193049 Natchez-Adams Taxiway B Medium Intensity Taxiway Lighting (MITL) And Beacon Replacement #13219

The Adams County Airport Commission will receive proposals for the “Taxiway B Medium Intensity Taxiway Lighting (MITL) and Beacon Replacement”, FAA AIP No. 3-28-0052-36-2023 / AIG No. 3-28-0052-37-2023 project located at the Natchez-Adams County Airport (HEZ). Proposals will be received at the Office of the Director of Aviation, Adams County Airport Commission, Attn: Richard Nelson, Director of Aviation, 434 Airport Road, Natchez, Mississippi 39120, until 11:00 A.M., local time, on April 26, 2023, atwhich time and place all proposals willbe publicly opened and read aloud. Proposals received after the stated time will not be accepted.

The work is generally described as follows:

This project will consist of replacement of the medium intensity taxiway lighting system for Taxiway Bravo, consisting of approximately 110 base mounted edge lights, new conduits, and new cables.

An Informational Pre-Bid Conference Call willbe held at 11:00 A.M. on April 13, 2023. Bidders are urged to participate in the meeting / teleconference in order to submit an informed bid. Contact the office of the Engineer for phone number and meeting ID required to join the call.

Bid security in the form of a Bid Bond equalto 5% of the total bid is required. Contractsecurity in the form of 100% Performance and 100% Payment Bondswillbe required. No bid may be withdrawn after closing time for the receipt of proposals for a period of one hundred twenty (120) days.

Project Engineer:
Michael Baker International, Inc.
310 New Pointe Drive
Ridgeland, MS 39157
(601) 607-8700

Bid documents are beingmade available via paper or digital copy. Plan holders are required to log-on or register for an account at www.mbakerplanroom.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.

For anyone interested in submitting bids electronically in place of a sealed bid, they may do so only through www.mbakerplanroom.com

Questions regarding website registration, online orders or electronic bidding, please contact Plan House Printing at (228) 248-0181.

Each bid mustbe submitted in duplicate with bid security in accordance with the instructions to bidders which are found in the Project Manual. The Owner reserves the right to waive irregularities and to reject any or all bids.

Each electronically submitted bid must be submitted in “pdf” format and shall contain the same information and forms as required for the paper bids.Note – electronic bids mustbe secured with a bid bond. In the event that an electronically submitted bid has a corrupted attachment, the bid will be considered null and void.

This project will be funded under provisionof the Airportand Airway Saf ety and Capacity Act of 1987. Certain mandatory federal requirements apply to this solicitation and willbe made a partof any contract awarded, including but not limited to:

(a) Davis Bacon Act (DOL Regulation 29 CFR Part 5)
(b) Affirmative Actionto Ensure Equal Employment Opportunity (Executiveorder 11246 and DOL Regulation 41 CFR Part 60)
© Copeland Act, 29 CFR Part 3.
(d) Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act.
(e) Title VI of Civil Rights Act of 1964.
(f) Disadvantaged Business Enterprises participation 49 CFR Part 26. The DBE participation goal is 6.0%.
(g) Government wide Debarment and Suspension and Government wide Requirements for Drug- free Workplace (DOT Regulation 49 CFR Part 29)
(h) Buy American Preferences (Title 49 United States Code, Chapter 501)
(i) Foreign Trade Restriction: Denial of Public Works Contracts to Suppliers for Goods and Services of Countries that Deny Contracts to Suppliers of Goodsand Services of Countries that Deny Procurement Market Access to U.S. Contractors (DOT Regulation 49 CFR Part 30)
(j) Goals for Minority and Female Participation (41 CFR Part 60-4.2)
(k) Certification of Nonsegregated Facilities (41 CFR Part 60-1.8)
(l) Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion (49 CFR Part 29)
(m) Bid guarantee of 5% (49 CFR Part 18.36(h)(1))
(n) Performance Bond of 100% (49 CFR Part 18.36(h)(2))
° Payment Bond of 110% (49 CFR Part 18.36(h)(3))

By submitting a bid under this solicitation, except for those items listed by the bidder on a separate and clearly identified attachment to its bid, the bidder certifies that steel and each manufactured productis produced in the United States (as defined in the clause Buy American – Steel and Manufactured Products For Construction Contracts) and that components of unknown origin are considered to have been produced or manufactured outside the United States.

ALL BIDDERS must be properly licensed contractors at the time of award in accordance with the provisions of the State of Mississippi and must indicate their current Mississippi Certificate of Responsibility number on the outside of the sealed envelope containing their Bid, and on their Bid.

The Adams County Airport Commission reserves the right to waive any informalities or irregularities in the bids received and to reject any or all bids or to award or refrain from awarding the contract for the work, whichever is deemed to be in the Owner’s best interests.

Mr. Richard Nelson Director of Aviation

Publish: March 26, 2023
Publish: April 2, 2023