Site work and new construction of an educational facility in Evensville, Tennessee. Completed plans call for the construction of a educational facility; and for site work for a educational facility.

Furnish all labor, materials, and equipment, and perform all work to construct, as specified herein and as shown on the accompanying drawings entitled "Rhea County Middle School Entry Renovation, 405 Pierce Rd, Evansville, TN 37332. The work shall include selective demolition, building construction, heating, ventilating and air conditioning; electrical work; as shown and specified. A Renovation of the existing storefront entrance system and expansion of existing attendance office. Location- 405 Pierce Rd Evensville, TN 37332 Subcontractors, vendors, and others who desire individual drawings and specification sections may obtain them from Knoxville Blueprint, Knoxville, Tennessee, 546-7601, by paying the costs of reproduction, which is not refundable. Addenda will be issued only to those parties obtaining digital files directly from the Architect. Bidders not obtaining files directly from the Office of the Architect do so at their own risk and will be held to the requirements of the documents and addenda as issued by that office. 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 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 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 copy of their power of attorney. The successful bidder will be required to execute a performance bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Sum and a payment bond covering and including labor and materials in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Sum. Performance and Labor and Material Payment Bond shall be on AIA Form A312. 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 and as amended to date as codified by Tennessee Code Annotated (TCA) Sections 62-6-119. Bidders 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. As applicable by Tennessee Annotated Code and/or TDEC regulations, the names of the Mechanical, Plumbing, Electrical, Masonry, Roofing and/or Geothermal 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, Electrical, Masonry, Roofing and/or Geothermal work must designate this information on the outside of the envelope. Each bidder and each person signing on behalf of any bidder certifies, and in the case of a joint bid each party thereto certifies as to its own organization, under penalty of perjury, that to the best of its knowledge and belief that each bidder is not a person included within or on the list created pursuant to TCA 12-12-106. 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. Attendance at this Prebid Conference is mandatory for Prime Bidders; and optional for HVAC, Plumbing, and Electrical Sub-bidders. Representatives of the Owner, the Architect, and Architects 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. Upon receipt of Notice to Proceed, the Contractor will complete the work regularly, diligently, and uninterruptedly at such rate of progress as will ensure full completion thereof within the time specified on the Bid Form. The Owner reserves the right to waive any information in or to reject any or all bids and to accept the bid deemed favorable to the interest of the Owner.