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Ohio Rev Code § 153.31 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.31 | Plans and Estimates for Construction - Construction Project Manager or Consultants.

Effective: October 24, 1975|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 367 - 111th General Assembly|When it becomes necessary for the board of county commissioners of a county to erect or cause to be erected a public building, or a substructure for a bridge, or an addition to or alteration thereof, before entering into any contract therefor or repair therof or for the supply of any materials therefor, they shall cause to be made by a registered architect or registered professional engineer the following:(A) Full and accurate plans showing all necessary details of the work and materials required, with working plans suitable for the use of mechanics or other builders in the construction thereof, drawn so as to be easily understood;(B) Accurate bills, showing the exact amount of the different kinds of material, necessary for the construction, to accompany the plans;(C) Full and complete specifications of the work to be performed showing the manner and style required to be done, with such directions as will enable a competent builder to carry them out, and which will afford to bidders all needful information;(D) A full and accurate estimate of each item of expense, and of the aggregate cost thereof.In connection with the planning and construction of any public building project, the board may employ a construction project manager or consultants, and fix their compensation. Such construction project manager or consultants shall be expert and qualified in their respective fields. The cost of such services may be paid from the proceeds of bonds and notes issued to pay the cost of such project.This section does not prevent the board from receiving from bidders on iron or reinforced concrete substructures for bridges the necessary plans and specifications therefor.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.311 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.311 | Construction of Public Building in Stages.

Effective: September 13, 1973|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 443 - 109th General Assembly|Nothing contained in Chapter 153. of the Revised Code shall prevent a board of county commissioners from constructing a public building in stages and letting contracts from time to time for various portions of the work, so long as the total cost of construction of a project, which may include more than one building, is reasonably estimated by the board to exceed fifteen million dollars.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.32 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.32 | Contracts for Erection and Repair of Superstructures.

Effective: March 18, 1999|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 850 - 122nd General Assembly|When it becomes necessary to erect a bridge, the board of county commissioners shall determine the length and width of the superstructure, and whether it shall be single or double track, and it shall advertise for bids for performing the labor and furnishing the materials necessary to the erection thereof in accordance with sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.33 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.33 | Bids on Other Plans May Be Considered.

Effective: March 18, 1999|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 850 - 122nd General Assembly|The board of county commissioners may also invite, receive, and consider bids on any other plan at the option of bidders, and shall require that any such plan together with specifications shall be filed in the office of the county auditor for a period of fifteen days prior to the date for receiving bids. Such plans and specifications shall show the number of spans, the length of each, the nature, quality, and size of the materials to be used, the length of the structure when completed, and whether there is any patent on the bid plan, or any part thereof, and if so, on what part thereof.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.34 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.34 | Contents of Advertisement.

Effective: March 18, 1999|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 850 - 122nd General Assembly|In its advertisement, the board of county commissioners shall invite bidders to make bids for furnishing all the materials and performing all the work, or for such parts thereof as bidders deem proper, and include such other matter as is required in section 307.87 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.35 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.35 | Plans Shall Be Kept on File in County Auditor's Office.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The plans and specifications upon which the contracts are awarded, shall be kept on file in the office of the county auditor and made a part of the contract with the successful bidder. When it is necessary to alter, repair, or make an addition to a bridge, the board of county commissioners in making contracts therefor, shall conform to sections 153.01 to 153.60, inclusive, of the Revised Code, in relation to the erection of bridges as nearly as the nature of the case will permit.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.36 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.36 | Approval of Plans for Courthouse or Jail.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|If the plans, drawings, representations, bills of material, and specifications of work, and estimates of the cost thereof in detail and in the aggregate, required in sections 153.31 to 153.35, inclusive, of the Revised Code, relate to the building of a courthouse or jail, or an addition to or alteration, repair, or improvement thereof, they shall be submitted to the board of county commissioners, together with the clerk of the court of common pleas, the sheriff, and probate judge, and one person to be appointed by the judge of the court of common pleas, for their approval. If approved by a majority of them, a copy thereof shall be deposited with the county auditor and kept in his office.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.37 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.37 | Approval of Plans for County Home.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|If the plans, drawings, representations, bills of material, and specifications of work and estimates of the cost thereof relate to the building, addition to, or alteration of a county home, they shall be submitted to the board of county commissioners. If approved by a majority of the board, a copy thereof shall be deposited in the office of the county auditor and kept for the inspection and use of parties interested.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.38 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.38 | Approval of Plans for Bridge.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|If the plans, drawings, representations, bills of material, specifications of work, and estimates relate to the building of a bridge, they shall be submitted to the board of county commissioners, county auditor, and the county engineer. If approved by a majority of them, a copy thereof shall be deposited with the auditor and kept for the inspection of parties interested.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.39 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.39 | Approval of Plans for Children's Home.

