24-2493 RE-BID for Beach Vending Site Rentals #15035

The Board of Supervisors of Harrison County, Mississippi, will receive sealed Invitation for Bids (IFB) submittals at the Board Conference Room in the First Judicial District Courthouse located at 1801 23rd Avenue, Gulfport, Mississippi, until the hour of 10:00 o’clock A.M. on Thursday, February 22, 2024, for the right to operate Harrison County Beach Vending Rental Sites. 

The Request for bid documents may be viewed or downloaded at www.harrisoncountybids.com. Bid 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    

“Electronic Submissions” may be submitted on-line at www.harrisoncountybids.com  prior to the opening date and time as stated above.  For any questions relating to Registration at www.harrisoncountybids.com or the Electronic Submission process, call PH Bidding at 662-407-0193.  

“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 “Harrison County Beach Vending Rental Site Bid to be opened on February 22, 2024”. Envelopes not so marked are submitted at the risk of the prospective Firm and the County assumes no responsibility for the premature opening of same by any County employee. 

All sealed bids must be on file with the Clerk of the Board prior to the opening time as stated above. All bids must be sealed and clearly marked on the outside of the envelope as indicated “Harrison County Beach Vending Rental Site Bid to be opened on February 22, 2024”. Sealed bids not so marked are submitted at the risk of the prospective Vendor/Contractor and the County assumes no responsibility for the premature opening of same by any County employee.  Electronic submittals are to be done so on-line at www.harrisoncountybids.com prior to the receiving date and time as stated above. 

Bids sent through the U.S. Mail are done so at the risk of the Prospective Vendor/Contractor and should be addressed to the Harrison County Board of Supervisors, in care of the Chancery Clerk’s Office, Post Office Drawer CC Gulfport, Mississippi 39502. The County is NOT responsible for bids that arrive in the mail after the designated opening time. Bids may be delivered in person to the Harrison County Chancery Clerk’s Office in the First Judicial District Courthouse located at 1801 23rd Ave, Gulfport, Mississippi until 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 20, 2024, or the Board of Supervisor’s Conference Room at the First Judicial District Courthouse in Gulfport, Mississippi on Thursday, February 22, 2024, prior to the opening time as listed 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 bids at the advertised date and time, all bids 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 bid opening, as determined in accordance with this paragraph, shall not be advertised, and all Vendors/Contractors, upon submission of a bid, shall be deemed to have knowledge of and shall have agreed to the provisions of this paragraph. Bids shall be received by the agency until the new date and time of the bid opening as set forth herein.  The agency shall not be held responsible for the receipt of any bids 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 bid by the agency prior to the new date and time of the bid opening.

The Board of Supervisors expressly reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids or any part of any or all bids based on a highest and best bid determination.   If the bid documents request separate bids on phases or items of a project, the Board of Supervisors reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids or any part of any or all bids based on a highest and best bid determination on each phase or item for which a separate bid is requested. The Board of Supervisors reserves the right to waive informalities. 

The Harrison County Board of Supervisors will neither pay for any information herein requested nor be responsible for any costs incurred by the bidder. All bids shall become the property of Harrison County Board of Supervisors upon submission.

Bids may be held by the Board of Supervisors for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days from the date of submittal for the purpose of reviewing the bids and investigating the qualifications of bid submitters, prior to awarding of the Contract.

By Order of the Harrison County Board of Supervisors adopted on the 19th day of January 2024.

Angela Thrash, Clerk
Board of Supervisors                                                                                                         

Publication Dates:
Thursday, February 1, 2024
Thursday, February 8, 2024