7472.032 North Apron Expansion #13346

Sealed bids for “North Apron Expansion. A.I.P. Project No. 3-28-0014-032-2023” will be received by the

COAHOMA COUNTY BOARD of SUPERVISORS at the Coahoma County Administrator’s Office, 115

1st Street, Clarksdale, Mississippi, 38614 until 10:00 AM Local Time on May 15, 2023. Timely received

bids will be opened and read aloud beginning at 10:05 PM on May 15, 2023, in the Coahoma County

Board of Supervisor’s Board Room located at the Coahoma County Administrator’s Office. Bids

received after 10:00 AM will not be accepted and will be returned unopened.

The work is generally described as follows:

Site preparation, erosion control, excavation and grading, taxiway edge lighting modifications, new

concrete pavement, and turfing.

Contract time is 165 calendar days. Liquidated damages in the amount of $500 will be assessed for each

consecutive calendar day after the contract time.

A pre-bid conference for this project will be scheduled for May 04, 2023, at 11:00 AM at Clarksdale –

Coahoma County Airport Conference Room located within the FBO to discuss the work. Prospective

bidders are encouraged to attend the pre-bid conference and perform a site visit of the project area prior to

bidding.

Any questions that bidders might have should be directed to Neel-Schaffer, Inc., 215 Waterford Square

Madison, MS, 601-707-3752 (phone) to the attention of Christopher Tutor.

Bidders must be qualified under Mississippi Law and show a current Certificate of Responsibility issued

by the Mississippi Board of Public Contractors establishing classification as to the value and type of

construction work on which he is authorized to bid.

The Contract Documents (drawings, specifications, proposal forms, general conditions, etc.) may be

examined at the following locations:

FAA, Airports District Office, 100 West Cross Street, Suite B, Jackson International Airport,

Jackson, Mississippi

Office of Aeronautics, Mississippi Department of Transportation, 401 North West Street,

Jackson, Mississippi

Neel-Schaffer, Inc., 5740 Getwell Road, Building 2, Southaven, Mississippi 38672

Coahoma County Administrator’s Office, 115 1st Street, Clarksdale, MS 38614

Bid documents are being made available via original paper copy or digital file. Plan holders are required

to register for an account at www.neel-schafferplans.com to view and order Bid Documents. All plan

holders are required to have a valid email address for log-in or registration. Bid documents are

nonrefundable and must be purchased through the website. If you have any questions regarding website

registration and online orders, please contact Plan House at (662) 407-0193.

Bidders’ attention is invited to the Instructions to Bidders relative to pre-award, equal employment

opportunity requirements, and non-segregated facilities.

Bids must be submitted on the standard form of bid proposal and must include a Bid Bond in the amount

of 5% of the Bid. The successful bidder will be required to execute the standard form of the Contract and

Agreement, together with a 100% Performance Bond and a 100% Payment Bond, within 10 days after

formal award of the contract.

The bidder shall guarantee to hold his bid good and may not withdraw his bid for a period of 90 calendar

days after the scheduled closing time for receiving bids.

This project is subject to the requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended. The Contractor is

required to comply with wage and labor provisions and to pay minimum wages in accordance with the

schedule of wage rates established by the United States Department of Labor.

This project is subject to the requirements of 49 CFR Part 26 Disadvantaged Business Enterprise

Participation. The owner has established a contract goal of 7.47 percent participation for small business

concerns owned and controlled by qualified disadvantaged business enterprises (DBE) but encourages

the bidder seeks participation of these businesses.

Award of contract is also subject to the following Federal provisions:

Executive Order 11246 and DOL Regulation 41 CFR PART 60 - Affirmative Action to Ensure

Equal Employment Opportunity

DOL Regulation 29 CFR Part 5 – Davis Bacon Act DOT Regulation 49 CFR PART 29 -

government wide Debarment and Suspension and Government wide Requirements for Drug-free

Workplace.

DOT Regulation 49 CFR PART 30 - Denial of Public Works Contracts to Suppliers of Goods and

Services of Countries that Deny Contracts to Suppliers of Goods and Services of Countries that

Deny Procurement Market Access to U.S. Contractors (Foreign Trade Restriction).

TITLE 49 United States Code, CHAPTER 501 – Buy American Preferences.

The award, if made, will be made to the party submitting the bid deemed most favorable to the Marshall

County IDA at the time the conditions are stipulated. The Marshall County IDA reserves the right to

reject any and all bids and to waive any informalities or irregularities in the bids received.

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ADVERTISING DATES: April 13, 2023

April 20, 2023

BID OPENING: May 15, 2023