25-0604 RFQ Provide Professional Engineering Services for the Sand Beach Boardwalk Project #18332

The Harrison County Board of Supervisors, Gulfport, Mississippi, will receive by “Sealed” Submission Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for:

ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR SAND BEACH BOARDWALK PROJECT in HARRISON COUNTY, MS

at Gulfport, Mississippi, in the Board Conference Room, First Judicial Courthouse, 1801 23rd Avenue,
until Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud.

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” will not be accepted due to the required copies of all submittals. 

Firms interested in providing these services may so indicate by furnishing the Harrison County Board of Supervisors one (1) Original, five (5) copies (clearly identified) and a USB Flash Drive.  

“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 “ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR SAND BEACH BOARDWALK PROJECT in HARRISON COUNTY, MS to be opened Tuesday, June 24, 2025”.  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. 

“Sealed Submissions” sent through the U.S. Mail are done so at the risk of the Prospective Vendor and should be addressed to the Harrison County Board of Supervisors, in care of the Chancery Clerks Office, Post Office Drawer CC, Gulfport, Mississippi, 39502 or 1801 23rd Avenue, Gulfport, Mississippi 39501. The County is NOT responsible for Sealed Submissions that arrive in the mail after the designated opening time. Sealed Submissions 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 Monday, June 23, 2025 before 5:00 p.m. or the Board of Supervisor’s Conference room at the First Judicial District Courthouse in Gulfport, Mississippi on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, 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 submissions at the advertised date and time, all submissions 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 submission opening, as determined in accordance with this paragraph, shall not be advertised, and all Vendors/Contractors, upon submission, 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 opening as set forth herein.  The agency shall not be held responsible for the receipt of any submission 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 Sealed submission by the agency prior to the new date and time of the public opening.

Additional information regarding the scope of work for this solicitation may also be viewed utilizing the Mississippi Procurement Technical Assistance Program (MPTAP) website at https://mscpc.com.

This contract is funded in whole or in part with HUD Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery funding through the Mississippi Development Authority and is subject to all applicable rules, regulations, conditions, and assurances as prescribed by the

Mississippi Development Authority’s (MDA) Community Development Block Grant Program, as well as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grants:  State’s Program Final Rule (24 CFR Part 570), and to each and every Federal and State Statute and guideline affecting the application for, receipt of, and expenditure of Community Development Block Grant funds.  It is also subject to such further rules, regulations, and policies as may be reasonably prescribed by the State or Federal Government consistent with the purposes and authorization of PL.9735 and PL.98-8.

This project is subject to Section 3 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. § 1701u) (“Section 3”).  Section 3 requires that, to the greatest extent feasible, hiring, and contracting opportunities be afforded to low- and very-income persons.

The Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any and all submissions and to waive informalities. 

Submissions may be held by the Owner for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days from the date of submittal for the purpose of reviewing and investigating the qualifications of Firms, prior to awarding of the Contract.

By Order of the Board of Supervisors, adopted on the 7th day of April, 2025.

Angela Thrash, Clerk
Board of Supervisors

Publication Dates:
Friday, May 30, 2025
Friday, June 6, 2025