Effective: July 1, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly|If the plans, drawings, representations, bills of material, specifications of work, and estimates relate to the building of a children's home, they shall be submitted to the board of county commissioners and three citizens of the county, to be appointed by a resident judge of the court of common pleas, or a judge residing in the same subdivision of the judicial district. If approved by a majority of them, a copy thereof shall be deposited with the county auditor and kept by the auditor for the inspection of interested parties. Before such plans are adopted, they shall be submitted to the department of job and family services for suggestions and criticism. The boards of counties composing a district for the purpose of establishing a district children's home, in letting contracts for the necessary buildings or the repair or alteration thereof, shall be governed by the law relating to letting contracts for erecting, repairing, or altering other public buildings.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.44 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.44 | Contracts Submitted to Prosecuting Attorney.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Before work is done or material furnished, all contracts that exceed one thousand dollars in amount shall be submitted by the board of county commissioners to the prosecuting attorney of the county. If found by him to be in accordance with sections 153.01 to 153.60, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and his certificate to that effect is indorsed thereon, such contracts shall have full effect, otherwise they shall be void.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.45 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.45 | Commissioners May Annul Old and Make New Contracts.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|If a contractor fails or refuses to proceed with the work specified in his contract in accordance with the plans, descriptions, and specifications attached to and made part thereof, the board of county commissioners may annul such contract, and shall proceed to make another contract for the completion thereof, in accordance with sections 153.01 to 153.60, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.49 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.49 | Duty of County Treasurer.

