25-1678 RFQ for Human Resource Services #18977

Notice is hereby given that Harrison County is soliciting responses for Human Resource Services. Interested and qualified respondents may submit RFQ Packages, according to the requirements described herein, to Harrison County, Mississippi. All RFQ Packages on or before 9:00 AM (CT) on October 23, 2025 and will be opened in the Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Conference Room at that time.

Harrison County seeks Human Resource Services to:

1.) Review and bring up to date the employee handbook.
2.) Review/Revise Employee Classifications with respect to Exempt/Non-Exempt Employees and provide Target Salary Ranges for same.
3.) Review Employee Job Descriptions for all employment classifications.

Ideal candidates should possess demonstrated experience in human resource consulting for public entities and should have extensive knowledge and expertise in all requisite federal and state laws, regulations and practices to ensure full compliance with same.

All RFQ requirements can be viewed or downloaded for free at www.harrisoncountybids.com. For any questions relating to the electronic submittal, please contact PH Bidding at 662-407-0195.

Any and all questions or requests for information relating to this RFQ shall be submitted via email by or before 5:00 PM (CT) on October 17, 2025. All questions should be directed to the purchasing department at jswilliams@co.harrison.ms.us.

Interested firms may not contact any staff member of Harrison County, except the above referenced individual with regard to this RFQ. All inquiries will be routed to the appropriate staff member for response.

All “Sealed RFQ 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 “RFQ TO PROVIDE HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES” to be opened THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2025. 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. The County is NOT responsible for submittals that arrive in the mail after the designated opening time. Sealed submittals may be shipped or 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 Wednesday, October 22, 2025 or the EMA conference room at the First Judicial District Courthouse, 1801 23rd Ave., Gulfport, Mississippi on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2025 prior to the opening time as listed above. Any packages delivered to or received after the deadline will not be considered and shall be returned unopened to the addressee.

Those desiring consideration shall submit one (1) USB drive, one (1) original and five (5) copies clearly identified. Due to the number of required copies, no electronic submittals will be accepted.

If the county 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 qualification submittals at the advertised date and time, all submittals received shall be publicly opened and read aloud on the next business day that the county 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 Contractors, upon submission of a qualification submittals, shall be deemed to have knowledge of and shall have agreed to the provisions of this paragraph. Submittals shall be received by the county until the new date and time of the submittal opening as set forth herein. The county 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 county as a result of a Force Majeure Event. Each Contractor shall be required to ensure the delivery and receipt of its submittal by the county prior to the new date and time of the submittal opening.

The Owner 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 Owner 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.

Harrison County is an equal opportunity employer and hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that, in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, sex, age, disability or national origin in consideration for an award.

Submittals may be held by the Board of Supervisors for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days from the date of submittal for the purpose of reviewing the proposals and investigating the qualifications of proposal submitters, prior to awarding of the Contract.

By Order of the Board of Supervisors, this 8th day of September 2025.

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

Publication Dates: Friday, September 19, 2025, and Friday, September 26, 2025