The Central Tennessee Regional Solid Waste Planning Board will receive and publicly open sealed bids for    collecting and collating recycling  tonnages from private industry.  Bids will be opened December 15, 2011, at 4:00 p.m. in the office of the Board Chairman, City of Murfreesboro Public Works Facility, 4765 Florence Rd, P. O. Box 1739, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 37133-1739.  Specifications may be obtained from the above office during normal working hours.  The Central Tennessee Regional Solid Waste Planning Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

To be run:  October 30, 2011

INVITATION TO BIDDERS

REROOFING AT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OFFICE/STORAGE BUILDING MURFREESBORO WATER & SEWER DEPARTMENT

Sealed Proposals for Reroofing at Wastewater Treatment Plant Office/Storage Building, Murfreesboro Water & Sewer Department, will be received by the Owner at the City Council Chamber, Murfreesboro City Hall, 111 West Vine Street, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on Thursday, November 17, 2011, at 2:00 P.M., Central Standard Time.  Bids will be opened publicly and read aloud.

General Contractors submitting a bid shall be obtain bidding documents from the office of Johnson + Bailey Architects P.C., 100 East Vine Street, Suite 700, Murfreesboro, Tennessee.  A deposit check for Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), made payable to Johnson + Bailey Architects, will be required for two (2) sets of plans and specifications.  Checks will be refunded to all Bidders who return plans and specifications in good condition within ten (10) days after Proposals are opened, with the exception of the deposit from the Bidder to whom the Contract is awarded.  The low Bidder to whom the contract is awarded will be provided with ten (10) complete sets of plans and specifications in consideration for the deposit paid.  Bids from Contractors not registered with the Architect as a plans holder will not be opened.

A Pre-Bid Conference will be conducted at the Office/Storage Building, Wastewater Treatment Plant, 2032 Blanton Drive, Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37129, on Tuesday, November 8, 2011, at 10:00 A.M. Central Standard Time.  Attendance is not mandatory, but is recommended and encouraged.

Individual drawings, specification sections, and/or complete sets of plans and specifications and other bid documents may be obtained by Material Suppliers, Subcontractors, and General Contractors from a printing company designated by the Architect.  The designated printing company for this project is:

PROGRAPHICS

1811 Church Street

Nashville, TN 37203

Telephone: (615) 327-0386

Bidders shall be licensed General Contractors as required by applicable laws of the State of Tennessee.

Each Proposal shall be accompanied by a bid bond in the amount of 5% of the bid.  The bond is required as a guarantee that, if the bid is accepted, a contract will be entered into.

A performance bond and a labor and material payment bond in the amount of 100% of contract sum, issued by a bonding company licensed in the State of Tennessee and acceptable to Owner, will be required of successful bidder to guarantee faithful performance of work under the contract (see Supplement to General Conditions of the Contract).

In the event Bidder to whom the contract is awarded fails to execute a satisfactory contract and bond, he shall be eliminated and shall forfeit his bid bond, and shall be liable for any loss occasioned to the Owner because of such failure.

BY: JOHNSON + BAILEY ARCHITECTS, P.C.

FOR: CITY OF MURFREESBORO

111 WEST VINE STREET

MURFREESBORO, TN.  37130

ROBERT J. LYONS, CITY MANAGER

REQUEST FOR BIDS

Sealed bids will be received by the City of Murfreesboro, Parks and Recreation Department, Murfreesboro, Tennessee until 3:30 p.m., November 7, 2011, and at that time opened and publicly read for the purchase of two new (2) 60” Riding Mowers.  Specifications may be obtained at the City Manager's office in City Hall, 111 West Vine Street, Murfreesboro, TN  37130, or at the Parks and Recreation office, 697 Barfield Crescent Road, Murfreesboro, TN 37128, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.  All bids must be sealed and labeled "Parks and Recreation 60” Riding Mowers Bid.”

To be run:  October 23 and 30, 2011.

LEGAL

Sealed bids will be received by the City of Murfreesboro, at the Office of the City Manager, City Hall, 111 West Vine Street, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, until 3:00 P.M. local time on Monday, November 14, 2011 for Police Pursuit and Non-Police Pursuit Vehicles for the Police Department.  Bid forms and specifications may be picked up any working day, Monday through Friday, at the City Hall or the Police Department or online at www.murfreesborotn.gov.  The City of Murfreesboro reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

Robert J. Lyons

City Manager

To Run:            Sunday, October 30, 2011

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

The City of Murfreesboro Parks and Recreation Department is soliciting Requests for Proposals for the Renovation of Kids’ Castle Playground in Old Fort Park.  The Request for Proposal package is available at the offices of the City Manager in City Hall, 111 West Vine Street, Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37130, or the Parks and Recreation office, 697 Barfield Crescent Road, Murfreesboro, TN 37128, Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.  The submittal deadline is 4:00 p.m. on November 15, 2011, at the City Manager’s office at the above address. This project is funded under an agreement with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. All proposals must be sealed and marked “Renovation of Kids’ Castle Proposal for Parks and Recreation Department”.

To be run: October 23 and 30, 2011