324 New Salem Highway

In general, the work shall consist of site development, and site access, civil/site infrastructure, to support construction of three new buildings, the Administration Building, the Transit Pavilion, and the Bus Garage, associated drives and paved parking on the site, and all other Work indicated in the Contract Documents. The General Contractor shall provide a fully qualified superintendent that is a fulltime employee of the General Contractor on site at ALL times when work on site is occurring. Bid Bond must be in hand by the City's Purchasing Department prior to bid opening. Bid Bond should be delivered to: City of Murfreesboro Attn: Purchasing Dept., 111 West Vine Street, Murfreesboro, TN 37130. Performance and Statutory Labor and Material Payment Bonds in the amount of 100% of the Contract Price will be required at the signing of the Contract. See Exhibit A Contractor's Insurance and Bond Requirements, Article 19, Performance and Payment Bonds. Drawings and Project Specifications will be open to public inspection beginning April 11, 2023. Prospective Bidders must be registered on the Tennessee Department of Transportation's list of prequalified contractors. Prospective Bidders shall be registered with the City of Murfreesboro through the Purchasing Department's vendor registry system, Bidding documents may be obtained from the City of Murfreesboro Purchasing Department on Open Gov's website. The project is being bid EXCLUDING TAXES and requires the Contractor to comply with the requirements of Tennessee State Law. The Contractor and Owner will be required to apply for Certificates of Exemption with the Tennessee Department of Revenue which will handle the administration of the certificates. The contractor shall account for the tax savings on the appropriate form. Failure for the Contractor to complete this form and include with their proposal shall render the bid non-responsive. All bidders must submit copies of their bids on proposal forms furnished by the City or copies thereof. All bidders bidding in amounts exceeding that established by the State Licensing Board for General Contractors must be licensed under the provisions of the Code of Tennessee and must show evidence of license before bidding or bid will not be received or considered; the bidder shall show such evidence by submitting a copy of their current license with bid proposal submission. Bids shall be lump sum basis for general construction work to include work of all trades. Segregated bids will not be accepted. The City of Murfreesboro hereby notifies all bidders, that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the basis of age, race, color, religion, national origin, sex or disability in consideration for an award. If any such disadvantaged business enterprise deems electronic bidding to be a hardship, please notify the City Purchasing office at purchasing@murfreesborotn.gov. Bids may not be withdrawn prior to 60 calendar days after date of bids opening. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all of the proposals and to waive technical errors if, in the Owner's judgment, the best interest of the owner will thereby be promoted. Owner further reserves right to reject any and all Bids, and to re-advertise for Bids. Performance time: The project is to be completed within 540 calendar days from Notice to Proceed. Completion of this work in timely manner is of the essence. Liquidated damages apply to this project per the Project Manual. A

Division 32 -	Exterior Improvements, Operation and Maintenance of Exterior Improvements.
Division 34 -	Transportation, Operation and Maintenance of Transportation.