24-3229 RFP To Provide Financial Advisory Services #15756

The Harrison County Board of Supervisors, Gulfport, Mississippi, will receive by sealed submission Requests for Proposals (RFP) for:

FINANCIAL ADVISOR SERVICES

related to the to the refinancing of existing debt or issuance of new obligations of the County at Gulfport, Mississippi, at the Board of Supervisors Conference Room, First Judicial Courthouse, 1801 23rd Avenue, Gulfport, Mississippi,
until 10:00 o'clock a.m. CDT, Wednesday, May 22, 2024 and then at said office publicly opened and acknowledged.

Sealed Proposals will be received and are to include requirements as stated in the RFP for Financial Advisor Services. RFP Packets can be viewed, downloaded or requested as follows:

1. www.harrisoncountybids.com

2. RFP Packets may be obtained via e-mail or in person, at NO CHARGE, by contacting the Harrison County Purchasing Department at 228-865-4028, located in the First Judicial District Courthouse at 1801 23rd Ave., Gulfport, Mississippi 39501 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

Sealed RFP submittals must be on file with the Clerk of the Board prior to the opening date and time as stated above. Sealed submittals must be sealed and clearly marked on the outside of the envelope as indicated “RFP for FINANCIAL ADVISOR SERVICES to be opened Wednesday, May 22, 2024”. Sealed envelopes not so marked are submitted at the risk of the prospective contractor and the County assumes no responsibility for the premature opening of same by any County employee. Sealed submittals sent through the U.S. Mail are done so at the risk of the prospective 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 or 1801 23rd Avenue, Gulfport, Mississippi 39501. The County is NOT responsible for submittals that arrive in the mail after the designated opening time. Sealed submittals 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 39501 until 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 21, 2024 or the Board of Supervisor’s conference room at the First Judicial District Courthouse, 1801 23rd Ave., Gulfport, Mississippi 39501 on Wednesday, May 22, 2024 prior to the opening time as listed above.

SPECIAL NOTE: Sealed Proposals are required which must include one (1) original (clearly marked as original), five (5) copies (clearly marked as copies), and one (1) USB Drive copy. No Electronic RFP’s will be accepted.

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 Proposals at the advertised date and time, all submittals 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 submittals opening, as determined in accordance with this paragraph, shall not be advertised, and all Vendors/Contractors, upon submission of a Proposal submittals, shall be deemed to have knowledge of and shall have agreed to the provisions of this paragraph. Submittals shall be received by the agency until the new date and time of the submittal opening as set forth herein. The agency shall not be held responsible for the receipt of any submittals 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 submittal by the agency prior to the new date and time of the submittal opening.

The County expressly reserves the right to accept or reject any or all submittals or any part of any or all submittals based on best submittal determination.  If the submittal documents request separate phases or items of a project, the County reserves the right to accept or reject any or all submittals or any part of any or all submittals based on a best submittal determination on each phase or item for which a separate submittal is requested.

RFPs may be held by the County for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days from the date of submittal for the purpose of reviewing and investigating the Proposals of submitter, prior to awarding of the Contract.

By Order of the Board of Supervisors, adopted this the 22nd day of April 2024.

Angela Thrash
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
Harrison County, Mississippi

Publication Dates:
Friday, May 3, 2024
Friday, May 10, 2024