1. Background and Intent a. Knoxville's Community Development Corporation (“KCDC”) is the public housing authority for the City of Knoxville and for Knox County in Tennessee. KCDC’s affordable housing property portfolio includes more than 26 properties with approximately 3,600 dwelling units. In addition to operating its public housing apartments, KCDC oversees approximately 4,097 Section 8 Vouchers and 76 Moderate Rehabilitation units. Additionally, KCDC serves as the redevelopment agency for the City of Knoxville, managing redevelopment areas, TIFs, and PILOTs. b. Definition/Clarification: KCDC uses “suppliers” as inclusive of various words describing interested parties often called “bidders,” “contractors,” “firms,” “proposers” and “vendors.” c. This solicitation’s goal is to contract with a supplier to restore KCDC’s property at 3520 Oak Branch Circle. The supplier shall furnish all labor, materials and equipment to restore the fire damaged apartment as detailed herein. In general, this work is to restore this apartment to its pre‐fire state. Appliances are not included in this work. d. See the Scope of Work section for the technical details. Note this information is from KCDC’s insurance estimator TENCO Services Inc. and is the basis for the Scope of Work. The information provided from the insurance estimator may not 100% inclusive and should not be a substitute for a visit.