Blount County, TN on behalf of the Blount County Board of Education, is requesting SEALED bids for a 53,877 square foot CTE Building renovation and 6,282 square foot addition; and new 5,000 square foot Culinary building for William Blount High School, located at 219 County Farm Road, Maryville, TN 37804. Our goal is to award a General Contractor for the entire scope of the project. Anyone who is interested in providing requirements included in the Base Bid, or either of the Alternates, should work with a GC who is planning on submitting a bid.

References to brand names, numbers or other descriptions particular to specific brand products are made to establish a required level of quality, and are not intended to exclude other products of that level. Submit substitution requests via the process outlined in this bid by the Questions deadline.

The Bid Invitation and all Bid Attachments may be obtained through Blount County's online bidding system at https://blounttn.ionwave.net/login.aspx . If not currently registered with Blount County, vendors are encouraged to register under the Supplier Registration tab and submit their response through the online bidding system at this same link. Manual (hard copy) bid responses are acceptable.

If submitting a hard copy bid response, it shall be submitted to Blount County Purchasing, 385 Court St., Blount County Courthouse Room 319, Maryville, TN 37804. Bid responses, whether electronic or manual (hard copy) submissions, must contain all required information and documentation including, but not limited to, Response Attachments, Bid Attributes, and Bid Lines and be submitted no later than the Response Deadline. Bid responses are not accepted via email or facsimile . Bidders must allow ample time to submit their response. The system does not allow entries beyond the Response Deadline Date / Time.

A copy of the online bid for this project is located under the “Bid Documents” header at the blue “Bid Invitation” link, for Bidders who choose to submit a manual bid. This document will include links to all attachments.

Please review each tab in this system to obtain and respond to required information . Anyone struggling with the access or use of the system should call the Purchasing Department at (865) 273-5740, and we'll be happy to assist you.

When registered, vendors may submit questions via the Questions tab for this ITB in the online bidding system. Please make note of the QUESTIONS and SUBSTITUTIONS deadline. Prior to bid submission, it is the bidder's responsibility to access the online bidding system and ascertain they have received any addenda and viewed answers to published questions and bid accordingly. Questions and substitutions are not accepted after the deadline, even if they are phoned or emailed.

The public bid opening will be held at the response submittal deadline at Blount County Purchasing, 385 Court St., Blount County Courthouse Room 319, Maryville, TN 37804, and attendance is optional. The opening may also be accessed via Zoom at https://us06web.zoom.us/j/8101028314, meeting ID 810 102 8314.