Lynn View Community Center Demolition & Partial Site Development

INVITATION TO BID
Sealed bids for the following project will be received by the Procurement Manager until 4:00 P.M., Eastern Time,
July 29, 2026, and at that time publicly opened in City Hall Conference Room 436, 415 Broad Street,
Kingsport, TN. All bids will be considered for award or rejection at a later date.
PROJECT: New City of Kingsport Elementary School - Lynn View Community Center Demolition and
Partial Site Development
Electronic copies of the documents may be obtained at the office of Thompson & Litton, Inc., 2315 Silverdale
Drive, Johnson City, Tennessee. A fee of $10.00 for thumb drive shall be paid for each set of documents. The
fee shall be in the form of a check made payable to Thompson & Litton, Inc. If the General Contractor and
Subcontractor's request drawings and specifications, Thompson & Litton, Inc. will provide via email at no cost
to the companies involved.
Copies of the document will be available for review at the following locations:
Knoxville Builders Exchange Thompson & Litton, Inc.
300 Clark Street 2315 Silverdale Drive
Knoxville, TN 37921 Johnson City, Tennessee 37601
A Pre-Bid Conference will be held on July 14, 2026, at 2:00 P.M at the Lynn View Community Center, 257
Walker Street, Kingsport, TN 37665.
All questions regarding this project need to be submitted in writing via email to the Architect, Brian Alderson,
at balderson@T-L.com. Any addendum items needed will be issued no later than July 24, 2026.
All Minority and Women-Owned contractors are encouraged to participate.
A bid bond or certified check in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the total of the bid is required.
Certified checks should be made payable to City Treasurer, City of Kingsport. The successful bidder will be
required to execute acceptable Performance and Payment Bonds in an amount equal to one hundred (100%)
percent of the contract price.
All bidders must be licensed Contractors as required by the Contractors Licensing Act of 1994 (TCA Title
62, Chapter 6). No bid will be opened unless the outside of the sealed envelope containing the bid provides
the following information: the Contractor's license number, the date of the license's expiration, and a quotation
of that part of his classification applying to the bid; the Geothermal, HVAC, Masonry, Plumbing, Roofing,
and Electrical subcontractor's license number, each date of the license expiration and that part of each
classification applying to the bid if the value of work is $25,000 or greater; ($100,000.00 or greater for
Masonry) if value of the subcontractor's work is less than $25,000, ($100,000.00 for Masonry), the bid
envelope is to be indicated with the phrase "Subcontractor's bid is less than $25,000" ($100,000.00 for
Masonry) after each appropriate heading. If no Subcontractor's are being used, the outside of the envelope
must state, "No Subcontractors are being used on this project".
By submission of a signed bid, the bidder certifies total compliance with Title VI and Title VII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964, as amended, and all regulations promulgated thereunder.
No submitted bids may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after the scheduled closing time for
receipt of bids. All bids shall be signed, sealed and addressed to the Procurement Manager, City of Kingsport,
415 Broad St., Kingsport, TN 37660, and marked "New Elementary School - Lynn View Community Center
Demolition" The City by its governing regulations, reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids
received, to waive any informalities in bidding and to re-advertise.
PUB IT: 06/27/2026 Chris McCartt
City Manager