The Village of Natchez is applying for a grant under the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Community

Development Block Grant Program for the purpose of undertaking drainage and flood protection

improvements under the Louisiana Watershed Initiative. Work would include improvements to existing

roadside ditches and new drainage outfalls. The estimated cost of improvements is approximately

$1,000,000. The improvements are currently planned to be located within the existing corporate limits of

the Village. The Village of Natchez is interested in procuring the services of a qualified engineering firm

to assist in the completion of the full application package and to provide engineering and related

services for the project if it is successful in being funded.

The procedures for the selection of this firm will be in accordance with the procurement requirements of

the Disaster Recovery CDBG Program. All responses received will be evaluated in accordance with the

selection criteria and corresponding point system that is identified in the request for qualifications

package. That package also identifies the scope of services to be performed by the selected firm.

Interested parties are invited to secure a qualification package from Pamela Harvey, Village Clerk at the

Village Hall at 181 Main Street, Natchez, Louisiana or by phone request to the Village Clerk at (318) –

352-1414. Qualification packages may also be requested electronically from villageofnatchez@att.net.

The response to this request must be hand-delivered or mailed to the above named person at the above

named address in such a manner that it is received no later than 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 9, 2024.

The Village of Natchez is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage all small and minority-owned

firms and women’s business enterprises to apply.

Village of Natchez

Patsy Ward Hoover, Mayor