Tensas Gazette Public Notices for Jan. 3, 2024

TENSAS PARISH 

POLICE JURY

MAINTENANCE UNIT MATERIALS 

ANNUAL BIDS

Sealed bids for the following items will be received by the Tensas Parish Police Jury, 212 Hancock Street, St. Joseph, Louisiana, until 10:00 AM local time Tuesday, January 09, 2024 in the Police Jury Meeting Room at the Police Jury Building, St. Joseph, LA  71366, at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read.

1. Washed Gravel

2. Base Course Aggregate

   A. Pit-run Gravel

   B. Stone, Crushed Limestone

   C. Railroad Ballast

3. Regular Cold Mix

4. High Performance Cold Mix

5. Bridge Materials

6. Grader Blades

7. Gasoline

8. Diesel Fuel

9. Culverts

10. Oversized Rocks, No. 2 Washed

11. Lubricating Oils        

All bids are for the approximate period of one year which ends January 31, 2025.  Specifications and bid forms are on file at the Police Jury office.  All bids must state on the outside of a sealed envelope the following: 1. The name and address of bidder;  2. The items that are bid;  3. The date of bid opening;  4. Address to the Tensas Parish Police Jury. All bids are to be submitted on the forms provided, properly filled out and signed by a principle of the firm bidding.  If bid is mailed, the sealed envelope containing the above information should be placed in a mailing envelope addressed to the Tensas Parish Police Jury. 

ALL ROCK & STONE BIDDERS MUST BE ABLE TO GUARANTEE FIVE (5) TO EIGHTEEN (18) YARD TRUCKS WITHIN 48 HOURS OF NOTICE, PLUS FURNISH SCALE TICKET AT DELIVERY.

1. Vendor obligates itself to provide the subject materials, equipment, or supplies at the termination date of the contract for all purchases of the subject materials, equipment, or supplies by the Parish that are made in connection with a project or projects arising from a State or Federally declared disaster, when the Parish makes a grant application or applications related thereto within the term of the contract and such project or project extend beyond the termination date of the contract. “Unit price” shall mean the stated unit price or the effective unit price, if the contract provides for a defined number of units at a limp sum price, determined by dividing the lump sum price by the number of units. 

2. The contract awarded under this bid solicitation shall not apply to purchases of the subject materials, equipment, or supplies by the Parish after the inception date of the contract, when such purchases are made in connection with a project or projects arising from a State or Federally declared disaster for which the incident period and grant application deadline are prior to the termination date of a previously awarded contract for such materials, equipment, or supplies.

Tensas Parish Police Jury reserves the right to waive all informalities and to reject any or all bids or any part thereof. 

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