premature opening of same by any College employee.
 
The Owner reserves the right to waive any informalities and to reject any or all bids.
 
Each bidder must deposit with his bid, security in the amount, form and subject to the conditions provided in the Instructions to Bidders.  Performance and Payment Bonds will be required from the successful bidder.  Bidders shall comply with law of the State of Mississippi requiring Certificate of Responsibility.
 
Resident contractors shall, in accordance with laws of the State of Mississippi, be granted preference over non-residents in the award of this contract in the same manner and to the same extent as provided by the laws of the state of domicile of the non-resident.  A non-resident contractor shall attach to his proposal a copy of his resident state's current law pertaining to such state's treatment of non-resident contractors.
 
No bidder may withdraw his bid within sixty (60) days after the actual date of the opening thereof.