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Ohio Rev Code § 5523.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5523 | Grade Crossings|Section 5523.20 | Grade Separation When Highway Is Adjacent to or Near a Railroad.

Effective: September 28, 1973|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly|When a state highway or an extension or relocation thereof is parallel, adjacent, or near to a railroad, and the director of transportation deems it necessary to separate the grades of any intersecting highway, road, or street with such highway, extension, or relocation thereof, but which separation of grades should not, in the opinion of the director, be accomplished without eliminating an adjacent grade crossing over the tracks or reconstructing an existing separated crossing over or under the tracks of the railroad on such intersecting highway, road, or street, then the director may proceed with such proposed improvement, providing federal aid highway funds are used to pay costs involved, in whole or in part, including the elimination of the grade crossing over the tracks of such railroad, or the reconstruction of such existing separated crossing over or under such tracks, paying construction costs and acquiring and paying for property and rights therein as provided for in section 5531.02 of the Revised Code. Unless otherwise agreed upon, costs of the improvements to be borne by the railroad shall not be in excess of the amount or percentage set forth in an act of congress authorizing or appropriating federal aid highway funds, or other federal funds for highway purposes, which are used to finance the cost of the improvement in whole or in part.
Ohio Rev Code § 5525.011 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5525 | Construction Contracts|Section 5525.011 | Complying With Federal Surface Transportation Assistance Act.

Effective: June 29, 1999|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 86 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) The director of transportation shall award contracts pursuant to this chapter in conformity to the requirements of subsection (f) of section 105 of the federal "Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982," 96 Stat. 2099, 23 U.S.C.A. 105.(B) Notwithstanding sections 153.50 to 153.52 of the Revised Code, neither the director nor any political subdivision or other public authority is required to solicit separate bids or award separate contracts for any branch of work in a contract for the construction or improvement of a road or highway funded in whole or in part by or through the department of transportation.(C) When the director estimates that more than fifty-one per cent of the dollar amount of work to be performed in a contract is to be performed by one branch of work, the director shall designate the prime contractor for the contract from that one branch of work. This division does not apply if the director does not receive any bids from a prequalified prime contractor from that branch of work.(D) As used in this section:(1) "Road" or "highway" does not include physical facilities, garages, district offices, or other buildings funded in whole or in part by or through the department of transportation.(2) "Branch of work" means any of the following:(a) Plumbing and gas-fitting;(b) Steam and hot-water heating, ventilating apparatus, and steam-powered plant;(c) Electrical equipment.
Ohio Rev Code § 5525.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5525 | Construction Contracts|Section 5525.02 | Qualification and Classification of Bidders.

Effective: March 13, 1997|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 287 - 121st General Assembly|Sections 5525.02 to 5525.09 of the Revised Code shall govern the qualification and classification of all bidders desiring to offer bids for the performance of contracts proposed to be awarded by the director of transportation, and all contracts attempted to be awarded to any person other than a bidder previously qualified in compliance with such sections shall be void, except that bidders submitting bids on environmental remediation and specialty projects for which there are no classes of work established by rules adopted by the director are not subject to the qualification requirements of sections 5525.02 to 5525.09 of the Revised Code. The director shall cause to be prepared the rules authorized to be made by the director, together with all printed forms for applications for qualification and statements of prospective bidders, and shall cause copies of the same to be disseminated as the director considers appropriate. All applications, statements, and other forms that applicants for qualification may be required to use shall be furnished by the director to any person on request.
Ohio Rev Code § 5525.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5525 | Construction Contracts|Section 5525.05 | Rules - Lists of Qualified Bidders.

Effective: March 13, 1997|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 287 - 121st General Assembly|For the purpose of carrying into effect sections 5525.02 to 5525.09 of the Revised Code, and ensuring that the award of all contracts is made to competent and responsible bidders or the lowest and best bidders for environmental remediation and specialty work for which there are no classes of work set out in the rules adopted by the director, subject to and in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director of transportation may adopt such rules as the director considers proper. The rules may cover the requirements of the department of transportation with respect to classes of work, joint ventures, subcontracting procedures, causes for revocation or nonrenewal of a certificate of qualification, establishment of a debarment process, equipment, past record and experience of applicant, personnel of organization, and any other matters the director considers necessary to enable the director to pass upon the qualifications of applicants. The director may make public lists of qualified bidders, but the lists shall not indicate the bidders' prequalification amounts.
Ohio Rev Code § 5525.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5525 | Construction Contracts|Section 5525.06 | Subcontractor Must Be Properly Qualified.

