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Ohio Rev Code § 124.93 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel|Section 124.93 | Discrimination by Health Insuring Corporation Against Physician.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, "physician" means any person who holds a valid license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery issued under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code.(B) No health insuring corporation that, on or after July 1, 1993, enters into or renews a contract with the department of administrative services under section 124.82 of the Revised Code, because of a physician's race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or military status as defined in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code, age, or ancestry, shall refuse to contract with that physician for the provision of health care services under section 124.82 of the Revised Code.Any health insuring corporation that violates this division is deemed to have engaged in an unlawful discriminatory practice as defined in section 4112.02 of the Revised Code and is subject to Chapter 4112. of the Revised Code.(C) Each health insuring corporation that, on or after July 1, 1993, enters into or renews a contract with the department of administrative services under section 124.82 of the Revised Code and that refuses to contract with a physician for the provision of health care services under that section shall provide that physician with a written notice that clearly explains the reason or reasons for the refusal. The notice shall be sent to the physician by regular mail within thirty days after the refusal.Any health insuring corporation that fails to provide notice in compliance with this division is deemed to have engaged in an unfair and deceptive act or practice in the business of insurance as defined in section 3901.21 of the Revised Code and is subject to sections 3901.19 to 3901.26 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 124.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel|Section 124.99 | Penalty.

Effective: December 4, 1973|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 174 - 110th General Assembly|(A) Whoever violates section 124.62 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
Ohio Rev Code § 125.041 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services|Section 125.041 | Purchases by State Elected Officials.

Effective: September 29, 2015|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly|(A) Nothing in sections 125.02, 125.04 to 125.08, 125.12 to 125.16, 125.18, 125.31 to 125.76, or 125.831 of the Revised Code shall be construed as limiting the attorney general, auditor of state, secretary of state, or treasurer of state in any of the following:  (1) Purchases for less than the dollar amounts for the purchase of supplies or services determined under section 125.05 of the Revised Code;  (2) Purchases that equal or exceed the dollar amounts for the purchase of supplies or services determined under section 125.05 of the Revised Code with the approval of the controlling board, if that approval is required by section 127.16 of the Revised Code;  (3) The final determination of the nature or quantity of any purchase of supplies or services under division (B) of section 125.02 or under division (G) of section 125.035 of the Revised Code;  (4) The final determination and disposal of excess and surplus supplies;  (5) The inventory of state property;  (6) The purchase of printing;  (7) Activities related to information technology development and use;  (8) The fleet management program.  (B) Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing the attorney general, auditor of state, secretary of state, or treasurer of state from complying with or participating in any aspect of Chapter 125. of the Revised Code through the department of administrative services.
Ohio Rev Code § 125.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services|Section 125.05 | Competitive Selection.

