For furnishing all materials, labor, tools, equipment, and appurtenances necessary for the construction of the Walker Mountain 300,000 Gallon Tank Rehabilitation The Project consists of installing a containment system, sandblasting and recoating the interior and exterior, installing a new frost-free roof vent, removing existing rotating ladder and associated connecting metal plate at roof vent, installing roof handrails and a non-skid area, and re-caulking the base seal for the 300,000-gallon ground storage water tank on Walker Mountain. The work will be awarded in one Contract. Partial sets of Bidding Documents will not be available directly from the Issuing Office. Neither Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for full or partial sets of bidding Documents including Addenda, if any, obtained from sources other than the Issuing Office. No part of the purchase will be refunded. Each Bid must be accompanied by a Bid Bond, prepared on the form of Bid Bond attached to the Contract Documents or a Surety Company's Standard Bid Bond, duly executed by the Bidder as principal and having as surety thereon a surety company licensed to do business in the State of Tennessee and listed as a certified company in the latest issue of U.S. Treasury Circular 570, in the amount of five percent of the Bid. No bid may be withdrawn within 120 calendar days after the scheduled time for receipt of bids. All bidders must be licensed and shall comply with all requirements of the State of Tennessee Contractor's Licensing Act. 00 11 16 - 2 Advertisement for Bids 02/02/23 31703-21 The Owner will in no way be liable for any costs incurred by any bidder in the preparation of its Bid in response to this Invitation to Bid. The successful Bidder for this Contract will be required to furnish a satisfactory Performance Bond and Payment Bond each in the amount of 100 percent of the Bid. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, to waive informalities and to re advertise.