Effective: March 13, 1997|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 287 - 121st General Assembly|No successful bidder shall enter into a subcontract with any other person, involving the performance of any part of any work upon which the bidder may be engaged for the department of transportation, unless the subcontractor has been properly qualified for the work sublet to the subcontractor or the subcontractor is eligible for participation without previous qualification under rules adopted by the director of transportation under section 5525.05 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 5525.061 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5525 | Construction Contracts|Section 5525.061 | Subcontract Approval.

Effective: July 1, 1983|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 373 - 115th General Assembly|The director of transportation shall not authorize or approve any subcontract pursuant to this chapter unless the subcontract is evidenced in writing and is in conformity with all appllicable state and federal laws and regulations.
Ohio Rev Code § 5525.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5525 | Construction Contracts|Section 5525.07 | Notification of Final Action - Prequalification Review Board.

Effective: June 30, 1997|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 210 - 122nd General Assembly|All applicants for qualification shall be promptly notified by the director of transportation of the director's final action on their applications. Any applicant, other than one who has been debarred, aggrieved by the decision of the director may file a new application at any time for qualification or, within ten days after receiving notification of such decision, the applicant may request, in writing, a reconsideration of the application by a prequalification review board, which the director shall create within the department of transportation with the request for reconsideration, the applicant shall submit additional evidence bearing on the applicant's qualifications. The review board shall consider the matter and either may adhere to or modify the director's previous decision. The review board shall act upon any request for reconsideration within fifteen days after the hearing and shall notify the applicant of the action taken. Upon being notified of the final action of the review board upon reconsideration, any applicant that is still aggrieved by the decision, within ten days after receiving notification of the decision, may take an appeal therefrom to the court of common pleas of Franklin county. The appeal shall be perfected by the filing of a bond with the clerk of the court of common pleas in an amount determined by the clerk, conditioned for payment by the appellant of the costs of the appeal in case the decision of the review board is sustained, and by causing a summons to be served upon the review board as in other civil actions involving the department. The grounds of appeal shall be fraud or abuse of discretion by the review board. The court shall hear the evidence offered by the appellant and by the review board, and if it finds there was neither fraud nor abuse of discretion, it shall dismiss the appeal; otherwise it may make the order with respect to qualification which it finds should have been made by the review board.
Ohio Rev Code § 5525.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5525 | Construction Contracts|Section 5525.08 | Disposition of Bids of Unqualified Bidders - Nonresponsive Bids.

Effective: March 13, 1997|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 287 - 121st General Assembly|Except as otherwise provided in this section, the director of transportation shall not consider any bid filed with the director by any person who has not been qualified to bid. Bids from unqualified bidders discovered by the director prior to the reading thereof to be from such persons shall be returned without being read. If the director finds, subsequent to the opening of bids, that facts exist that would disqualify the lowest bidder, or that such bidder either is not competent and responsible or has submitted a nonresponsive bid, the director shall reject such bid, despite the fact of prior qualification of such bidder. No contract shall be awarded to any bidder not qualified to bid thereon at the time fixed for receiving bids, except that the director may award contracts for environmental remediation and specialty work not set out in the director's rules governing classes of work to bidders that are not qualified under sections 5525.02 to 5525.09 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 5525.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5525 | Construction Contracts|Section 5525.09 | False Statement With Respect to Financial Worth.

Effective: September 28, 1973|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly|No applicant for qualification shall knowingly make a false statement with respect to his financial worth in any application for qualification, financial statement, or other written instrument filed by him with the department of transportation, pursuant to sections 5525.02 to 5525.09 of the Revised Code, or the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto. Whoever violates this section shall be disqualified from submitting bids on contracts advertised for letting by the department of transportation for the period of two years following the date of his conviction.
Ohio Rev Code § 5525.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5525 | Construction Contracts|Section 5525.10 | Contracts Not to Be Awarded for More Than Cost Plus Five per Cent.

