ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
BID NO. 50-00132187
 
 
Sealed Bids will be received in the West Bank Purchasing Department, Suite 4400, Jefferson Parish General Government Building, 200 Derbigny Street, Gretna, LA 70053 until 2:00 p.m.  October 20, 2020 and publicly opened thereafter.  At no charge, bidders may submit via Jefferson Parish’s electronic procurement page by visiting www.jeffparishbids.net to register for this free site.  For convenience, bidders may also submit bids in the East Bank Purchasing Department, Suite 404, Jefferson Parish Joseph S. Yenni Building, 1221 Elmwood Park Blvd., Jefferson, LA 70123.  Due to COVID-19 safety precautions, all public bid openings have been suspended. Bid openings will continue and be made available via phone conference.
 
        Dial-in Number:(504) 323-1800
        Meeting ID:181357
 
Bids will be accepted through Central Bidding or manual submission. Manually-submitted bids can be delivered to either Purchasing office location; however, if submitting bids on the day of the bid opening, bidders must submit at the West Bank location. Advertised bids will be received until 2 p.m. The bid opening teleconference will begin at 2:30 p.m. on the bid opening date for the following project:
 
LABOR, MATERIALS & EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE & DISPOSE OF OLD BASKETBALL GOALS, SUPPLY & INSTALL NEW BASKETBALL GOALS FOR THE EASTBANK DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION
 
This project will be “Sales Tax Free” in accordance with LSA-R.S. 47:301(8)(C).
 
All bids must be in accordance with the contract documents on file with the Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department, Suite 4400, Jefferson Parish General Government Building, at 200 Derbigny Street, Gretna, Louisiana.  All bidders must show the Bid Number on the outside of their bid envelope.  Late bids will not be accepted.
 
Each Bid must be accompanied by certified check, cashier’s check, or bid bond acceptable to the owner in the amount equal to five percent (5%) of the total amount bid, and payable without condition to the owner.   If submitting a bid online, vendors must submit an electronic bid bond through the respective online clearinghouse bond management system(s) as indicated in the electronic bid Solicitation on Central Auction House.    No scanned paper copies of any bid bond will be accepted as part of the electronic bid submission.
 
 
The Jefferson Parish Council reserves the right to reject all bids and to reject bids for just cause, pursuant to the law.  Jefferson Parish and its partners as the recipients of federal funds are fully committed to awarding a contract(s) to firm(s) that will provide high quality services and that are dedicated to diversity and to containing costs.  Thus, Jefferson Parish strongly encourages the involvement of minority and/or woman-owned business enterprises (DBE’s, including MBE’s, WBE’s and SBE’s) to stimulate participation in procurement and assistance programs.
 
                                   

Renny Simno
Director
Purchasing Department
 
Misty A. Camardelle
Assistant Director
Purchasing Department

 
ADV: The New Orleans Advocate: September 23, September 30, & October 7, 2020
 
For additional information, please visit the Purchasing Webpage at http://purchasing.jeffparish.net or you may call 504-364-2678.