Effective: September 30, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly|Except as provided in division (D) or (E) of this section, no state agency shall purchase any supplies or services except as provided in divisions (A) to (C) of this section. (A) A state agency may, without competitive selection, make any purchase of supplies or services that cost less than fifty thousand dollars after complying with divisions (A) to (E) of section 125.035 of the Revised Code. The agency may make the purchase directly or may make the purchase from or through the department of administrative services, whichever the agency determines. The agency shall adopt written procedures consistent with the department's purchasing procedures and shall use those procedures when making purchases under this division. Section 127.16 of the Revised Code does not apply to purchases made under this division. (B) A state agency shall make purchases of supplies and services that cost fifty thousand dollars or more through the department of administrative services and the process provided in section 125.035 of the Revised Code, unless the department grants a waiver under division (D) or (E) of that section and a release and permit under division (G) of that section. (C) An agency that has been granted a release and permit under division (G) of section 125.035 of the Revised Code to make a purchase may make the purchase without competitive selection if after making the purchase the cumulative purchase threshold as computed under division (E) of section 127.16 of the Revised Code would: (1) Be exceeded and the controlling board approves the purchase; (2) Not be exceeded and the department of administrative services approves the purchase. (D) If the department of education or the Ohio education computer network determines that it can purchase software services or supplies for specified school districts at a price less than the price for which the districts could purchase the same software services or supplies for themselves, the department or network shall certify that fact to the department of administrative services and, acting as an agent for the specified school districts, shall make that purchase without following the provisions in divisions (A) to (D) of this section. (E) When the purchase cost of personal protective equipment is less than fifty thousand dollars, a state agency shall comply with divisions (A) to (E) of section 125.035 of the Revised Code. If the purchase is not subject to the requirements of an applicable first or second requisite procurement program, the agency shall apply the same preferences in section 125.09 of the Revised Code when making the purchase. As used in this division, "personal protective equipment" means equipment worn to minimize exposure to hazards that cause workplace injuries and illnesses. Last updated July 30, 2021 at 3:48 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 125.051 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services|Section 125.051 | Advertising Subject to Controlling Board Approval.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|(A) As used in this section:(1) "Advertising" includes advertising in print or electronic newspapers, journals, or magazines and advertising broadcast over radio or television or placed on the internet.(2) "State official" means an official elected to a statewide office or a member of the general assembly.(B) Any advertising purchased with public money by a state official for the same purpose that, in the aggregate, exceeds fifty thousand dollars during the fiscal year, shall be subject to controlling board approval.
Ohio Rev Code § 125.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services|Section 125.07 | Notice of Bidding.

Effective: September 29, 2015|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly|(A) In accordance with rules the director shall adopt under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director of administrative services may make purchases by competitive sealed bid. The competitive sealed bid, at a minimum, shall contain a detailed description of the supplies or services to be purchased, terms and conditions of the sale, and any other information the director considers to be necessary for the intended purchase. Competitive sealed bids shall be awarded as provided in section 125.11 of the Revised Code.(B) The department of administrative services, in making a purchase by competitive sealed bid, shall give notice in the following manner:(1) The department shall advertise the intended purchases by notice posted for the benefit of competing persons producing or dealing in the supplies or services to be purchased. The notice may be in any electronic form the director of administrative services considers appropriate to sufficiently notify competing persons of the intended purchases.(2) The notice required under this division shall include the time and place where bids will be accepted and opened, or, when bids are made in a reverse auction, the time when bids will be accepted; the conditions under which bids will be received; the terms of the proposed purchases; and an itemized list of the supplies or services to be purchased and the estimated quantities or amounts of them.(3) The notice required under this division shall be posted the number of days preceding the day when the bids will be opened or accepted that the director determines sufficient to enable interested bidders to prepare their bids.
Ohio Rev Code § 125.071 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services|Section 125.071 | Purchasing by Competitive Sealed Proposal.

Effective: October 25, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 99 - 121st General Assembly|(A) In accordance with rules the director of administrative services shall adopt, the director may make purchases by competitive sealed proposal whenever the director determines that the use of competitive sealed bidding is not possible or not advantageous to the state.(B) Proposals shall be solicited through a request for proposals. The request for proposals shall state the relative importance of price and other evaluation factors. Notice of the request for proposals shall be given in accordance with rules the director shall adopt.(C) Proposals shall be opened so as to avoid disclosure of contents to competing offerors.In order to ensure fair and impartial evaluation, proposals and related documents submitted in response to a request for proposals are not available for public inspection and copying under section 149.43 of the Revised Code until after the award of the contract.(D) As provided in the request for proposals, and under rules the director shall adopt, discussions may be conducted with responsible offerors who submit proposals determined to be reasonably susceptible of being selected for award for the purpose of ensuring full understanding of, and responsiveness to, solicitation requirements. Offerors shall be accorded fair and equal treatment with respect to any opportunity for discussion regarding any clarification, correction, or revision of proposals. No disclosure of any information derived from proposals submitted by competing offerors shall occur when discussions are conducted.(E) Award may be made to the offeror whose proposal is determined to be the most advantageous to this state, taking into consideration factors such as price and the evaluation criteria set forth in the request for proposals. The contract file shall contain the basis on which the award is made.
Ohio Rev Code § 125.072 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services|Section 125.072 | Purchasing Services or Supplies via Reverse Auction on Internet.

