Construction of Lost Ridge Water Tank Renovation - 2023

Question Deadline 01/06/2023 at 3:00 PM ET No technical questions will be taken. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informalities or technicalities therein. The work to be done consists generally of: the rehabilitation of the Lost Ridge 1,000,000-gallon welded steel ground storage water tank including surface preparation, recoating and other related work, as described in the specifications. Each bid shall be accompanied by a Certified Check on a solvent bank or a Bidders Bond issued by a Surety Company licensed to operate in the State of Tennessee, in the amount of five percent of the total bid price, as a guarantee that if the bid is accepted, the Bidder will enter into a con-tract and execute the Performance and Payment Bonds in the form and within the time specified. Each bid shall contain a DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE AFFIDAVIT as required under the provisions of Tennessee Code Annotated 50-9-113. The successful Bidder will be required to execute a Performance Bond and a Payment Bond, each in the amount of 100 percent of the Contract, issued by a Surety Company licensed to operate in the State and shall be named in the current list of Companies Holding Certificates of Authority as Acceptable Sureties on Federal Bonds and as Acceptable Reinsuring Companies as published in Circular 570 (amended) by the Audit Staff Bureau of Accounts, U.S. Treasury Department. Each Bidder shall be a licensed Contractor as required by the regulations of the State of Tennessee General Assemblys Contractors Licensing Act of 1976, and all amendments thereto in effect on bid receipt date. License number, expiration date, and license classification shall be shown on the outside of the envelope containing the bid of the General Contractor. The license number, expiration date, and license classification shall also be shown for the electrical subcontractor, plumbing subcontractor, and mechanical subcontractor. Failure to show these items on outside of envelope will result in bid being returned to Bidder unopened. Each Bidder shall be in compliance with the Iran Divestment Act and certifies that it is not currently engaged in, and covenants that it will not, for the duration of the Contract, engage in a Boycott of Israel, as that term is defined in Tenn. Code Ann. 12-4-127. The successful Bidder shall provide certification of compliance with these acts upon request. No Bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of sixty (60) days after date of actual bid opening, without Owners consent.

Division 02 -	Existing Conditions, Subsurface Investigation.
Division 03 -	Concrete, Concrete Reinforcing, Cast-in-Place Concrete.
Division 05 -	Metals, Structural Metal Framing, Metal Decking.
Division 23 -	Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC), Facility Fuel Piping, Facility Fuel-Storage Tanks.
Division 31 -	Earthwork, Clearing and Grubbing, Grading.
Division 32 -	Exterior Improvements, Fences and Gates.
Division 33 -	Utilities, Storm Drainage Utilities.