Project Information

Bid Title

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Issuing Agency

Harrison County

Location

Mississippi

Published Date

Dec 19, 2025

Closing Date

Jan 20, 2026

Government Level

State & Local

Status

Closed

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Project Description

Description	Opening Date	Closing Date
Advertisement - Inmate Communications - 1	December 19, 2025 :	January 20, 2026 10:00 AM

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NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP)

Sealed proposals will be accepted by the Board of Supervisors of Harrison County, Mississippi, at

the Board Conference Room in the First Judicial District Courthouse in Gulfport, Mississippi, until

the hour of 10:00 o’clock A.M. on TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2026 for “PROVIDING

INMATE COMMUNICATION SERVICES TO THE HARRISON COUNTY JAIL

FACILITIES”.

Bid Specifications Packets can be viewed or downloaded at www.harrisoncountybids.com.

You may also reach out to the Harrison County Purchasing Department at 228-865-4028, located

in the First Judicial District Courthouse at 1801 23rd Ave, Gulfport, Mississippi between the hours

of 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM.

All proposals must be sealed and clearly marked on the outside of the envelope as indicated

“INMATE COMMUNICATION SERVICES TO THE HARRISON COUNTY JAIL

FACILITIES” TO BE OPENED TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2026. Envelopes not so marked

are submitted at the risk of the prospective Vendor and the County assumes no responsibility for

the premature opening of same by any County employee. Proposals 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 Clerk’s Office, Post Office Drawer CC Gulfport,

Mississippi, 39502. The County is NOT responsible for proposals that arrive in the mail after the

designated opening time. Proposals may be delivered in person to the Harrison County Purchasing

Department in the First Judicial District Courthouse located at 1801 23rd Ave, Gulfport,

Mississippi until 5:00 p.m. on MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 2026 or the Board of Supervisor’s

Conference Room at the First Judicial District Courthouse in Gulfport, Mississippi on TUESDAY,

JANUARY 20, 2026, prior to the opening time as listed above.

All “Electronic Proposals” must be submitted on-line at www.harrisoncountybids.com prior

to the opening date and time as stated above. For any questions relating to document downloads,

and/or registration for electronic bidding process, please call Plan House at 228-248-0181.

A pre-proposal conference and site visit will be held at the Harrison County Adult Detention

Center, 10451 Larkin Smith Drive, Gulfport, Mississippi, 39503. The date of the conference will

be TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. All proposals must be on file with the Clerk of

the Board prior to the opening time as stated 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 bids at the advertised date and time, all bids 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 bid opening, as determined in accordance with this

paragraph, shall not be advertised, and all Vendors/Contractors, upon submission of a bid proposal,

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 bid opening as set forth

herein.

The agency shall not be held responsible for the receipt of any bids 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 bid by

the agency prior to the new date and time of the bid opening.

The Owner expressly reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids or any part of any or all

bids based on a best bid determination. If the Bid documents request separate bids on phases or

items of a project, the Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids or any part of any

or all bids based on a best bid determination on each phase or item for which a separate bid is

requested. Proposals may be held by the Board of Supervisors for a period not to exceed sixty (60)

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.

The Board of Supervisor’s or designated representatives will meet at the time and in the place

stated first above in this Notice and will then and there open, read aloud, consider and take such

action as the Board may then determine on proposals received in accordance with this Notice. The

Board reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and to waive informalities.

By Order of the Harrison County Board of Supervisors adopted on the 16th day of December 2025.

(SEAL)

/s/ Angela Thrash

Clerk

Board of Supervisors

Publication Dates: Friday December 19, 2025 and Friday, December 26, 2025.

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