The work shall consist essentially of installing several drainage inlets, concrete pipe, curb and gutter and asphalt overlay The City of Natchez is in receipt of and will utilize monies received from the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) United States Department of Agriculture, along with local matching funds to complete this Emergency Watershed Program (EWP) The above general outline of features of the work does not in any way limit the responsibility of the contractor to perform all work and furnish all plant, labor, equipment, and materials required by the specifications and the drawings referred to therein. The contract time for this capital improvement project is 30 working days Bid Bond Security/Guarantee in the amount of 5% of total bid will be required in Contracts exceeding $25,000. One hundred percent (100%) Performance and Payment Bond will be required. Licensing and other certification of qualifications will be required as specified in the contract documents. Where applicable, the foregoing certificate number must be indicated on the exterior of the sealed bid envelope before it is opened The proposal and contract documents in its entirety shall be submitted in a sealed envelope and deposited with the City Clerk, 124 S. Pearl St., Natchez, Mississippi 39120 prior to the hour and date above designated. Bidders may not withdraw their bid within sixty (60) days after the date of the actual bid opening without consent of the City of Natchez. Work to be performed shall be in accordance with the "Mississippi State Highway Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction, 2017", together with all amendments and/or special provisions and/or addenda to the standards duly approved and adopted, unless otherwise noted in these specifications. Bids for this work will be accepted only under the name of the Bidder to whom the Contract Documents and Addenda, if any, have been issued by the Engineer. Bids received by bidders to whom the Contract Documents were not issued by the Engineer will be returned unopened. State law requires a non-resident bidder to attach/include a copy of his resident state's current law pertaining to such state's treatment of non-resident contractors with their bid. Any bid submitted by a non-resident contractor which does not include the non-resident contractor's current state law shall be rejected and not considered for award. Bids may be withheld by the Owner for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days from the date of the opening of the bids for the purpose of bid review and investigation of the bidder's qualifications, prior to award of the contract The City of Natchez reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any informalities, to negotiate with the lowest and best bidder to reduce the bid price to come within the funds allocated for the work, to reduce the job in order to stay within available funding or as desirable in the discretion of the Board of Aldermen, and to accept bids by classes and/or groups, if applicable, all as set forth and in accordance with applicable
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