2022101 New Choctaw Central Campus #14358

The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians will receive sealed competitive bids at the Yate Construction

Corporate Headquarters Training Room, located at 104 Gully Ave., Philadelphia, Mississippi 39350, until

2:00 p.m. CST on November 30, 2023.

Project specific questions shall be directed to Construction Manager – Yates Construction, LLC, 104

Gully Avenue, Philadelphia, MS 39350, (601) 527-5182, lkennard@wgyates.com

Bid documents are being made available via original paper copy or electronically. Plan holders are

required to log-in or register for an account at www.pryor-morrowplans.com to view and order Bid

Documents. All plan holders are required to have a valid email address for registration. Bid documents are

non-refundable and must be purchased through the website. Electronic bids are not required; however, a

submission of an electronic bid in lieu of a sealed bid shall be submitted at www.pryor-morrowplans.com.

Questions regarding website registration, online orders electronic bidding please contact Plan House

Printing at (662) 407-0193.

Bid preparation will be in accordance with Section 00 21 13 – Instructions to Bidders, bound in the

Project Manual.

A pre-bid event will be held on November 15th, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. at the Golden Moon Hotel & Casino VIP

Room. All bidders are strongly encouraged to attend.

BID GUARANTEE: Proposals shall be submitted with Proposal Security in the form of Certified Check

or acceptable Bid Bond in an amount equal to at least five percent (5%) of the base bid; such security is to

be forfeited as liquidated damages, not penalty, by any bidder who fails to carry out the terms of the

proposal. The Bid Bond, if used, shall be payable to the Owner. Bonds on the project must be received

on or before the period scheduled for the project and no bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing

time for the project. Bids must be firm for a period of forty-five (45) days after the scheduled time of

opening.

PERFORMANCE-PAYMENT BOND: A 100% Performance-Payment Bond issued by a surety

company authorized to do business in the State of Mississippi will be required within ten (10) days after

the successful bidder has been notified of the award of the contract to him.

CERTIFICATE OF RESPONSIBILITY: All bids submitted by a prime or subcontractor for public works

or public projects where said bid is in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to perform contracts

2022101 enumerated in Section 31-3-21, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall contain on the outside or exterior of the

envelope or container of such bid the contractor’s current certificate number. No bid shall be opened or

considered unless such contractor’s current certificate number appears on the outside or exterior of said

envelope or container or unless there appears a statement on the outside or exterior of such envelope or

container to the effect that the bid enclosed therewith does not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).

When bids are submitted 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.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive irregularities.

Publish: October 11, 2023
October 18, 202