Effective: August 27, 1976|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 330 - 111th General Assembly|The county treasurer shall pay the warrants drawn for materials and labor furnished on county contracts pursuant to estimates prepared under section 153.14 of the Revised Code, place them on file, and keep a register of the names of the persons to whom they are paid.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.50 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.50 | Separate Bids for Work and Materials.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|(A) As used in sections 153.50 to 153.52 of the Revised Code: (1) "Construction manager at risk" has the same meaning as in section 9.33 of the Revised Code.(2) "Design-assist services" means monitoring and assisting in the completion of the plans and specifications.(3) "Design-assist firm" means a person capable of providing design-assist services.(4) "Design-build firm" has the same meaning as in section 153.65 of the Revised Code.(5) "General contracting" means constructing and managing an entire public improvement project, including the branches or classes of work specified in division (B) of this section, under the award of a single aggregate lump sum contract.(6) "General contracting firm" means a person capable of performing general contracting.(B) Except for contracts made with a construction manager at risk, with a design-build firm, or with a general contracting firm, an officer, board, or other authority of the state, a county, township, municipal corporation, or school district, or of any public institution belonging thereto, authorized to contract for the erection, repair, alteration, or rebuilding of a public building, institution, bridge, culvert, or improvement and required by law to advertise and receive bids for furnishing of materials and doing the work necessary for the erection thereof, shall require separate and distinct bids to be made for furnishing such materials or doing such work, or both, in their discretion, for each of the following branches or classes of work to be performed, and all work kindred thereto, entering into the improvement:(1) Plumbing and gas fitting;(2) Steam and hot-water heating, ventilating apparatus, and steam-power plant;(3) Electrical equipment.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.501 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.501 | Subcontracts Awarded by Construction Manager at Risk, Design-Build Firm, or General Contracting Firm; Utilization of Design-Assist Firm; Self-Performed Portions of Work.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|(A) A public authority may accept a subcontract awarded by a construction manager at risk, a design-build firm, or a general contracting firm, or may reject any such subcontract if the public authority determines that the bidder is not responsible. (B) A public authority may authorize a construction manager at risk or design-build firm to utilize a design-assist firm on any public improvement project without transferring any design liability to the design-assist firm.(C) If the construction manager at risk or design-build firm intends and is permitted by the public authority to self-perform a portion of the work to be performed, the construction manager at risk or design-build firm shall submit a sealed bid for the portion of the work prior to accepting and opening any bids for the same work.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.502 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.502 | Construction Management or Design-Build Contracts; Prequalification of Bidders.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|(A) Each construction manager at risk and design-build firm shall establish criteria by which it will prequalify prospective bidders on subcontracts awarded for work to be performed under the construction management or design-build contract. The criteria established by a construction manager at risk or design-build firm shall be subject to the approval of the public authority involved in the project and shall be consistent with the rules adopted by the Ohio facilities construction commission pursuant to section 153.503 of the Revised Code. (B) For each subcontract to be awarded, the construction manager at risk or design-build firm shall identify at least three prospective bidders that are prequalified to bid on that subcontract, except that the construction manager at risk or design-build firm shall identify fewer than three if the construction manager at risk or design-build firm establishes to the satisfaction of the public authority that fewer than three prequalified bidders are available. The public authority shall verify that each prospective bidder meets the prequalification criteria and may eliminate any bidder it determines is not qualified.(C) Once the prospective bidders are prequalified and found acceptable by the public authority, the construction manager at risk or design-build firm shall solicit proposals from each of those bidders. The solicitation and selection of a subcontractor shall be conducted under an open book pricing method. As used in this division, "open book pricing method" has the same meaning as in section 9.33 of the Revised Code, in the case of a construction manager at risk, and the same meaning as in section 153.65 of the Revised Code, in the case of a design-build firm.(D) A construction manager at risk or design-build firm shall not be required to award a subcontract to a low bidder.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.503 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.503 | Adoption of Rules.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|The Ohio facilities construction commission, pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules to do all of the following: (A) Prescribe the procedures and criteria for determining the best value selection of a construction manager at risk or design-build firm;(B) Set forth standards to be followed by construction managers at risk and design-build firms when establishing prequalification criteria pursuant to section 153.502 of the Revised Code;(C) Prescribe the form for the contract documents to be used by a construction manager at risk, design-build firm, or general contractor when entering into a subcontract;(D) Prescribe the form for the contract documents to be used by a public authority when entering into a contract with a construction manager at risk or design-build firm.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.51 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.51 | Separate Contracts - Single, Aggregate Contract.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|(A) If separate and distinct bids are required pursuant to section 153.50 of the Revised Code, no contract for the entire job, or for a greater portion thereof than is embraced in one such branch or class of work may be awarded, unless the separate bids do not cover all the work and materials required or the bids for the whole or for two or more kinds of work or materials are lower than the separate bids in the aggregate. (B)(1) If the public authority awards a single, aggregate contract for the entire project pursuant to division (A) of this section, the award shall be made to the bidder who is the lowest responsive and responsible bidder or the lowest and best bidder, as applicable, as specified in section 153.52 of the Revised Code.(2) The public authority may assign all or any portion of its interest in the contract of the lowest responsive and responsible bidder or the lowest and best bidder, as applicable, to another successful bidder as an agreed condition for an award of the contract for the amount of its respective bid. Such assignment may include, but is not limited to, the duty to schedule, coordinate, and administer the contracts.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.52 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.52 | Awarding of Contracts to Separate Bidders.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|A contract for general contracting or for doing the work belonging to each separate branch or class of work specified in division (B) of section 153.50 of the Revised Code, or for the furnishing of materials therefor, shall be awarded by the public authority referred to in section 153.50 of the Revised Code, in its discretion, to the lowest responsive and responsible separate bidder therefor, in accordance with section 9.312 of the Revised Code in the case of any public authority of the state or any public institution belonging thereto, and to the lowest and best separate bidder in the case of a county, township, or municipal corporation, or any public institution belonging thereto, and to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder in the case of a school district, and shall be made directly with the bidder in the manner and upon the terms, conditions, and limitations as to giving bond or bid guaranties as prescribed by law.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.53 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.53 | Adjusting Threshold in Section 153.01 for Inflation.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, "rate of inflation" has the same meaning as in section 107.032 of the Revised Code. (B) Five years after September 29, 2011, and every five years thereafter, the executive director of the Ohio facilities construction commission shall evaluate the monetary threshold specified in section 153.01 of the Revised Code and adopt rules adjusting that amount based on the average rate of inflation during each of the previous five years immediately preceding such adjustment.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.55 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.55 | Dividing Project Into Parts to Avoid Threshold Prohibited; Costs Included in Threshold Amount.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|(A) For purposes of calculating the amount of a public improvement project to determine whether it is subject to section 153.01 of the Revised Code, no officer, board, or other authority of the state or any institution supported by the state shall subdivide a public improvement project into component parts or separate projects in order to avoid the threshold of that section, unless the component parts or separate projects thus created are conceptually separate and unrelated to each other, or encompass independent or unrelated needs. (B) In calculating the project amount for purposes of the threshold in section 153.01 of the Revised Code, the following expenses shall be included as costs of the project:(1) Professional fees and expenses for services associated with the preparation of plans;(2) Permit costs, testing costs, and other fees associated with the work;(3) Project construction costs;(4) A contingency reserve fund.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.56 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.56 | Creditor Shall Furnish Statement of Amount Due - Service of Notice of Furnishing.

