PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
PROJECT: FY2023 PSGP CCTV Equipment
OWNER: Orange County Navigation and Port District; dba Port of Orange
LOCATION: Port of Orange Administration Building
1201 Childers Road
Orange, Texas 77630
Bid Deadline: March 5, 2026 at 2 PM Local Time
Bid Opening: March 5, 2026 at 2:05 PM Local Time
Location: Port of Orange Administration Building - Boardroom
1201 Childers Road
Orange, Texas 77630
SEALED BIDS in duplicate, clearly marked and addressed to Port of Orange, “Attn: Brooke Plant, FY2023 PSGP CCTV Equipment”, Orange County Navigation and Port District (the “Owner”), will be received at the Port of Orange Administration Office, 1201 Childers Road, Orange, Texas, 77630 until the date and time set above; and then publicly opened and read aloud in the Port of Orange Administration Office Boardroom, 1st Floor, for “FY2023 PSGP CCTV Equipment”. Bids received after 2:00 PM local time will be returned unopened. Project is located in Orange County, Texas on 1201 S. Childers Road.
Bid Packets may be obtained at the Orange County Navigation and Port District, 1201 Childers Road, Orange, Texas 77630 or on the Port’s website:
www.portoforange.com.
This is an acknowledgement that federal funding from DHS will be used to fund all or a portion of the contract. Therefore, the Contractor awarded the contract must agree to and accept all terms and conditions outlined in Appendix II to part 200, Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
Each bid shall be accompanied by a Certified or Cashier’s Check, payable without recourse to the order of the Orange County Navigation and Port District, or a Bid Bond for at least five percent (5%), of the total amount bid, and the bank or bonding company certifying the same shall be liable therefore to the Orange County Navigation and Port District in the event such successful bidder shall fail or refuse to enter into proper contract therefore or shall fail or refuse to furnish bonds therefore as required by law and as hereafter mentioned within ten (10) days after receipt of NOTICE of AWARD. Bid surety of all except the three (3) lowest responsible Bidders will be returned when award is made; when the contract is executed, the surety of the two (2) remaining unsuccessful Bidders will be returned; that of the successful Bidder will be returned when formal contract, bonds and insurance are approved, and work has commenced within the time specified.
The successful bidder must furnish PERFORMANCE and PAYMENT BONDS on the forms furnished with the bid documents, in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the total contract price. All insurance companies issuing PERFORMANCE and PAYMENT BONDS and any reinsurance companies utilized by such insurance companies, in order to issue PERFORMANCE and PAYMENT BONDS to the Owner, shall have at least an “A” rating according to the Best’s Key Guide and must be authorized to transact business in Texas. Additionally, such insurance companies shall be on the current list of “Companies Holding Certificates of Authority as Acceptable Sureties on Federal Bonds and as Acceptable Reinsuring Companies’ as published in Circulars 570 (as amended) by the Audit Staff, Bureau of Government Financial Operations and United States Treasury Department.
Bidder is hereby advised that the work shall be subject to equal employment opportunity requirements, local prevailing wage rates, and Executive Order
No.11246 as amended. In conformance with applicable statutes, the general prevailing wage rates in the locality in which the work is to be performed have been ascertained, and such rates shall be minimum paid for labor employed upon this project.
In accordance with Texas State law, including Local Government Code Chapter 176, each BIDDER MUST COMPLETE AND SUBMIT WITH THEIR BID A COPY OF THE VENDOR’S CONFLICT OF INTEREST QUESTIONNAIRE CONTAINED IN THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS.
The Owner is a sales tax-exempt governmental entity. A sales tax exemption notice will be issued to the Contractor when the contract is awarded in order that that he does not have to pay sales taxes on labor and/or materials utilized in or consumed in connection with the Owner’s project.
The Contractor performing this contract must issue to his suppliers an exemption certificate in lieu of the tax, said exemption certificate complying with all applicable State Comptroller’s rulings along with a copy of the sales tax exemption notice issued to him by the Owner.
The Orange County Navigation and Port District reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive informalities in bidding to the fullest extent permitted by law. In case of ambiguity or lack of clearness in stating the prices in any bid, the OWNER reserves the right to consider and accept the most advantageous construction thereof, or to reject the bid.
Orange County Navigation and Port District; dba Port of Orange
Orange Leader:
Feb. 14 and 21, 2026
BIDS/CCTV EQUIPMENT