Beach Outfall Repairs (Zeta)

HARRISON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
HARRISON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
Beach Drainage Outfall Repairs
(PW# 436, Hurricane Zeta)
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Sealed Bids or Electronic Bids for the Beach Drainage Outfalls Hurricane Zeta Project will be received by
the Board of Supervisors of Harrison County at the First Judicial Courthouse, Emergency Management
Agency (EMA) Conference Room, at 1801 23rd Avenue Gulfport, Mississippi until 2:00 p.m. local time on
October 13, 2026, at which time the Bids received will be publicly opened and read. The Project consists
of repair and replacement of existing drainage culverts and open channels and related work along
Harrison County's beach.
Sealed Bids must be on file with the Clerk of the Board prior to the opening date and time as stated
above. Sealed Bids must be sealed and clearly marked on the outside of the envelope as indicated Bid
for Beach Drainage Outfall Repairs (PW# 436, Hurricane Zeta) to be opened October 13, 2026.
Sealed Bid envelopes not so marked are submitted at the risk of the prospective Bidder and the County
assumes no responsibility for the premature opening of same by any County employee. All bids must be
on file with the Clerk of this Board on or prior to the hour and date first mentioned above. Bids sent
through the mail should be addressed to the Board of Supervisors, care of the Chancery Clerk's Office,
Post Office Drawer CC, Gulfport, Mississippi 39502. Bids delivered in person must be delivered to the
Clerk's Office in the First Judicial District Courthouse, Gulfport, Mississippi.
This Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is Brown, Mitchell & Alexander, Inc., 401 Cowan Road,
Suite A, Gulfport, MS 39507, (228) 864-7612. Prospective Bidders may examine the Bidding Documents
at the Issuing Office on Monday through Thursday (between the hours of 7:30 A.M. and 5:30 P.M.) and
Friday (between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and Noon). Copies of the Bidding Documents may be obtained
from the Issuing Office as described below.
The date that the Bidding Documents are transmitted by the Issuing Office will be considered the
prospective Bidder's date of receipt of the Bidding Documents. Partial sets of Bidding Documents will not
be available from the Issuing Office. Neither Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for full or partial sets
of Bidding Documents, including Addenda, if any, obtained from sources other than the Issuing Office.
A pre-bid conference will be held at 2:00 p.m. local time on September 22, 2026, at the Emergency
Management Agency (EMA) Conference Room of the Harrison County Courthouse, 1801 23rd Avenue,
Gulfport, MS. Attendance at the pre-bid conference is highly encouraged but is not mandatory.
Bid documents may be obtained by contacting the Harrison County Purchasing Department, 1801 23rd
Ave., Gulfport, MS 39501 (228) 865-4028. Bid documents can be viewed or downloaded at Plan House
at www.harrisoncountybids.com.
"Electronic Bids" may be submitted on-line at www.harrisoncountybids.com prior to the opening date and
time as stated above. For any questions relating to Registration at www.harrisoncountybids.com or the
Electronic Bidding process, call Central Bidding at 225-810-4814.
Bids will be received from a single prime Contractor. Bids shall be on a unit price basis as indicated on
the Bid Form.
Bid security shall be furnished in accordance with the Instruction to Bidders.
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For bids exceeding $50,000.00, Bidder must indicate his Certificate of Responsibility Number on the
outside of sealed bid 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 non-resident contractor's state, then the non-resident
contractor may provide a statement to that effect.
If the agency is closed for any reason, including but not limited to: acts of God, strikes, lockouts, riots,
acts of war, epidemics, governmental regulations superimposed after the fact, fire, earthquakes, floods,
or other natural disasters (the "Force Majeure Events"), which closure prevents the opening of bids at the
advertised date and time, all bids received shall be publicly opened and read aloud on the next business
day that the agency shall be open and at the previously advertised time. The new date and time of the
bid opening, as determined in accordance with this paragraph, shall not be advertised, and all
Vendors/Bidders, upon submission of a bid, shall be deemed to have knowledge of and shall have
agreed to the provisions of this paragraph. Bids shall be received by the agency until the new date and
time of the bid opening as set forth herein. The agency shall not be held responsible for the receipt of any
bids for which the delivery was attempted and failed due to the closure of the agency as a result of a
Force Majeure Event. Each Vendor/Bidders shall be required to ensure the delivery and receipt of its bid
by the agency prior to the new date and time of the bid opening.
The Board reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids or any part of any or all bids based on the
lowest and best bid determination. If the Bid documents request separate bids on phases or items of a
project, the Board reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids or any part of any or all bids based
on a lowest and best bid determination on each phase or item for which a separate bid is requested. The
Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids, and to waive informalities.
Bids may be held by the Owner for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days from the date of submittal for
the purpose of reviewing the bids and investigating the qualifications of Bidders, prior to awarding of the
Contract. No bidder may withdraw his bid within 60 days after date of submittal.
By Order of the Board of Supervisors, it adopted this on the ___day of September, 2026.
Angela Thrash
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
Harrison County, Mississippi
By (SEAL)
Publication Dates:
September 11, 2026
September 18, 2026
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