Active SLED Opportunity · MISSISSIPPI · DESOTO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT — DESOTO COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
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Desoto County School District seeks bids for a 10,464 sf addition to the Career Technical Center West in Horn Lake, MS, including classrooms, labs for law enforcement and cosmetology, and a storm shelter. Bids due June 23, 2026.
Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received for the project named below by the Desoto County School District, 5 East South Street, Hernando, Mississippi 38632, until June 23, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. Location for Receipt of Bids: Superintendent’s Office Desoto County School District 5 East South Street Hernando, MS 38632 The project is a new 10,464 sf standalone addition to the existing DCS Career Technical Center West facility. The addition will consist of classrooms and labs supporting law enforcement and cosmetology programs. The facility will also include an ICC 500 storm shelter. Project Location: 1005 Kuykendall Lane, Horn Lake, MS 38637 Owner: Desoto County School District, 5 East South Street, Hernando, MS 38632. Plans and Specifications Entitled: Career Technical Center West Addition Desoto County Schools Horn Lake, MS May be viewed and purchased from our online plan room: www.allenhoshallplanroom.com a. Copy of plans and specifications will be available for purchase, download, and/or print from our online plan room. See web address above. b. Partial Sets will not be issued. c. Copies of plans and specifications will be placed in plan rooms in major cities within the area, locally, and elsewhere as bona fide requests are received. Official bid documents can also be downloaded from Central Bidding at www.centralbidding.com. Electronic bids and/or reverse auction bids can be submitted at www.centralbidding.com. For any questions relating to the electronic bidding process, please call Central Bidding at 225-810-4814. Proposals shall be submitted on proposal forms provided with the specifications and must be accompanied by Proposal Security in the form of Certified Check or acceptable Bid Bond in the amount equal to at least five percent (5%) of the Base Bid: such security to be forfeited as liquidated damages, not penalty, by any bidder who fails to carry out the terms of the proposal, execute contract and post Performance Bond in the form and amount within the time specified. The Bid Bond, if used, shall be payable to the Owner. Bids on the Project must be received on or before the period scheduled for the project and no bid withdrawn after the scheduled closing time for the project for a period of forty-five (45) days. All bids submitted in excess of $50,000.00 by a Prime or Subcontractor to do any erection, building, construction, repair, maintenance, or related work must comply with the Mississippi Contractors Act of 1985, by securing a Certificate of Responsibility from the State Board of Contractors. If the Districts Superintendents Office is closed for any reason, including but not limited to inclement weather, an emergency situation or any other act of nature, for which closure prevents the opening of bids at the originally advertised date and time, all bids received shall be publicly opened and read aloud on the next business day that the District’s Superintendents Office shall be open for business at the previously advertised time. The new date and time of bid opening, as determined in accordance with this paragraph, shall not be advertised. Any plan holders will not be notified of such change. Desoto County Schools shall not be held responsible if plan holders fail to comply or misses this rescheduling due to no fault of the district. PRE-BID CONFERENCE A. A pre-bid conference has been scheduled on June 9th, 2026 at 9:00 am at the project location. Meet in the school lobby. B. All general contract/major subcontract Bidders and Suppliers are urged to attend. C. All Bidders are expected to have familiarized themselves with conditions relating to the work prior to the pre-bid conference. All Bidders are expected to have familiarized themselves with conditions relating to the work. The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids on any or all projects and to waive informalities. OWNER: Desoto County School District 5 East South Street Hernando, MS 38632 Architect/Engineer: Allen & Hoshall, PLLC Architect: Michel Lebel 1661 International Drive, Suite 100 Memphis, Tennessee 38120 PH: 901-820-0820 FX: 901-683-1001 Available documents: 63742 - BID SET - 5.21.26 - COMBINED - 1.pdf (54.7 MB); 63742 - PROJECT MANUAL - DCS CAREER TECH CENTER WEST ADDITION 05212026.pdf (6.5 MB). Bid documents are available for purchase through Central Bidding. Contact support@samsearch.co and we will obtain the full document package on your behalf.
SLED stands for State, Local, and Education. These are solicitations issued by state governments, counties, cities, school districts, utilities, and higher education institutions — as opposed to federal agencies.
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