Effective: November 5, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 204 - 125th General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, "reverse auction" means a purchasing process in which offerors submit bids in competing to sell services or supplies in an open environment via the internet.(B) Whenever the director of administrative services determines that the use of a reverse auction is advantageous to the state, the director, in accordance with rules the director shall adopt, may purchase services or supplies by reverse auction.(C) The director, by rule, may authorize a state agency that is authorized to purchase services or supplies directly to purchase them by reverse auction in the same manner as this section and the rules adopted under this section authorize the director to do so.
Ohio Rev Code § 125.073 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services|Section 125.073 | Electronic Procurement.

Effective: September 26, 2003|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly|(A) The department of administrative services shall actively promote and accelerate the use of electronic procurement, including reverse auctions as defined by section 125.072 of the Revised Code, by implementing the relevant recommendations concerning electronic procurement from the "2000 Management Improvement Commission Report to the Governor" when exercising its statutory powers.(B) Beginning July 1, 2004, the department shall annually on or before the first day of July report to the committees in each house of the general assembly dealing with finance indicating the effectiveness of electronic procurement.
Ohio Rev Code § 125.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services|Section 125.08 | Purchasing Districts.

Effective: September 30, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly|Any person who is certified by the director of development in accordance with the rules adopted under division (B)(1) of section 122.921 of the Revised Code as a minority business enterprise may have that person's name placed on a special minority business enterprise notification list to be used in connection with contracts awarded under section 125.081 of the Revised Code. The minority business enterprise notification list shall be used for bidding on contracts set aside for minority business enterprises only. Last updated July 30, 2021 at 3:48 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 125.082 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services|Section 125.082 | Purchasing Recycled Products.

Effective: September 29, 2015|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly|(A) When purchasing equipment, materials, or supplies, the general assembly; the offices of all elected state officers; all departments, boards, offices, commissions, agencies, institutions, including, without limitation, state-supported institutions of higher education, and other instrumentalities of this state; the supreme court; all courts of appeals; and all courts of common pleas, may purchase recycled products in accordance with rules adopted by the director of administrative services.(B) The director of administrative services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing guidelines for the procurement of recycled products pursuant to division (A) of this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 125.091 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services|Section 125.091 | Definitions for r.c. 125.091 to 125.093.

Effective: May 31, 2010|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 131 - 128th General Assembly|As used in this section and sections 125.092 and 125.093 of the Revised Code: (A) "Agricultural materials" means agricultural-based materials or residues, including plant, animal, and marine materials or residues, used in the manufacture of commercial or industrial nonfood products.(B) "Biobased product" means a product determined by the United States secretary of agriculture to be a commercial or industrial product, other than food or feed, that is composed, in whole or significant part, of biological products, renewable domestic agricultural materials, or forestry material, or is an intermediate ingredient or feedstock.(C) "Biological products" means products derived from living materials other than agricultural or forestry materials.(D) "Designated item" means a generic grouping of biobased products identified in subpart B, 7 C.F.R. 2902.10 to 2902.42.(E) "Forest thinnings" means woody materials removed from a dense forest to improve growth, enhance forest health, or remove trees to recover potential mortality.(F) "Forestry materials" means materials derived from the practice of planting and caring for forests and the management of growing timber where such materials come from short-rotation woody crops that are less than ten years old, sustainably managed forests, wood residues, or forest thinnings.(G) "Intermediate ingredient or feedstock" means a material or compound made, in whole or in significant part, from biological products, renewable agricultural materials, or forestry materials that are subsequently used to make a more complex compound or product.(H) "Sustainably managed forests" means the practice of land stewardship that integrates the reforestation, management, growing, nurturing, and harvesting of trees for useful products while conserving soil and improving air and water quality, wildlife, fish habitat, and aesthetics. Last updated December 14, 2021 at 12:23 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 125.093 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services|Section 125.093 | Annual Report on Purchase of Biobased Products.

