This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Jackson, Mississippi. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

The City of Jackson is committed to the principle of non-discrimination in Public Purchasing. It is the policy of the City of Jackson to promote full and equal business opportunities for all persons doing business with the City. As a pre-condition to selection, each contractor, bidder or offer shall submit a completed and signed Equal Business Opportunity (EBO) Plan Application, with each bid submission in accordance with the provisions set forth by the authority of the City of Jackson's EBO Ordinance. Failure to comply with the City's EBO Ordinance shall disqualify a contractor, bidder or offer, from being awarded an eligible contract. For more information on the City EBO Program, please contact the Office of Economic Development at (601) 960-1638. Copies of the EBO Ordinance, EBO Plan Application and a copy of the EBO Program are available with the Office of Economic Development at 200 South President Street, Second Floor, Jackson, Mississippi. You are required to submit three (3) copies: one (1) original and two (2) copies to include: (proposal form), (completed FRO application) and any additional information you submit: e.g. (warranty, research data sheets, booklets, pamphlets, etc) or your bid will be considered non-responsive. Your completed and signed proposal pricing section must be returned along with all required/mandatory documents: e.g. (bids with multiple sections, parts, pages and/or a check list). Your bid price(s) must be submitted on the proposal form provided by the City unless otherwise instructed Do not return the instruction and specification section with your proposal forms. Retain these documents for your files. (Only return, required warranty, detail check-off list and equipment documents.) Proposal Forms must be legibly handwritten or typed; if not, they will be considered non-responsive. All errors or corrections must be crossed out and changes must be printed in ink or typewritten. All changes must be initialed in ink by the representative signing the bid. The unit price will always govern in determining the extended price or the total. Please, review your priee(s) carefully before submitting your hid. No bid shall be altered or amended after the specified time for bid opening or once delivered. The (manufacturers name) and (model number) must be stated when required for each item. Any item without this information may not be considered. Alternate bids are not acceptable, unless submitted in a separate sealed envelope. Do not submit prices for more than one product or the same product per item. Only one product, size and price per bid item as specified in the bid package. Alternate bids may be submitted but not necessarily accepted by the City. The City reserves the right to determine whether an alternative bid offered is equivalent to and meets the standards and/or specifications stated. Alternative bids must be submitted on the bid proposal form furnished by the City of Jackson, (include any additional required copies). Otherwise, the bids will not be considered. Any bid received with limiting or conditional requirements will automatically be deemed non-responsive. For additional information regarding specifications contact: Lakesha Weathers,Solid Waste Manager, Solid Waste Division, Department of Public Works at (601) 960-1193. Please send three (3) signed copies: one (1) original and two (2) copies in a sealed envelope addressed to: City Clerk's Office of Jackson P. 0. Box 17, Jackson, MS 39205 or hand delivered to the City Clerk's Office of Jackson, 219 South President Street, Jackson, MS 39201 per the above instructions. As required, write on the outside of the delivery envelope the (entire bid number) and (return address.) Facsimile transmitted bids or other documents are not acceptable. EMPLOYEE BIDDING. It is illegal for any City official, employee and/or immediate family member to serve as a vendor for the City of Jackson. Bidding by city employees is prohibited. It is hereby declared unlawful for any city official to: bid on, sell, or offer for sale any merchandise, services, equipment, material, or similar commodity, during the tenure of his or her employment, or for the period prescribed by law thereafter, or to have any interest in the selling of the same to the City of Jackson. ( 25-4-105) (Miss Code 1972 as amended)