Effective: June 29, 2005|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 68 - 126th General Assembly|Except as provided in section 5525.15 of the Revised Code, no contract for any road improvement shall be awarded for a greater sum than the estimated cost thereof plus five per cent. The bids received for an improvement shall be opened at the time and place stated in the notice and the bids shall conform to such other requirements as the director of transportation prescribes. If no acceptable bid is made the director may readvertise the work at the original estimate or amend the estimate and again proceed to advertise for bids. The director may contract for the construction or improvement of bridges and culverts or the grading required in connection with an improvement and may defer making contracts for the remainder of said improvement until such grade has become stable and solid.
Ohio Rev Code § 5525.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5525 | Construction Contracts|Section 5525.11 | Contract Upon a Unit Price Basis.

Effective: September 28, 1973|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly|The director of transportation may enter into any contract authorized by law upon a unit price basis. Where a contract is entered into upon a unit price basis, the contractor shall state in his bid the sum for which he offers to perform each unit of each different kind or class of work, and upon completion the quantities of each kind of work shall be measured and the contractor paid only for the quantities of work actually performed by him. Where the director elects to enter into a contract upon a unit price basis he may include in the estimate such reasonable sums as he deems necessary to cover variations in the actual quantities of work as compared with the estimated quantities. In the event the actual compensation earned by the contractor exceeds the estimate, any such excess shall be paid from any funds of the department of transportation which may be expended upon the improvement in question. In the event the actual compensation earned by the contractor is less than the estimate, the saving shall inure to the benefit of the state.
Ohio Rev Code § 5525.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5525 | Construction Contracts|Section 5525.12 | Lumber Deemed Material.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Lumber in highway work shall be deemed material within the meaning of sections 153.54, 1311.26, and 5525.16 of the Revised Code when it actually becomes part of the structure or improvement in which it is used, or when it is used as form material.
Ohio Rev Code § 5525.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5525 | Construction Contracts|Section 5525.13 | Limitation of Surety Bond and Insurance.

Effective: September 28, 1973|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly|Where surety bond is accepted from a surety company by the director of transportation on a contract it shall not be for more than ten per cent of the company's capital and surplus, unless the amount in excess of ten per cent is fully reinsured in some surety company that is authorized to transact business in this state.The director may limit the total amount of insurance in force at any one time in any one company.In the event of the insolvency of any surety, at any time prior to the completion of a contract, the director may require the contractor to furnish forthwith a new bond covering the uncompleted portion of the work.
Ohio Rev Code § 5525.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5525 | Construction Contracts|Section 5525.14 | Written Change Orders or Orders for Extra Work.

Effective: April 5, 2001|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 295 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) Notwithstanding sections 125.01 to 125.11 of the Revised Code, the director of transportation, by written instruction to the contractor, may increase the quantities of any item specified or not specified in a competitively bid construction contract but, except as provided in division (B) of this section, the additional cost incurred by the increase shall not exceed the lesser of one hundred thousand dollars or five per cent of the total contract price. Any such provision for increased quantities or extra work shall be made in the form of a written change to the original contract and does not require competitive bidding.(B) The one hundred thousand dollar or five per cent restriction in division (A) of this section does not apply to change orders or extra work contracts when the total dollar amount of the increase is twenty-five thousand dollars or less or to change orders or extra work contracts resulting from any of the following:(1) An increase in the plan quantity that is determined during the final measurement of an item of work.(2) Federally mandated requirements that did not exist at the time of the original contract award.(3) Circumstances that would create a life-, safety-, or health-threatening situation or would unduly delay the completion of a project and increase its costs, but only if the director makes a finding of such fact, declares an emergency, and issues the finding. Extra work that the director contracts for in these circumstances may include not only construction needed to complete a project, but also adjustments needed to meet changed conditions, alterations in original plans, unforeseen contingencies, or payments necessitated by contract terminations or suspensions.All change orders or extra work contracts set forth in division (B) of this section shall be reported to the controlling board quarterly in writing.(C) The director, by written instruction to the contractor, may decrease or cancel the quantity of any item specified in a contract or portion of a contract and authorize payment to the contractor for reasonable costs incurred to date.
Ohio Rev Code § 5525.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5525 | Construction Contracts|Section 5525.15 | Cost Estimates May Be Confidential.

