Renovation of an educational facility in Cookeville, Tennessee. Working plans call for the renovation of a educational facility.

*As of February 21, 2025 this project has been cancelled and will put it out for bid at a later date.* Background Tennessee Tech University ("Tennessee Tech") is a four-year comprehensive university located in Cookeville, Tennessee. Tennessee Tech is the state's only technological university and currently enrolls more than 10,000 students. Tennessee Tech offers more than 40 bachelor's and 20 graduate degree programs and 120 concentrations through its various academic divisions - the College of Agriculture and Human Ecology, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business, College of Education, College of Engineering, College of Fine Arts, College of Graduate Studies, Whitson-Hester School of Nursing, and the College of Interdisciplinary Studies. Tennessee Tech also offers the PhD in education, engineering, and environmental science and maintains three Centers of Excellence, including the Center for Energy Systems Research, the Center for Manufacturing Research and the Center for the Management, Utilization and Protection of Water Resources. The Appalachian Center for Craft, a Tennessee Tech satellite campus and an academic program offered through the School of Art, Craft and Design, offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with concentrations in clay, fibers, glass, metals and woods. Tennessee Tech has consistently achieved high rankings for academic excellence and affordability. Founded in 1915, Tennessee Tech is governed by its own Board of Trustees. Statement of Purpose, Scope of Services Tennessee Tech intends to secure a contract for a qualified contractor to design, build, and install a high-tech Greenhouse for its Biology department. Tennessee Tech has issued this Request for Proposal (RFP) to define Tennessee Tech's minimum service requirements; solicit Proposals; detail Proposal requirements; and, outline Tennessee Tech's process for evaluating Proposals and selecting a contractor to provide the requested goods and/or services. Through this RFP, Tennessee Tech seeks to procure necessary goods and/or services at the most favorable, competitive prices and to give ALL qualified businesses, including those that are small, minority, women, and service-disabled veteran owned, the opportunity to do business with Tennessee Tech. Proposers must complete the Contractor Requirements Form (See Attachment 6.1 for form and classification definitions). In addition, all small, minority, women and service-disabled veteran owned businesses are strongly encouraged to register with the Governor's Office of Diversity Business Enterprise (Go-DBE) to attain official certification. If requested, Tennessee Tech shall work with the successful Proposer and the Go-DBE Office regarding registration/certification. Pre-Proposal Written Questions Deadline Noon February 7, 2025. Tennessee Tech Responds to all Questions 4:30pm February 13, 2025. Communications and Contacts. Tennessee Tech: Milghen Ortiz-McMahan, Contracts Specialist Tennessee Tech University Purchasing and Contracts Office Campus Box 5144 Derryberry Hall, Suite 301 1 William L. Jones Drive Cookeville, TN 38505 (931) 372-3452 mortizmcmahan@tntech.edu Tennessee Tech reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to reject any and all Proposals in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.