Advertisement for Bids Bid No. 50-00125593 
SEALED BIDS will be received in the West Bank Purchasing Department, Paul D. Connick, Sr., Emergency Operations & Communications Center, 910 3rd Street, Gretna, LA 70053 until 2:00pm, 05/02/19 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.  However, if submitting bids on the day of bid opening, bidders must submit at the West Bank location only.  All bids will be publicly opened at the West Bank location at 2:00pm for the following:
 
ONE TIME PURCHASE OF U-CHANNEL GALVANIZED POSTS FOR THE JEFFERSON PARISH DEPARTMENT OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERING           
 Bid specifications may be obtained by visiting the Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department webpage at http://purchasing.jeffparish.net and selecting the LaPAC Tab. Bids may also be viewed and submitted online free of charge at: www.jeffparishbids.net.
 
Each bid must be accompanied by a cashier’s check, certified check, or surety bid bond
in the amount of 5% of the total bid amount WHEN INDICATED IN THE SPECIFICATIONS. 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                                                                                     Jenifer Lotz
Director                                                                                             Chief Buyer
Purchasing Department                                                                    Purchasing Department
 
ADV: The Times Picayune: April 17 and 24, 2019 
For additional information, please visit the Purchasing Webpage at
http://purchasing.jeffparish.net or you may call 504-364-2678.