Notice is hereby given that the City of Ridgeland, Mississippi will receive sealed bids in the following manner for VIDEO VEHICLE DETECTION SYSTEM EQUIPMENT which shall consist of furnishing all equipment, materials, and incidentals necessary to provide a complete vehicle detection system ready for service.
 
Un-priced bid proposals will be accepted until the hour of 11:00 AM, local time, on FRIDAY, JULY 20, 2018 in sealed envelopes at the Ridgeland Public Works Department main office located inside Ridgeland City Hall at 304 Highway 51, Ridgeland, MS 39157, or by electronic bid submission at www.centralbidding.com .  Submissions will be evaluated and vendors submitting acceptable offers will be invited to submit priced bids during the electronic reverse auction. 
 
Bidding will be held by electronic reverse auction at 10:00 AM, local time, ON THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2018.  The electronic reverse auction will last 1 hour and is scheduled to end at 11:00 am on Thursday, July 26, 2018. Electronic reverse auction bids can be submitted at www.centralbidding.com.  Please contact Central Bidding at 225-810-4814 if you have any questions relating to the electronic bidding process.
 
The Specifications and Contract Documents may be obtained from the Ridgeland Public Works Department main office located inside Ridgeland City Hall at 304 Highway 51, Ridgeland, MS 39157, (601) 853-2027, [email protected].  The Specifications and Contract Documents may also be downloaded at www.centralbidding.com for a fee.  All bids must comply with the specifications provided. 
 
The City of Ridgeland reserves the right to amend the specifications and contract documents as necessary prior to bid, and agrees to notify all having requested bid packets.  The City of Ridgeland reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids and to waive any and all informalities.
 
The City of Ridgeland, Mississippi hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, sex, religion or national origin in consideration for an award.
 
Contract award will be made to the lowest and best bidder offering the low aggregate amount for the base bid item, plus additive or deductive bid alternates applied in the order which is most beneficial to the Owner, and within funds available for the project.
 
                BY ORDER OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN, ON THIS THE 19TH DAY OF JUNE 2018.
 
                                                                                                                      CITY OF RIDGELAND, MISSISSIPPI
                                                                                                                      BY:            Gene F. McGee, MAYOR