Renovation of a municipal facility in Clarksville, Tennessee. Completed plans call for the renovation of a municipal facility.

Project Managers: Brian Bailey, bbailey@akconstruction.com & Ricky Tabers, rtabers@akconstruction.com. The City of Clarksville invites bidders to bid on a general contract for construction for the above mentioned project. The type of bid required is lump sum. Bidders will be allowed 120 calendar days to complete the project after the date of the Notice to Proceed. Liquidated Damages will be assessed in the amount of Three hundred dollars ($300.00) per calendar day for failure to complete the project on time. A 5% Bid Bond will be required. Bidders shall be licensed as General Contractors under Tennessee Code Annotated 61-601, etc. The Owner reserves the right to waive informalities at his discretion and to accept any or reject any and all bids. In full consideration of price, the Owner may award the Contract to the bid he deems to be in his best interest. Pursuant to TCA 62-6-119, each contractor / bidder applying to bid for the prime contract and for any masonry contract where the total masonry portion of the construction project exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00), materials and labor, electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contracts, is required to place his / her bid in a sealed envelope showing the bidder's name, contractor license number, license expiration date, and license classification, and for electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilation and air conditioning contracts and for each vertical closed loop geothermal heating and cooling project, the company name, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) license number, classification, and the expiration date of same, on the outside of the envelope using the State Contractor Licensing Information Form (Section 00300), except when the bid is in an amount less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00). Only one (1) contractor in such classification may be listed. Prime contractor bidders who are to perform the masonry portion of the construction project which exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00), materials and labor, the electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilation and air conditioning must be so designated upon the outside of the envelope. Bids not conforming to these legal requirements are void, shall not be opened or considered. Bids less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) may contain only the name of the contractor on the outside of the envelope. Upon opening the envelope, if such bid is in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00), the same shall be automatically disqualified and shall not be considered. Pursuant to TCA 62-6-102 any masonry contractor, and roofing subcontractor where the total cost of the roofing portion of the construction project is twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or more must be a licensed contractor. "Roofing work" means the act of removing, installing, repairing or otherwise maintaining any covering to any ator above-grade structure for the purpose of providing weather proof protection or ornamental enhancement to such structure. In the event the roofing sub-contractor's portion is $25,000 or more, that sub-contractor's name, contractor's license number, license expiration date, and license classification shall appear on the envelope containing the bid documents. Attached you will find a Drug-Free Workplace Affidavit, A Conflict of Interest Affidavit, an Attestation of Illegal Aliens form, an Iran Divestment Act Certification, a non-boycott of Israel Affidavit and a copy of the City's Contractor's Safety Program. All must be filled out, signed and returned with your bid. Failure to do so will result in your bid being rejected. Each bidder must submit a signed Conflict of Interest form with each and every bid on all bids with the City of Clarksville at the time of that party's submission of the bid. In those cases where bids are opened by the City and the apparent low bidder for which the bid would be awarded has not done so, the City will notify that bidder that the signed Conflict of Interest form was not submitted, but that the submission of the form within two working days after the City's notification, oral or written, of the failure to submit the form, will allow the City to further consider the bid in accordance with all other applicable rules and practices. The City will not be responsible for the bidder's loss of the bid opportunity if the bidder cannot be reached by the City's best effort for contact. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids, including without limitation, nonconforming, nonresponsive, unbalanced, or conditional bids. Owner further reserves the right to reject the bid of any bidder whom it finds, after reasonable inquiry and evaluation, to not be responsible. The City may also reject the bid of any bidder if the City believes that it would not be in the best interest of the project/bid to make an award to that bidder. The City also reserves the right to waive all informalities not involving price, time, or changes in the work and to negotiate contract terms with the successful bidder. The City also reserves the right to reject the bid of a bidder who has previously failed to perform properly or complete on time contracts of a similar nature, or a bid of a bidder who investigation shows is not in a position to perform the contract. All purchases competitively bid shall be awarded to the lowest and best bidder. Each bid must be accompanied by either a certified check of the bidder or a bid bond issued by surety licensed to practice in the State of Tennessee, duly executed by the bidder as principal and having as surety thereon a surety company approved by the Owner, in the amount of 5% of the bid. Such checks or Bid Bond will be returned promptly after the Owner and the accepted bidder have executed the contract, or, if no award has been made within 45 days after the date of the opening of bids, upon demand of the bidder at any time thereafter, so long as he has not been notified of the acceptance of his bid. Interpretation of the meaning of the plans, specifications or other pre-bid documents will be made to any bidder orally or in writing. Every request for written interpretation should be in writing addressed to Lyle . Cook . Martin Architects, 310 Franklin Street, Clarksville, Tennessee 37040, and to be given consideration, must be received no later than noon on October 22, 2024. It is the Contractor's responsibility to assure that all correspondence is received by the Architect within the time frame listed. All supplemental instructions will be in the form of written addenda to the specifications, which if issued, will be emailed with return receipt requested to all prospective bidders (at the respective addresses furnished for such purposes) no later than October 23, 2024. Failure of any bidder to receive any such addendum or interpretation shall not relieve that bidder from any obligation under his bid as submitted. All addenda so issued shall become part of the contract documents. Simultaneously with his delivery of the executed contract, the Contractor shall furnish a Surety bond (Performance and Payment Bond) in amounts as required by Federal Criteria No. 13 included in the Project Manual for performance for this contract and for the payment of all persons performing labor on the project under this contract and furnishing materials in connection with this contract, as specified in the General Conditions included herein. The surety on such bond or bonds shall be a duly authorized surety company satisfactory to the Owner, and licensed to practice in the State of Tennessee.