P22-770 Town of Ecru Water Distribution Improvements #18614

Sealed Bids for the construction of Water System Improvements will be received by the Town of Ecru, 176 Main

Street, Ecru, MS 38841, until Monday, August 11, 2025 at 2:00 p.m., at which time the Bids received will be

publicly opened and read. The Project consists of constructing water distribution system improvements.

Contract Documents and Plans can be viewed and/or purchased at Engineering Solutions, Inc. plan room at

www.esiplans.com. Deposit is non-refundable. Should a bidder choose to submit a bid electronically in place of a

sealed bid, it may be submitted at www.esiplans.com. Questions regarding website registration, online plan and

document(s) purchase, or electronic bidding, please call Plan House Printing at (662) 407-0193.

Each bid submitted must be marked on the outside “Water System Improvements – Town of Ecru”. Any bid in

excess of $50,000 must contain on the outside of the envelope the contractor’s current certificate of responsibility

number, and no bid shall be opened or considered unless this number appears on the outside of the envelope or

unless a statement is included on the outside of the envelope indicating that the bid enclosed does not exceed

$50,000. When bidders choose to submit bids electronically, the requirement for including a certificate of

responsibility, or a statement that the bid enclosed does not exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), on the

exterior of the bid envelope shall be deemed in compliance by including the same information as an attachment

with the electronic bid submittal.

A satisfactory Bid Bond executed by the Bidder and an accepted Surety, a certified check, or bank draft payable to

the TOWN OF ECRU, MISSISSIPPI, on negotiable U.S. Government Bonds (at par value), shall be submitted with

each bid in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the total bid.

In the letting of public contracts, preference shall be given to resident contractors, and a nonresident bidder

domiciled in a state having laws granting preference to local contractors shall be awarded Mississippi public

contracts only on the same basis as the nonresident bidder’s state awards contracts to Mississippi contractors

bidding under similar circumstances; and resident contractors actually domiciled in Mississippi, be they corporate,

individuals, or partnerships, are to be granted preference over nonresidents in awarding of contracts in the same

manner and to the same extent as provided by the laws of the state of domicile of the nonresident. When a

nonresident contractor submits a bid for a public project, he shall attach thereto a copy of his resident state’s

current law pertaining to such state’s treatment of nonresident contractors.

Bids may be held up to 90 days from the date of opening for review of bids and qualifications of bidders prior to

Contract award. The Town of Ecru, MS reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any informalities in

the bidding.

Mike Nesbit, Mayor

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