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SEALED BIDS will be received in the West Bank Purchasing Department, Suite 4400, Jefferson Parish General Government Building, 200 Derbigny Street, Gretna, LA 70053 until 2:00pm, March 7, 2017 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:
 
PROPOSAL NO. 50-00118436 – PRE-PLACED EMERGENCY CONTRACT FOR EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT RENTAL FOR THE JEFFERSON PARISH DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS - STREETS.
 
A MANDATORY Pre-Bid Conference will be held at 10:30 am on February 20, 2017 in the Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department, located at 200 Derbigny Street, Suite 4400, Gretna, LA  70053.  All interested parties are invited to attend.   All bidders must attend the Mandatory pre-bid conference and will be required to sign in and out as evidence of attendance.  In accordance with LSA R.S. 38:2212(I), all prospective bidders shall be present at the beginning of the Mandatory pre-bid conference and shall remain in attendance for the duration of the conference.  Any prospective bidder who fails to attend the conference or remain for the duration shall be prohibited from submitting a bid for the project.
 
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 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 accept or reject any and all bids, in whole or part, 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.
 
Brenda J. Campos                                          Jenifer Lotz
Director                                                          Chief Buyer
Purchasing Department                                   Purchasing Department
 
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Additional Notes/Requirements

A requirement of this bid is instruction number 11 – 5 percent bid surety. The 5 percent bid surety must be in the original format of a bid bond, cashier’s check or a certified check with bid response submission. If you are submitting via electronically through our on-line bidding site, Central Bidding, you will need to follow the directions within the site and submit the bid bond through one of the clearing houses associated with Central Bidding. No scanned copy of a bid bond nor a check will be accepted. The bid response must be received either manually, in a sealed envelope with the original bid surety and the original signed bid form or electronically (Central Bidding) with verified bid surety to Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department on the date and time indicated on the bid form.