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BID NOTICE
Sealed bids will be received by Ascension Parish Government at the Ascension Parish Government Purchasing Office, 615 E. Worthey Street, Gonzales, Louisiana 70737, until July 10, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. local time. The bids will be publicly opened and read aloud for the following:
PROJECT NAME: Energy Transition Parkway- Phase II
PROJECT NO.: ROAD220035
STATEMENT OF WORK: New Roadway Construction 
DESCRIPTION: Move Ascension Program
ROUTE: Two-lane roadway that intersects with LA 405
PARISH: Ascension Parish 

ASCENSION PARISH CHIEF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER:      Daniel Helms, P.E., PTOE, RSP2I
225-450-1320
[email protected]
PROJECT MANAGER: Skyler Waaso, P.E., PTOE
225-450-1353
[email protected]
Bids should be submitted in a sealed envelope and must be to the attention of the Ascension Parish Purchasing Department and clearly labeled on the outside of the envelope as Bid Submittal, with the project number ROAD220035 Energy Transition Parkway- Phase II and Louisiana Contractor’s License Number, as well as all companying funds and documents as follows:
Bid Submittal
Project No.: ROAD220035
Project Name: Energy Transition Parkway- Phase II 
LA License No.: 


“Official” Bid Documents are available and Electronic bids are accepted at Central Bidding and may be obtained from www.centralauctionhouse.com or www.ascensionparish.net. For questions related to the electronic bidding process, please call Central Bidding at (225) 810-4814.
COPIES OF CONTRACT DOCUMENTS. Electronic copies of the drawings and specifications for use in preparing Bids may be obtained with contractor provided media. The Contractor to whom a contract is awarded will be furnished two (2) working copies of the specifications and the drawings, together with all Addenda thereto.
Bid Packages may be submitted in different manners. Consult the bid documents for specific deadlines for desired submittal process before application. The following are acceptable methods:
Hand-delivered to: 
615 E. Worthey Street, Gonzales, LA 70737
Uploaded to: www.centralauctionhouse.com
To address the above requirement for electronic bids Ascension Parish Government will allow electronic bids submitted via the parish approved on-line bid site to be submitted as follows:
A. A copy of the bid bond must be attached to the bid document submitted electronically.
B. The original bid bond document must be received in our office no later than 48 hours after the bid opening date and time (Ascension Parish Purchasing Department, 615 E. Worthey Street, Gonzales, Louisiana 70737).
C. The bid-bond envelope must be clearly labeled as a “Bid Bond” with the project name, vendor’s name as it appears on the bid documents and address.
All addenda, Amendments, Letters of Clarification, and Withdrawal Notices will be posted online at www.centraauctionhouse.com
Construction proposal information may be accessed online at www.centralauctionhouse.com. Users shall select “Login” and if necessary, submit and create a New User Registration to view and download drawings. Upon creating a user registration account, users must click on “Ascension Parish Government” to view current advertisement listings. This listing is titled “Energy Transition Parkway- Phase II”. 
All registered users will have the ability to submit questions and view project information as well as view project drawings.
The Ascension Parish Government shall not be responsible if the bidder cannot complete and submit a bid due to failure or incomplete delivery of the files submitted electronically.
All questions regarding this project and the bid package shall be submitted to the Purchasing Department via [email protected] by 4:00 p.m. CDT on June 26, 2025. Responses will be coordinated with the Project Engineer and posted on the www.centralauctionhouse.com website by 4:00 p.m. CDT on Thursday July 3, 2025. Questions received following the deadline may not be answered.
A Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at the Ascension Parish Governmental Complex Conference Rooms 109/110, located 615 E. Worthey St, Gonzales, LA 70737 at 11:00 am CDT.
Bid security in the amount of five percent (5%) of the Total Bid must accompany each bid and shall be made payable to Ascension Parish Government. 
RS 38:2218. Evidence of good faith; countersigning:
A. The public entity advertising for bids for work shall require the bidders to attach a certified check, cashier's check, or bid bond for not more than five percent of the contract price of work to be done, as evidence of good faith of the bidder. The public entity advertising for bids for work may require the bidders to attach a certified check, cashier's check, or bid bond for not more than five percent of the estimated price of supplies or materials, as evidence of good faith of the bidder.
No bidder may withdraw his/her bid within forty-five (45) days after the actual date of opening thereof.
The Parish of Ascension reserves the right to disqualify any Bid, response to a Request for Qualification, or Request for Proposals if it determined that submitting business entity is not in good standing with the Louisiana Secretary of State or is not authorized to do business in the State of Louisiana.
The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) operates a toll-free hotline Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., EDT. Anyone with knowledge of possible bid rigging, bidder collusion or other fraudulent activities should call this hotline at 1-(800)-424-9071. All information will be treated confidentially, and caller anonymity will be respected. 
Ascension Parish Government reserves the right to reject any and all bids for just cause.
The Owner reserves the right to waive any informalities or to reject any or all bids.
Ascension Parish Government
Clint Cointment, Parish President 
WEEKLY-   June 12, 2025, June 19, 2025, June 26, 2025 
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