2025-06 Serving Line and Refrigeration Equipment (Reverse Auction) #17992

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Notice is hereby given that the Jackson Public School District will receive unpriced technical proposals to prequalify vendors for:

Serving Lines and Refrigeration Equipment for Various Locations
Reverse Auction RFP # 2025-06

The deadline for receipt of unpriced technical proposals is April 29, 2025, at 10:00 AM, local time. Unpriced proposals, including the Specification Response Form and all other documents, shall be submitted electronically at www.jpsdmsprojects.com. Specifications and detailed instructions regarding the bid process may be obtained by visiting the website www.jpsdmsprojects.com

This commodity will be procured through a multi-step procurement process, including a Reverse Auction. In Phase One, Unpriced technical proposals are evaluated for potential acceptability based on pre-determined criteria. In Phase Two, only those bidders whose technical proposals are determined acceptable shall be invited to provide priced bids for consideration.

There will be a mandatory virtual pre-bid meeting on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at 10:00 AM. The link to the pre-bid meeting is: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MzRhMzE3ZGYtNWIzNi00ZmRhLThkOGMtNGJiMjM4ODE0N2Vi%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22b0d7dadf-39df-4e2c-8ff6-f5256d542f94%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2286627f22-2fef-4b6f-8dd6-4c8b69bbf1de%22%7d

There will also be mandatory site visits for each school associated with this bid. All interested vendors must attend the pre-bid meeting and walk-through to be eligible to participate in the reverse auction. Mandatory site visits of each location will be conducted and shall be attended by all interested bidders on April 23, 2025, beginning at 8:00 A.M. The site visits will begin at Spann beginning at Spann Elementary School, located at 1615 Brecon Dr, Jackson, MS 39211, followed by Bailey APAC Middle School, located at 1900 N. State Street, Jackson, MS 39202, proceeding to Powell Middle School, located at 3655 Livingston Rd, Jackson, MS 39213, then finishing at Forest Hill High School, located at 2607 Raymond Rd, Jackson, MS 39212.

Specification response forms, along with all other required information detailed in the bid instructions should be submitted no later than 10:00 AM CST on April 29, 2025, per the detailed bid instructions. Unpriced Specification Response submissions will be evaluated, and vendors meeting the required specifications will be invited to participate in the Electronic Reverse Auction process on May 2, 2025, at 10:00 AM CST. Approved vendors will be given detailed instructions regarding the reverse auction. The Jackson Public School District reserves the right to extend the auction date, if necessary, to complete the pre-qualification process. For any questions relating to the electronic submittal or reverse auction process, please call PH Bidding Group at 662-407-0195.

The Jackson Public School District is an equal opportunity employer and hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that, in any contract entered unto under 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. The Jackson Public School District reserves the right to reject any and or all bids, waive technicalities, informalities or irregularities in the bids received, solicit new bids or choose that bid which is deemed to be in the best interest of the Jackson Public School District.

Michele Mays
Purchasing Supervisor

Publishing Dates: April 07, 2025, and April 14, 2025 (Clarion Legar)
Publishing Dates: April 10, 2025, and April 17, 2025 (Jackson Advocate and MS Link)