NOTICE FOR
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP)
The Harrison County Board of Supervisors, Gulfport, Mississippi, (the “County” or “Owner”)
will receive by “Sealed” Submission Request for Proposals (RFP) for MISSISSIPPI SOUND
COALITION PROJECT in HARRISON COUNTY, MS for PROFESSIONAL SCIENCE
SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT TO PROVIDE A WATER QUALITY STATION AND
MONITORING AT THE RIGOLETS STRAIGHT at GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, at the BOARD
CONFERENCE ROOM, FIRST JUDICIAL COURTHOUSE, 1801 23RD AVENUE, GULFPORT,
MISSISSIPPI, until 9:00 A.M., Wednesday, July 9, 2025, and then at said office publicly opened
and read aloud.
The Request for Proposal documents may be viewed or downloaded at
www.harrisoncountybids.com and www.planhouse.com. RFP documents are also available at the
Harrison County Purchasing Department, 1801 23rd Ave., Gulfport, MS 39501, or calling (228) 865-
4028, or email to jswilliams@co.harrison.ms.us . For any questions relating to PlanHouse Bidding,
their document downloads, registration or electronic bidding process, please call Plan House Bidding
Group at 662-407-0193.
The Harrison County Board of Supervisors intend to employ a firm/individual to provide
professional scientific services and equipment to provide a water quality monitoring station at the
Rigolets Straight as described in the RFP Packet for the Mississippi Sound Coalition Project (the
“Project”) located in Harrison County, MS.
“Hard Copy, Printed, and Sealed Submissions.” Firms/individuals interested in providing
these services may so indicate by furnishing the Harrison County Board of Supervisors one (1)
Original, seven (7) copies (clearly identified), and two (2) USB Flash Drives of the Firm’s
proposal.
“ALL Sealed Submissions” must be on file with the Clerk of the Board prior to the opening
date and time as stated above. All submissions must be sealed and clearly marked on the
outside of the envelope as indicated “PROFESSIONAL SCIENCE SERVICE AND
EQUIPMENT FOR WATER QUALITY STATION AND MONITORING AT RIGOLETS
STRAIGHT FOR MISSISSIPPI SOUND COALITION PROJECT IN HARRISON COUNTY,
MS, to be opened Wednesday, July 9, 2025”. Envelopes not so marked are submitted at the risk
of the prospective firm/individual and the County assumes no responsibility for the premature
opening of same by any County employee.
“Sealed Submissions” sent through the U.S. Mail are done so at the risk of the Prospective Vendor
and should be addressed to the Harrison County Board of Supervisors, in care of the Chancery Clerks
Office, Post Office Drawer CC, Gulfport, Mississippi, 39502 or 1801 23rd Avenue, Gulfport,
Mississippi 39501. The County is NOT responsible for Sealed Submissions that arrive in the mail
after the designated opening time. Sealed Submissions may be delivered in person to the Harrison
County Chancery Clerk’s Office in the First Judicial District Courthouse located at 1801 23rd
Avenue, Gulfport, Mississippi until 5:00 P.M., Tuesday, July 8, 2025, or in the Board Conference
room at the First Judicial District Courthouse in Gulfport, Mississippi, on Wednesday, July 9, 2025.
“Electronic Submissions” will not be accepted since hard copies are required as stated above.
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
submissions at the advertised date and time, all submissions 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 submission opening, as determined in accordance with this
paragraph, shall not be advertised, and all Vendors/Contractors, upon submission, shall be deemed to
have knowledge of and shall have agreed to the provisions of this paragraph. Bids (proposals) shall
be received by the agency until the new date and time of the opening as set forth herein. The
agency shall not be held responsible for the receipt of any submission 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/Contractor shall be required to ensure the delivery and receipt of its Sealed submission
by the agency prior to the new date and time of the public opening.
The Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any and all submissions and to waive informalities.
Submissions 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 and investigating the proposals of Firms, prior to awarding of
the Contract.
By Order of the Board of Supervisors, adopted on the 2nd day of June, 2025.
(SEAL)
/s/ Angela Thrash
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
Publication Dates:
Friday, June 13, 2025
Friday, June 20, 2025