Dark Island Pedestrian Bridge Rehab

Blount County TN on behalf of the Blount County Highway Department is seeking to procure a contractor for the Dark Island Pedestrian Bridge Rehabilitation construction.

A mandatory attendance pre-bid meeting will be held on April 22 ,8026 at 10:00 am a t the Blount County Highway Department, Conference Room 4, Blount County Operations Center, 1227 McArthur Rd., Maryville, TN 37804. Bidders must attend this meeting to bid on this project. Site visit shall follow the meeting.

Bid documents may be obtained at https://blounttn.ionwave.net/login.aspx. Vendors are encouraged to register with Blount County and submit their response through the online bidding system at this same link. If you have any issues registering in the online system, contact the IonWave help desk at 844-226-3862 , ext. 4, support.ionwave@eunasolutions.com , or Blount County Purchasing, 865-273-5740, purchasing@blounttn.org .

Bid responses are not accepted via email or fax. Bidders must allow ample time to submit their response. No information may be submitted or modified beyond the Response Deadline Date / Time.

Manual (hard copy) bids are an optional method of response and must be submitted no later than the response deadline to Blount County Courthouse, Blount County Purchasing Room 319, 385 Court St., Maryville, TN 37804-5906. These hard copy submissions must also include ALL documentation requested in the online system including, but not limited to, all online bid document attachments, response attachments, attributes and line items, and must have the Attachment B - Bid Cover Form attached to the OUTSIDE of the sealed envelope, with any required license information included. Be sure to include TDOT Vendor ID number.

When registered, vendors may submit questions via the Questions tab for this ITB in the online bidding system. Please make note of the question 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.
The public bid opening will be held at the response submittal deadline at Blount County Purchasing, Blount County Courthouse Room 319, 385 Court St., Maryville, TN 37804-5906. The opening may also be accessed via Zoom at https://zoom.us/j/8652735744 , Meeting ID : 865 273 5744 . Bidders shall acc ess the online bidding system for possible extension of this date and time. If you have problems accessing any Zoom meeting, please phone Blount County Purchasing, 865-273-5740.