NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Notice is hereby given that the Jones County Junior College Office of Purchasing will receive proposals for the purchase of
PROPOSAL# JCJC23-03 CORE NETWORK SWITCHES
Pursuant to MS Code 31-7-13 and House Bill 1109, this commodity will be procured through a multi-step procurement process, including a reverse auction. In Phase one, un-priced technical proposals are evaluated for potential acceptability based upon pre-determined criteria. In Phase Two, only those bidders whose technical proposals are determined acceptable shall be invited to provide priced proposals for consideration. Un-priced proposals will be accepted until 10:00 a.m. on Friday, May 5, 2023, in sealed envelopes at the Accounting Office, 900 South Court Street, Ellisville, Mississippi, or by electronic proposal submission. Submissions will be evaluated and vendors submitting acceptable offers will be invited to submit priced proposals. Electronic proposals can be submitted at www.centralbidding.com. For any questions relating to the electronic proposal process, please call Central Bidding at 225-810-4814.
Final, invited, priced proposals will be held by electronic reverse auction on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. closing on Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. Bidders may come to the Accounting Office with a paper proposal and receive technical assistance in entering their proposal in the reverse auction if needed.
Specifications and procedures are available at Accounting Office, 2nd Floor of the Hutcheson-Hubbard Administration Building, 900 South Court Street, Ellisville, MS during normal business hours at no charge. Proposal packages may also be downloaded from Central Bidding for a fee at www.centralbidding.com. All proposals must comply with the specifications provided.
The proposals will be awarded to the lowest, and/or best, proposal from a responsive, responsible bidder. Proposal forms and instructions to bidders are on file in the Accounting Office and may be obtained upon request. The College Board reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and waive informalities in the bidding.
Jones County Junior College
Jessica Martin
Purchasing Agent
601-477-4009
Submitted: Hattiesburg American; The Clarion Ledger and Laurel Leader Call
Run: April 19th and April 26th of 2023; April 20th and April 27th of 2023
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| REVERSE AUCTION BIDDING: |
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• The real-time bidding interface will appear below at the start date and time set by the owner. If you are viewing this page before the set start time of the reverse auction, you may need to refresh the page in your web browser in order to see the real-time bidding interface below.
• The Central Bidding time listed for this Reverse Auction is the official time for the placement of bids. All bidders acknowledge that this Reverse Auction is conducted electronically and relies on hardware, software, internal and external network speeds, as well as other variables that are outside of the control of Central Bidding. Central Bidding does not suggest waiting until the final seconds to place your Reverse Auction Bid. Vendors are solely responsible for the placement of timely bids.
• If you are viewing a Multi-Line Item Reverse Auction and you do not see the next item for bid once the time for that item expires, you may need to refresh/reload your page. You can do so by clicking the "Refresh" or "Reload" button which is normally located near the Home, Forward, and Back buttons in your web browser (depending on which web browser you are currently using).
• For questions regarding automatic extensions of the Reverse Auction time and other Reverse Auction technical information, please refer to the Anti-Bid Sniping section on the Reverse Auction FAQ page.
• When entering a bid amount, you may ONLY enter numbers (and one decimal point if necessary).
• DO NOT ENTER A DOLLAR SIGN OR COMMA WITH YOUR BID AMOUNT.
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| Owner/Creator Username: |
JCJCRW |
| Reverse Auction Type: |
Single Item |
| Bid Solicitation Start Time/Date: |
19-Apr-2023 12:00:00 AM CDT |
| Bid Solicitation End Time/Date: |
05-May-2023 10:00:00 AM CDT |
| Reverse Auction Start Time/Date: |
10-May-2023 2:00:00 PM CDT |
| Reverse Auction End Time/Date: |
10-May-2023 3:00:00 PM CDT ( Expired ) |
| Status |
Realtime Event |
| Action: |
Sign-In to Bid
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Proxy Bidding and Bid Increments:
"Proxy bidding" makes bidding on auctions easier and less time-consuming for buyers.
Central Auction House will automatically place a bid on your behalf for the lowest amount possible up to your maximum bid using an increment bidding system. This allows you to remain the highest bidder for the auction until your maximum bid amount has been reached, also your proxy bid will remain confidential. To activate Central Auction House's proxy bidding system, simply enter the maximum price you are willing to bid, following these steps:
-When you place a bid, you enter the maximum amount you're willing to pay for the item(s). The seller and other bidders won't know your maximum bid.
-We place bids on your behalf using the automatic bid increment amount, which is based on the current high bid. We increase your bid only as much as necessary to make sure that you remain the high bidder, up to your maximum amount.
-If another bidder places the same maximum bid amount as yours, the bidder who entered the amount first is the current winning bidder. Your maximum bid is kept confidential until it is exceeded by another bidder.
-You cannot lower a proxy bid once it is placed
-You can raise your own proxy bid: if you have a proxy bid in place for $1,000 and place another bid for $1,200 then the actual winning bid won't change but your proxy bid will be raised to $1,200
-Please note: When proxy bidding is used it may appear as if one bidder has outbid another with the exact same amount. Again, the person who submitted the amount first is considered to be the winning bidder.
Increment Bidding:
"Increment bidding" refers to the minimum amount an auction bid must be raised each time the current highest bid is surpassed. The increment is determined by the value of the most recent bid. See below:
Example:
-The current bid amount is at $150.00 USD.
-Buyer 1 places a maximum bid of $210.00 USD.
-The increment bidding system will automatically place bids on Buyer 1's behalf up to $210.00 USD.
-When Buyer 2 places a maximum bid of $200.00 USD, Buyer 1's bid will be automatically increased in the set increments (see Bid Increments Chart) until it reaches $210.00 USD.
-If Buyer 3 places a bid of $220.00 USD, they will become the highest bidder because they have surpassed Buyer 1's maximum bid.
-To continue, Buyer 1 must enter a new maximum bid, which meets or exceeds the increment established by the highest current bid amount.
-If Buyer 1 has a proxy bid of $500.00 USD, our system will automatically bid $230.00 USD for them.
The increment amount is determined based on the current high bid currently in the item. See increment chart below for more information.
| Current Bid Price: |
Bid Increment |
| $1.00-$4.99 |
$0.25 |
| $5.00-$24.99 |
$0.50 |
| $25.00-$99.99 |
$1.00 |
| $100.00-$249.99 |
$2.50 |
| $250.00-$499.99 |
$5.00 |
| $500.00-$999.99 |
$10.00 |
| $1,000.00-$2,499.99 |
$25.00 |
| $2,500.00-$4,999.99 |
$50.00 |
| $5,000.00-and up |
$100.00 |
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