Effective: May 31, 2010|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 131 - 128th General Assembly|Not later than September 30, 2010, and the thirtieth day of September each year thereafter, the director of administrative services shall prepare and submit to the governor, the president of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives a report that describes the number and types of biobased products purchased under section 125.092 of the Revised Code and the amount of money spent by the department of administrative services and other state agencies for those biobased products.
Ohio Rev Code § 125.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services|Section 125.10 | Requiring Performance or Other Surety.

Effective: September 29, 2015|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly|(A) The department of administrative services may require that all competitive sealed bids, competitive sealed proposals, and bids received in a reverse auction be accompanied by a performance bond or other financial assurance acceptable to the director of administrative services, in the sum and with the sureties it prescribes, payable to the state, and conditioned that the person submitting the bid or proposal, if that person's bid or proposal is accepted, will faithfully execute the terms of the contract and promptly make deliveries of the supplies purchased.(B) A sealed copy of each competitive sealed bid or competitive sealed proposal shall be filed with the department prior to the time specified in the notice for opening of the bids or proposals. All competitive sealed bids and competitive sealed proposals shall be publicly opened in the office of the department at the time specified in the notice. A representative of the auditor of state shall be present at the opening of all competitive sealed bids and competitive sealed proposals, and shall certify the opening of each competitive sealed bid and competitive sealed proposal. No competitive sealed bid or competitive sealed proposal shall be considered valid unless it is so certified.
Ohio Rev Code § 125.111 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services|Section 125.111 | Construction Contracts to Contain Discrimination Provisions - Affirmative Action Program.

Effective: September 30, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly|(A) Every contract for or on behalf of the state or any of its political subdivisions for any purchase shall contain provisions similar to those required by section 153.59 of the Revised Code in the case of construction contracts by which the contractor agrees to both of the following: (1) That, in the hiring of employees for the performance of work under the contract or any subcontract, no contractor or subcontractor, by reason of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability or military status as defined in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code, national origin, or ancestry, shall discriminate against any citizen of this state in the employment of a person qualified and available to perform the work to which the contract relates; (2) That no contractor, subcontractor, or person acting on behalf of any contractor or subcontractor, in any manner, shall discriminate against, intimidate, or retaliate against any employee hired for the performance of work under the contract on account of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability or military status as defined in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code, national origin, or ancestry. (B) All contractors from whom the state or any of its political subdivisions make purchases shall have a written affirmative action program for the employment and effective utilization of economically disadvantaged persons, as referred to in division (E)(1) of section 122.71 of the Revised Code. Annually, each such contractor shall file a description of the affirmative action program and a progress report on its implementation with the department of development. Last updated July 30, 2021 at 3:50 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 125.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services|Section 125.12 | Excess and Surplus Supply Definitions.

Effective: March 30, 1999|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 144 - 122nd General Assembly|As used in sections 125.12 to 125.14 of the Revised Code:(A) "Excess supplies" means any supplies that have a remaining useful life, but that are no longer needed by the agency that possesses them.(B) "Supplies" means all personal property owned by the state, including, but not limited to, equipment and materials.(C) "Surplus supplies" means any supplies no longer having any use to the state, including obsolete supplies, scrap materials, and supplies that have completed their useful life cycle. "Surplus supplies" does not include materials that have completed their useful life cycle and are recyclable goods and materials, providing that the goods and materials are actually recycled.(D) "Transfer" means to transfer either by sale or without a sale.(E) "Hazardous property" means any property subject to the jurisdiction of or regulated by the Ohio environmental protection agency.