PUBLIC NOTICE
THE CITY OF STARKVILLE, MISSISSIPPI
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Notice is hereby given that the City of Starkville, Mississippi will receive sealed bids for the construction of improvements planned as part of the City’s NORTHSIDE DRIVE DRAINAGE CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT - PROJECT NO. 18043. Bids are due at the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 110 West Main Street, Starkville, Mississippi 39759, or can be emailed to by 2:00 P.M. local time on Thursday, June 22nd, 2023 at which time they will be opened publicly, read aloud, and taken under advisement until the next meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen. The Starkville Mayor and Board of Aldermen meet the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month, at 5:30 p.m. local time in the Courtroom at City Hall, 110 West Main Street, Starkville, Mississippi.
Instructions to bidders, the applicable bid and binding forms, the plans and specifications, and the contract documents may be examined at the Office of the City Engineer, City Hall 100 West Main Street, Starkville, Mississippi during normal working hours, Monday through Friday. Contractors may obtain copies of all materials required for bidding purposes from Stephen Kachelman, Engineering Department, by contact him at or at telephone number (662) 323-2525 x. 3111
A certified check or bank draft drawn on a solvent bank, payable without condition to the City of Starkville, Mississippi or a bid bond in the amount of 5% of the total bid amount shall be submitted with each bid as guarantee that, if the bid is accepted, a contract will be entered into and the performance of the contract properly secured. All contractors responding to this advertisement for bids must comply with all applicable requirements of Chapters 3 and 5 of Title 31 of the Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended.
Bid containers must be SEALED and marked NORTHSIDE DRIVE DRAINAGE CHANNEL IMPROVMENETS PROJECT - PROJECT NO. 18043 due June 22nd, 2023. Upon the outside or exterior of which is found the contractor’s current Certificate of Responsibility number or statement to the effect that the bid enclosed does not exceed $50,000.00 (fifty thousand dollars), pursuant to the provisions of ?§31-3-21 of the Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended.
The bid opening will be held in the Conference Room on the 1st floor of City Hall. Interested persons are invited to attend.
No bid shall be withdrawn for a period of thirty (30) days without the written consent of the City. The City reserves the right to reject any or all bids received, to waive any informalities or irregularities in the bids received, or to accept any bid which is deemed most favorable to the City.
THE CITY OF STARKVILLE, MISSISSIPPI
Lesa Hardin, City Clerk
Publish: May 25 and May 30, 2023