Effective: September 15, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly|(A) Any person to whom any money is due for labor or work performed or materials furnished in a public improvement as provided in section 153.54 of the Revised Code, at any time after performing the labor or work or furnishing the materials, but not later than ninety days after the completion of the contract by the principal contractor or design-build firm and the acceptance of the public improvement for which the bond was provided by the duly authorized board or officer, shall furnish the sureties on the bond, a statement of the amount due to the person. (B) A suit shall not be brought against sureties on the bond until after sixty days after the furnishing of the statement described in division (A) of this section. If the indebtedness is not paid in full at the expiration of that sixty days, and if the person complies with division (C) of this section, the person may bring an action in the person's own name upon the bond, as provided in sections 2307.06 and 2307.07 of the Revised Code, that action to be commenced, notwithstanding section 2305.12 of the Revised Code, not later than one year from the date of acceptance of the public improvement for which the bond was provided.(C) To exercise rights under this section, a subcontractor or materials supplier supplying labor or materials that cost more than thirty thousand dollars, who is not in direct privity of contract with the principal contractor or design-build firm for the public improvement, shall serve a notice of furnishing upon the principal contractor or design-build firm in the form provided in section 1311.261 of the Revised Code.(D) A subcontractor or materials supplier who serves a notice of furnishing under division (C) of this section as required to exercise rights under this section has the right of recovery only as to amounts owed for labor and work performed and materials furnished during and after the twenty-one days immediately preceding service of the notice of furnishing.(E) For purposes of this section:(1) "Design-build firm" has the same meaning as in section 153.65 of the Revised Code.(2) "Principal contractor" has the same meaning as in section 1311.25 of the Revised Code, and may include a "construction manager at risk" as defined in section 9.33 of the Revised Code.