NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids will be received in the Office of the Director of Procurement Services, The University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Drive #5003, Bond Hall, Room 214, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, until Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 2:00 p

Sealed bids for an Echo Sounder System are being solicited by the University of Southern Mississippi under solicitation number 9280-26-R-IFBD-00051, with submissions due by 2:00 p.m. CST on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at Bond Hall, Room 214, 118 College Drive #5003, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The procurement is structured as an Invitation for Bid (IFB), implying a Firm-Fixed-Price contract and likely a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable evaluation approach, though formal evaluation criteria, weights, or scoring methodology are not disclosed. The sole item required is one Echo Sounder System, identified under Product Category 95953, intended for marine research applications, with technical specifications available through the university’s procurement website but not detailed in the notice. The place of performance is confirmed as Hattiesburg, Mississippi, while the remittance address for payments is listed as 100 Capitol Street, Jackson, MS 39201. No Federal Acquisition Regulation clauses are incorporated, as this is a state-level solicitation issued by a SLED agency, and no FAR-related certifications, representations, socioeconomic set-asides, or Unique Entity IDs are required or referenced. Bids must be submitted in physical, sealed form with no electronic submission option; no packaging, labeling, inspection criteria, delivery terms, or invoicing procedures are specified. The contract has no stated value, no pricing data included, and no option quantities or extended cost breakdowns are provided. The Director of Procurement and Contract Services, Jacob Cochran, is the designated contracting officer, while no corresponding contracting officer’s representative or technical representative is named. All vendor responses must complete blank fields for vendor name and address, but no socioeconomic, size, or compliance certifications are mandated. Attachments, special requirements, and payment or invoicing methods are not enumerated, and the procurement relies entirely on the sealed bid process with the university retaining full authority to accept or reject any or all bids.