Dobyns-Bennett High School Select Renovations Phase 1

INVITATION TO BID
Sealed bids for the following project will be received by the Procurement Manager until 4:00 P.M., Eastern Time,
May 6, 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: Dobyns-Bennett High School Select Renovations Phase 1
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 non-mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held on April 27, 2026, at 3:30 P.M in the Teal Room at Dobyns-
Bennett High School, 1 Tribe Way, Kingsport, TN 37664.
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 April 29, 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 "DBHS Renovations." 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: 04/15/2026 Chris McCartt
City Manager