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, May 21, 2019 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:
 
TWO (2) YEAR CONTRACTFOR THE RESTORATION OF SIDEWALKS AND DRIVEWAYS APRONS RELATED TO UTILITY REPAIRS FOR THE JEFFERSON PARISH DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND ALL JEFFERSON PARISH AGENCIES AND MUNCIPALITES ON THE EAST BANK OF JEFFERSON PARISH
 
All prospective bidders are invited to attend the non-mandatory pre-bid conference which will be held at 10:00 a.m. on May 6, 2019 at the Paul D. Connick, Sr., Emergency Operations & Communications Center, 910 3rd Street, Gretna, LA  70053.  However, failure to attend the pre-bid conference shall not relieve the bidder of responsibility for information discussed at the conference.  Furthermore, failure to attend the pre-bid conference and inspection does not relieve the successful bidder from the necessity of furnishing materials or performing any work that may be required to complete the work in accordance with the specification with no additional cost to the owner.    
 
Each bid must be accompanied by a cashier’s check, certified check, or surety bid bondin 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                                                                                          
 
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For additional information, please call 504-364-2678.