16626.08 Water Well Project #18704

The City of Gulfport is seeking sealed bids for the 2025 Water Well Project. Sealed bids will be received in the Office of Procurement located at 1422 23rd Avenue, Jones Building, Gulfport, MS 39501, until 10:00 a.m., local time on August 28, 2025, either by mail or hand delivery, after which time they will be opened and read aloud.

Scope of Work: Bids are invited for the furnishing of materials, equipment, labor, and incidental necessary to construct one new 1,500 gallon per minute water well, complete with appurtenances and approximately 900 linear feet of 12” water main to connect the well to the existing City water distribution system.

Plans and specifications may be obtained via email at jversiga@gulfport-ms.gov or online at www.gulfportmsbids.com .

“The City of Gulfport now offers Electronic Bidding. Official bid documents can be downloaded from City of Gulfport’s Plan Room at www.gulfportmsbids.com. Electronic bids and/or reverse auction bids can be submitted at www.gulfportmsbids.com. For any questions relating to the electronic bidding process, please call Plan House Bidding Group at 662-407-0193.”

A Pre-Bid Meeting will be held at 9:30 a.m., on August 14, 2025, at the following location:
Gulfport Engineering Department
4050 Hewes Avenue
Gulfport, MS 39507

Questions – All questions regarding this bid must be submitted in writing to Nathan Long, E.I. via email at nathan@ccellc.us or by mail to 2300 14th Street, Gulfport, MS 39501 and must be received by the end of business 5:00 p.m. CST, Thursday, August 21, 2025. Questions submitted after this date will not be considered. Bidders shall provide an email address or fax number to direct the consolidated “question and answer” document. Answers will be provided in writing and transmitted via email or fax to all prospective bidders who are known to have requested and received a copy of the bid package. Only answers transmitted in this manner will be considered official and valid. No negotiations, decisions, or actions shall be initiated by any bidder as a result of any verbal discussion.

The City is NOT responsible for bids which are mailed to the wrong address or which arrive in the mail after the designated bid opening time. Bids may be delivered in person to the Office of Procurement prior to the bid opening at the time, date and location listed above.

The project will be awarded to the lowest and best bidder. However, the City of Gulfport reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids or to waive any informality.

The successful bidder must adhere to the City’s policy concerning non-discrimination without regard to race, creed, color, age, sex, national origin or handicap.

For bids exceeding $50,000.00, Bidder must indicate his Certificate of Responsibility Number on the outside of sealed proposal as required by Mississippi Law. Effective July 1, 2010; Per MS Code 31-3-21(3); any bid submitted by a nonresident contractor which does not include the nonresident contractor’s current state law pertaining to such state’s treatment of nonresident contractors, shall be rejected and not considered for award. If no such law exists in the nonresident contractor’s state, then the non-resident contractor may provide a statement to that effect.

Bids shall be submitted on the blank Bid Form furnished with the specifications and must be accompanied by a bid security in the form of a Certified Check, Cashier’s Check or acceptable Bid Bond, payable to The City of Gulfport, in the amount equal to at least five percent (5%) of the base bid; such security to be forfeited as liquidated damages, not penalty, by any bidder who may be awarded the contract but who fails to carry out the terms of the proposal, execute the contract and post a performance bond in the form and amount within the time specified.

No bidder may withdraw his bid within ninety (90) days after the actual date of the opening thereof.

Direct contact with any City employee, including Administration and City Council, on the subject of this proposal is strictly forbidden. Violation of this paragraph will result in disqualification of your submission.

Publication Dates: 07/30/25 & 08/06/25