SECTION 900
    NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS:
    Sealed  bids  will  be  received  by  the  Board  of  Supervisors of Forrest County,
    Mississippi at the Forrest County Courthouse, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, until  10:00
    am  on  the  7th  day  of April, 2022 and shortly thereafter publicly opened for the
    construction of 0.031 miles of BOX BRIDGE AND APPROACHES on the OLD HIGHWAY 49  EAST
    being known as Project No. LSBP-18(21) in Forrest County, Mississippi.
             PRINCIPAL ITEMS OF WORK ARE APPROXIMATELY AS FOLLOWS:

              ITEM                                                                QUANTITY              UNIT     
    ROADWAY ITEMS:
    MOBILIZATION                                                        LUMP SUM                LS    
    CLEARING AND GRUBBING                                  LUMP SUM                LS    
    REMOVAL OF BRIDGE @ STA. 24+87                           1.000                 UN    
    REMOVAL OF ASPHALT PAVEMENT (ALL                 196.000                 SY    
    DEPTHS)                            
    BORROW EXCAVATION (F.M.E.)                              1,197.000                CY    
    (CONTRACTOR FURNISHED) (CLASS 9)   
    TEMPORARY STREAM DIVERSION                               1.000                EA    
    REMOVE AND RESET RIPRAP                                     15.000                CY    
    GRANULAR MATERIAL (LVM),                                     148.000               CY    
    (CLASS 6, GROUP "C")               
    RIGHT-OF-WAY MARKERS (TYPE II)                              5.000               EA    
    MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC                                  LUMP SUM             LS    
    ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION SIGNS                            0.000             SF    
    EROSION CONTROL ITEMS:
    AGRICULTURAL LIMESTONE                                          1.000             TON   
    COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER (13-13-13)                           0.500             TON   
    SEEDING                                                                           0.500             AC    
    VEGETATIVE MATERIALS FOR MULCH                         1.500             TON   
    TEMPORARY SILT FENCE                                           500.000             LF    
    WATTLES, 20"                                                               250.000             LF    
    LOOSE RIPRAP, 200 LB.                                              401.000             TON   
    GEOTEXTILE UNDER RIPRAP,                                    710.000             SY    
    TYPE V, AOS 0.21-0.43              
    BOX BRIDGE ITEMS:
    BOX BRIDGE CONCRETE, CLASS "BB"                    154.747             CY    
    REINFORCEMENT                                                  27,937.000             LB    
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PROJECT NO. LSBP-18(21)
FORREST COUNTY
    NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS:
    CONTRACT TIME:            60 Working Days
    BASIS OF AWARD
    The award, if made,  will be made  to the lowest  qualified bidder  on the  basis of
    published quantities.
    The  Board of Supervisors  hereby notifies  all bidders that  it will  affirmatively
    insure that in  any contract entered  into pursuant to this advertisement,  minority
    business enterprise 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,
    or national origin in consideration for an award.
    PLANS  AND SPECIFICATIONS are on file in the Office of the Chancery Clerk of Forrest
    County, the County Engineer's office and the Office of the State Aid  Engineer,  412
    E.  Woodrow  Wilson Avenue, Jackson, Mississippi.  This project shall be constructed
    in acccordance with the latest edition of the  Mississippi  Standard  Specifications
    for State Aid Road and Bridge Construction.
    PLANS AND PROPOSALS may be downloaded from Central Bidding at www.centralbidding.com.
    Electronic bids can be submitted at www.centralbidding.com.  For any questions 
    relating to the electronic bidding process, please call Central Bidding at 
    225-810-4814.
    Certified  check or bid bond for five percent (5%) of the total bid, made payable to
    Forrest County and the State of Mississippi must accompany each proposal.
    Bidders are hereby notified  that any proposal accompanied by  letters qualifying in
    any manner the condition  under which the proposal is tendered will be considered an
    irregular bid and such proposal will not be considered in making the award.


                                                     David Hogan, President
                                                     Forrest County Board of Supervisors
     Advertise: 
   March 10, 2022
   March 17, 2022