INVITATION TO BID – DANDRIDGE MEMORIAL LIBRARY, INC. – New Construction for: Dandridge Memorial Library

Published by Editor on February 1, 2026.
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INVITATION TO BID

DANDRIDGE MEMORIAL LIBRARY, INC., Owner, will receive separate sealed bids for the New Construction for: Dandridge Memorial Library. Bids will be received by the Owner at the Dandridge Town Hall, 131 E. Main Street, Dandridge, TN 37725, until 2:00 PM, Eastern on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, at which time and place sealed bids will be opened and read aloud.

The CONTRACT DOCUMENTS may be examined at the following locations after on or after February 28, 2026:

Knoxville Blue Print & Supply Co., Inc.
622 Leroy Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37927
Phone: 1-865-525-0463
Contact: Mark Renfro

Knoxville Builders Exchange
301 Clark Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37921
Phone: 1-865-525-0443

Dodge Construction Network
34 Crosby Drive, Suite 202
Bedford, MA 01730
Phone: 1-877-784-9556

Dollar & Ewers Architecture, Inc.
111 East Jackson Ave., Suite 101
Knoxville, TN 37915
Phone: 1-865-546-9374
Email: bewers@dollar-ewers.com
Contact: Brian Ewers

Bidding Documents in PDF format may be obtained at no cost from the following sources:

Knoxville Blue Print & Supply Co., Inc.
Knoxville Builders Exchange
Dodge Construction Network

Entities obtaining Bidding Documents become Bidders of Record for notifications. Bidders of Record may purchase hard copies of Bidding Documents from the same sources (nonrefundable)

Subcontractors, vendors and others who desire individual sets of drawings and specification sections may obtain them from Knoxville Blue Print & Supply Company by paying the costs of reproduction, which is not refundable.

Addenda will be emailed only to those General Contractors holding complete sets and are Bidders of Record.

Each bid must be accompanied by a Bid Bond in the amount of five (5%) percent of the bid. The successful bidder will be required to execute a Performance Bond and a Payment Bond covering and including labor and materials in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract Sum. The Bid Bond shall be executed on AIA Document A310 and the Performance and Payment Bond on AIA Form A312.

All bidders must be licensed Contractors as required by the Contractors Licensing Act of 1976, enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee on March 18, 1976. Bidder’s name, license number, date of expiration of license, license limitation and that part of license classification applying to the bid must be placed on the envelope containing the Bid, otherwise the Bid cannot be opened or considered.

No bidder will be permitted to withdraw his bid within sixty (60) days after the date of opening of bids. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informalities therein.

Upon award of the construction contract to the successful bidder, construction shall commence on a date to be specified in the “Notice to Proceed” to the Contractor and shall be completed on or before the completion date specified in the Contract Documents as time is of the essence in the performance of the contract for construction.

Upon receipt of Notice to Proceed, the Contractor will prosecute the work regularly, diligently, and uninterruptedly at such rate of progress as will insure full completion thereof within the time specified on the Bid Form.

BIDDER’S RESPONSIBILITY

Each bidder is hereby cautioned to familiarize himself with the contract documents contained in these specifications. He shall examine the building sites thoroughly before preparing his bid.

All interested Contractors to attend the mandatory pre-bid meeting.

MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING is scheduled for Thursday, February 12, 2026, to start at the Dandridge Town Hall at 2:00 PM and then proceed to each of the project site location. Access will be available to project location.