NOTICE TO BIDDERS

The Jefferson Davis Parish School Board will receive sealed bids before 2:00 P.M., Thursday, July 10th, 2025 at JDPSB Technology Center, 1628 South Thibodeaux Road, Jennings LA 70546 for Welsh Bond Improvements Phase 1 - Welsh Upper Elementary School For The Jefferson Davis Parish School Board. Complete plans and specifications may be obtained from Champeaux, Evans, Hotard, APAC, 702 Dr. Michael DeBakey Drive, Lake Charles, LA 70601, phone number (337) 439-8871, via www.champeaux.biz - project portal and www.centralbidding.com.

No Bid shall be considered or accepted unless the bid is accompanied by a Bid Security in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the Base Bid and all Additive Alternates. The Bid Security shall be in the form of certified check or cashiers check drawn on a bank insured by the FDIC, or Jefferson Davis Parish School Board Bid Bond Form contained in the Front-End Documents written by a surety company licensed to do business in Louisiana with an A.M. Best rating of A or better, countersigned by a person who is under contract with the surety company or bond insurer as a licensed agent in the State of Louisiana.

Bids shall be accepted only from Contractors who are licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2163, Act 635, effective January 1, 1989, for the classifications Building Construction. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of thirty (30) days after receipt of bids, except under the provisions of LA. R.S. 38:2214. Evidence of authority to submit the bid shall be required in accordance with R.S. 38:2212 (5) and/or R.S. 39:1594 (C) (4).

Each bid must be placed in an opaque envelope, sealed, and marked on the outside,

Welsh Bond Improvements Phase 1 - Welsh Upper Elementary School For The Jefferson Davis Parish School Board contractor name, address and license number of the bidder, to be opened at 2:00 P.M., Thursday, July 10th, 2025 at the JDPSB Technology Center, 1628 South Thibodeaux Road, Jennings, Louisiana 70546.

Bids may also be submitted electronically through Central Bidding. Central Bidding can be accessed at www.centralbidding.com. For questions related to electronic bidding process, please call Central Bidding at 225-810-4814.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids. In accordance with La. R.S. 38:2212 (B), the provisions and requirements of this Section, those stated in the advertisement for bids, and those required on the bid form shall not be considered as informalities and shall not be waived by any public entity.

A Non-Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting will be held at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 25th, 2025 at 222 E. Bourgeois Street, Welsh, Louisiana 70591.

John Hall,

Superintendent

Jefferson Davis Parish School Board

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Notice Cost- $496.20