INVITATION TO BID ‑ General Contract

Sealed bids for the construction of "Paulette Elementary School, Highway 33, Maynardville, Tennessee" will be received at the office of:

Union County Board of Education

P.O. Box 10

3006 Maynardville Highway

Maynardville, Tennessee 37807

until February 16, 2010 @ 3:00 p.m. local time, at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read.

Drawings and Specifications and other Contract Documents may be examined at the following locations:

The office of the Architect – Michael Brady Inc.; 299 Weisgarber Road, Knoxville, TN 37919

Knoxville Builders Exchange, 300 Clark Street, Knoxville, Tennessee 37921

F.W. Dodge Plan Room, 622 Leroy Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37921

Copies of the Contract Documents may be obtained for bidding purposes by general contractors at the office of the Architect, upon a deposit of a check for One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) made payable to Michael Brady Inc. for one (1) sets of drawings and specifications. Deposit is refundable to all who return their drawings in satisfactory condition within ten (10) days of the bid except the successful bidder. Subcontractors, vendors, and others who desire individual drawings and specification sections may obtain them from Knox Blue, Knoxville, Tennessee, 546‑7601, by paying the costs of reproduction, which is not refundable. Addenda will be mailed only to those parties holding complete sets obtained from the Architect.

Each bid must be accompanied by a Bid Security in the form of a Cashiers Check or a Bidders Bond, executed by the bidder and a surety company authorized to transact business in the State of Tennessee in the sum of not less than five percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid including all additive alternates, as a guarantee that, if the bid is accepted, the required contract will be executed and the required performance and payment bonds furnished. Bid Bond shall be executed on AIA Document A310. Said bond will be returned to the unsuccessful bidders as soon as the contract has been awarded and the successful bidder as soon as he has executed the contract and furnished the necessary bonds and the contract has been executed by the Owner. Such bond shall be from a surety Company authorized to transact business in the State of Tennessee and Company shall be registered in Federal Register, Department of the Treasury, Fiscal Service, Companies Holding Certificates of Authority as Acceptable Sureties on Federal Bonds and as Acceptable Reinsuring Companies; Notice. Attorneys in Fact who sign any bonds must file with each instrument a certified and effective dated coy of their power of attorney.

The Contractor shall complete and submit with his bid a copy of AIA Document A305™ - 1986 “Contractor’s Qualification Statement” as modified herein as a Bidding Requirement. Contractors not submitting this document with their bid may be subject to disqualification.

The successful bidder will be required to execute a performance bond and a payment bond covering and including labor and materials in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Sum and Performance and Labor and Material Payment Bond on AIA Form A311.

All bidders must be licensed contractors as required by the contractors Licensing Act of 1976, enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee on March 18, 1976. Bidder's name, license number, date of expiration of license, license limit, and that part of license classification applying to the bid must be placed on the envelope containing the bid, otherwise the bid cannot be opened or considered. The names of the Mechanical and Electrical Subcontractors, License numbers, date of expiration of their licenses, license limit, and license classification must also be on the bid envelopes otherwise the bid cannot be opened or considered. General Contractors performing Mechanical, Plumbing and Electrical work must designate this information on the outside of the envelope

No bidder will be permitted to withdraw his bid within sixty (60) days after the date of opening of bids. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informalities therein.

A Prebid Conference will be held January 14, 2010 @ 2:00 pm at Union County High School. All bidders will be notified of the time and place of this conference at least three days prior to the time of the conference. Attendance at this Prebid Conference is required for Prime Bidders and HVAC, Plumbing, and Electrical Sub‑bidders. Representatives of the Owner, the Architect, and Architect’s Engineering Consultants will be present to describe and explain the scope of the work to be bid and to answer questions. Representative of all Subcontractors bidding are invited and urged to attend.

Upon award of the construction contract to the successful bidder, construction shall commence on a date to be specified in the "Notice to Proceed" to the Contractor and shall be completed on or before the completion date specified in the Contract Documents as time is of the essence in the performance of the contract for construction.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

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