ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Sealed bids for an addition to the Loudon
County Government Building shall be received as follows:
OWNER: County of Loudon ATTENTION: Loudon
County Purchasing Dept. LOCATION: 100 River Road, Suite 110
Loudon, TN 37774 TIME: 4:00 PM EDST; Thursday, January 19,
2023 Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud and the
Contract awarded as soon thereafter as practicable.
Bidders must use the bid envelope cover
sheet provided in the project manual and include their Full
Name, Address, and Tennessee Contractor’s License Number and
deposit the bid at the Loudon County Purchasing Department.
Bidders must obtain Plans, Specifications and Contract
Documents in order to receive Addenda to submit a Bid. To
obtain Bid Documents, contact Josh Biden at Johnson
Architecture jbiden@jainc.com 865-671-9060.
Johnson Architecture will coordinate
delivery of documents in hard copy and/or PDF format, at the
discretion of the Bidder. Examine documents at the Plan
Rooms listed below: Knoxville Builders Exchange Knoxville,
TN 865-525-0443 F.W. Dodge McGraw-Hill Plan Room, Knoxville,
TN 877-784-9556 Associated General Contractors, Knoxville,
TN 865-525-2166
A Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be
held at 3:00 pm, local time, on Thursday January 12, 2023 at
100 River Road, Loudon Tennessee, 37774. Bidders will meet
in Conference Room. Bidders (General Contractors) must have
a representative present at the mandatory pre-bid meeting
for their bids to be considered. Subcontractors are
encouraged to attend but not required. All Bidders must be
licensed Contractors as required by the “CONTRACTOR’S
LICENSING ACT OF 1976,” and as passed by the 89th General
Assembly of the State of Tennessee. Furthermore, the
Contractor should have the necessary licensing
classifications as listed in Rules of Tennessee Board for
Licensing General Contractors-Chapter 0680-1.
Each Bid must be accompanied by a
certified check or by a Bidder’s Bond executed by the Bidder
and a surety company licensed to do business in the State of
Tennessee, in the sum of five percent (5%) of the amount of
the Bid. The successful Bidder will be required to execute
an acceptable performance and payment bond in the amount
equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract price at
the time of the execution of the contract. Performance and
payment bond documents are not required to be submitted with
the Bid.
Loudon County reserves the right to waive
any informality in or to reject any or all bids and to
accept the bid deemed most favorable to the interest of the
County. Questions regarding this bid request shall be
directed, in writing, to: Susan Huskey and Matthew
Kleinschmidt Loudon County Purchasing Department 100 River
Road, Suite 110, Loudon, TN 37774 huskeys@loudoncounty-tn.gov
kleinschmidtm@loudoncounty-tn.gov 865-458-4663
Questions must be submitted no later than
January 5, 2023 at 4:30 p.m. local time. All technical
questions will be addressed by written addendum issued by
Johnson Architecture and Loudon County Purchasing.