INVITATION TO BIDDERS

MURFREESBORO FIRE DEPARTMENT GENERATOR ADDITION

MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE

Sealed Proposals for Murfreesboro Fire Department Generator Installations at East Vine Street and Cason Lane, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, will be received by the Owner at Room 218, Murfreesboro City Hall, 111 West Vine Street, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on Wednesday, October 5, 2011, at 2 P.M. local time.  Bids will be opened publicly and read aloud.

Plans and other contract documents shall be obtained by Bidders from the office of Entech Engineering, Inc., 5301 Virginia Way, Suite 140, Brentwood, Tennessee, or the office of Johnson + Bailey Architects, 100 East Vine Street, Suite 700, Murfreesboro, Tennessee.  A deposit check for Two Hundred Fifty  Dollars ($250.00), made payable to Entech Engineering, Inc., will be required for one (1) set 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.

A Pre-Bid Conference will be conducted at the East Vine Street Fire Station at 202 East Vine Street,   Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on Thursday, September 29, 2011, at 9 A.M. local 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 designed by the Designer.  The designated printing company for this project is:

PROGRAPHICS

1811 Church Street

Nashville, TN 37203

Telephone: (615) 327-0386

Bidders shall be licensed 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 bond, and shall be liable for any loss occasioned to the Owner because of such failure.

BY: ENTECH ENGINEERING, INC.

FOR: CITY OF MURFREESBORO

111 WEST VINE STREET

MURFREESBORO, TN 37130

ROBERT J. LYONS, CITY MANAGER