The Procurement Office of the Public Building Authority of the County of Knox and the City of Knoxville, Tennessee, (hereinafter PBA) will receive sealed proposals for the provision of Electrical Services and Controls as specified herein Any such protest or question regarding the specifications or solicitation procedures must be received by the Procurement Office no later than 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on April 2, 2024. These requirements also apply to specifications that are ambiguous. This solicitation is in the RFP format. At the specified date and time, each suppliers name will be publicly read aloud; no other details will be provided at that time. Evaluation of the submittals will proceed as expeditiously as possible and successful, as well as unsuccessful, notification will be given. Suppliers shall hold their price firm and subject to acceptance by PBA for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of the proposal closing, unless otherwise indicated in their proposal PBA may use various words (e.g.: suppliers, vendors, bidders, proposers, firms, and contractors) to describe parties interested in this solicitation. PBA requires requests for additional information to be routed to Brittany Daniels, Procurement Specialist. Questions may be emailed to bdaniels@ktnpba.org. Please include Electrical Services and Controls in the subject line of the email. PBA reserves the right to make periodic inspections of the manner and means the service is performed or the goods are supplied. The award of this RFP may result in a term contract between PBA and the successful contractor(s). Depending on the contract price, the contract may require the approval of the PBA Board of Directors. The PBA Procurement Office will draft the contract. The PBA Procurement Office will not accept any contractors contract. If these types of Master Agreements, Service Agreements, Terms of Agreements, Terms & Conditions, or other contract agreements are submitted, they will be rejected. Contractors are hereby cautioned that no contract will be binding on PBA unless signed by the PBA Administrator/CEO, as appropriate. PBA intends to issue a one (1) year award with the option to renew upon mutual consent of both parties. The term contract may be renewed for four (4) one-year periods, one (1) year at a time, for a possible total of five (5) years. The renewal option is at the discretion of PBA. PBA reserves the right to purchase these services from other sources if the need arises. PBA reserves the right to revoke the award if a pattern of unavailability or other service issues arise with the contractor(s). Should PBA desire not to renew, no reason needs to be given
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