NOTICE TO BIDDERS

The City of Alcoa is soliciting sealed bids to be received by the City Purchasing Officer located at 725 Universal Street, Alcoa, TN 37701. City of Alcoa normal business days are Tuesday through Friday between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and shall be closed on recognized holidays.

Bids will be received until 2:00 p.m. E.S.T., on Friday, May 26, 2017, shortly thereafter all submitted bids will be gathered and taken to the Alcoa City Consolidated Service Center Large Conference Room to be publicly opened and read aloud. Any bid received after the closing time will not be accepted and will be returned to the bidder unopened. It is the responsibility of the bidder to see that any bid submitted shall have sufficient time to be received by the City Purchasing Agent prior to the bid opening date and time. The receiving time in the City Purchasing Agent will be the governing time for acceptability of the bids. Bids will not be accepted by telephone or facsimile machine. All bids must bear original signatures and figures.

The Bid shall be for:                           BID NO. 11814

PURCHASE OF TWO (2) CLOSED COUPLED FINISHED WATER PUMPS, TWO (2) CHECK VALVES, TWO (2) FLANGED 8”X6” REDUCERS, TWO (2) SETS OF FILLER FLANGES and TRANSITION COUPLINGS ALL WITH GASKETS

Bidders receiving a "NOTICE TO BIDDERS" and/or "REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS" notice in the mail or reading same in the newspaper are advised that the bidding documents can be downloaded from the City of Alcoa web page address: http://www.cityofalcoa-tn.gov, or may obtain copies of same by contacting the City of Alcoa Public Works & Engineering Department by calling (865)   380-4800   or   by   e-mailing   your   request   to   the   following   e-mail address:

If you have any questions or require additional information regarding this bid, please contact Simon deVente, P.E., Assistant Director/Chief Engineer at (865) 380-4810.

Hand-delivering Bids:                                   
City of Alcoa
c/o Purchasing Agent                                                            
Consolidated Service Center
725 Universal Street
Alcoa, TN 37701

If using Land Courier (i.e., FedEx, UPS):     
City of Alcoa
c/o Purchasing Agent
725 Universal Street
Alcoa, TN 37701

If Mailing Bids:  
City of Alcoa
c/o Purchasing Agent
223 Associates Blvd.
Alcoa, TN 37701

The City of Alcoa reserves the right to refuse and reject any or all bids and to waive any or all formalities or technicalities and to accept the bid deemed most advantageous to the City, and hold the bids for a period of 30 days without taking action.

Bids must be submitted in an envelope sealed with tape and prominently marked on the lower l eft hand corner of the bid envelope with corresponding bid number and title.