Effective: June 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 114 - 129th General Assembly|The director of transportation may provide that prior to the bid opening, the official engineer's estimate of cost of any project to be constructed by the department of transportation shall be confidential information. After the bid opening, only the total official engineer's estimate of cost may be published. The unit price components and the estimate of cost of any particular item of work involved therein shall be kept and regarded by the director and all the director's subordinates as confidential, and are not public records for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. This section does not prohibit the department from furnishing unit price components and the estimate of cost for any particular item of work involved therein to the federal government, counties, municipal corporations, or other local political subdivisions or to railroad or railway companies proposing to pay any portion of the cost of an improvement. Planning estimates are those estimates created for management of the capital program of the department and are public records for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code.Section 5525.10 of the Revised Code, which provides that no contract for any improvement shall be awarded for a greater sum than the estimated cost thereof plus five per cent, does not apply in the case of any project with respect to which the authority conferred by this section is exercised. In cases in which the authority conferred by this section is exercised and in which the bid of the successful bidder exceeds the estimate, the director, before entering into a contract, shall determine that the bid of the successful bidder is fair and reasonable, and as long as the federal government imposes regulation on prices charged for construction service, shall require the successful bidder to certify that the bidder's bid does not exceed the maximum permitted by such federal regulation.
Ohio Rev Code § 5525.18 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5525 | Construction Contracts|Section 5525.18 | Contract With Foreign Corporation.

Effective: November 3, 1989|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 222 - 118th General Assembly|No contract shall be entered into by the director of transportation, if the bidder awarded the contract is a foreign corporation, until the secretary of state has certified that the corporation is authorized to do business in this state, and, if the bidder awarded the contract is a person or partnership nonresident of the state, until the person or partnership has filed with the secretary of state a power of attorney designating the secretary of state as its agent for the purpose of accepting service of summons in any action brought in this state against the person, firm, or corporation relating to the contract, or under the highway laws or under Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code. No estimate shall be paid to any contractor by the director until the administrator of workers' compensation has certified that the contractor has complied with every condition of Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code, and all acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto. The certificate of compliance shall be valid for fifteen days following the period for which the employer has paid an advance premium, and shall warrant and require the payment of all estimates dated during the fifteen-day period, other than final estimates, unless the certificate is revoked by the administrator. Upon the request of any contractor upon state highway work, or person, firm, or corporation intending to engage in contracting upon such work, the administrator, upon the receipt of any premium due, shall forward the certificate to the director.
Ohio Rev Code § 5525.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5525 | Construction Contracts|Section 5525.19 | Payment of Costs.

Effective: September 16, 1998|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 229 - 122nd General Assembly|Payment for the cost of the establishment, construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, and repair of a highway under Chapters 5501., 5503., 5511., 5513., 5515., 5516., 5517., 5519., 5521., 5523., 5525., 5527., 5528., 5529., 5531., 5533., and 5535. of the Revised Code shall be made at intervals of not less than once a month as the work progresses, upon estimates made by the district deputy director of transportation in charge of the improvement and upon approval of the director of transportation. When an estimate is allowed on account of material delivered on the site of the work or in the vicinity thereof, but not yet incorporated therein, the material shall become the property of the state, but if the material is stolen, destroyed, or damaged by casualty before being used, or for any reason becomes unfit for use, the contractor shall replace the material at the contractor's own expense.In addition to the estimates provided for by law, the director, under such conditions as the director prescribes, may allow and pay to a contractor a sum not exceeding the value of the material delivered by the contractor and safely stored at an approved site. When such estimate is allowed, the material on which it is allowed shall become the property of the state, but in case the material is stolen, destroyed, or damaged by casualty before being used, or for any reason becomes unfit for use, the contractor shall replace the material at the contractor's expense. A contractor may insure against loss or damage by fire or otherwise all materials on which estimates have been allowed.