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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.073 | Electronic Procurement.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
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, when exercising its statutory powers.
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.
Last updated September 28, 2023 at 4:44 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.08 | Minority Business Enterprise Notification List.

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 March 2, 2023 at 5:04 PM
2023 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.
2023 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
2023 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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.10 | Requiring Performance or Other Surety.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th 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 opened in the standardized system of electronic procurement by the department at the time specified in the notice.
Last updated September 28, 2023 at 4:45 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.11 | Contract Award.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Subject to division (B) of this section, contracts awarded pursuant to a reverse auction under section 125.072 of the Revised Code or pursuant to competitive sealed bidding, including contracts awarded under section 125.081 of the Revised Code, shall be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder in accordance with section 9.312 of the Revised Code, and contracts awarded pursuant to a competitive sealed proposal shall be awarded to the offeror determined to be the most advantageous to this state.
(B) Prior to awarding a contract under division (A) of this section, the department of administrative services or the state agency responsible for evaluating a contract for the purchase of products or services shall evaluate the bids and offers received according to the criteria and procedures established pursuant to division (B) of section 125.09 of the Revised Code for determining if a product is mined, excavated, produced, manufactured, raised, or grown in the United States, in this state, or in a state bordering Ohio, whether the bid or offer was received from a Buy Ohio supplier, and whether the bid or offer was received from a certified veteran-friendly business enterprise. These requirements shall be applied where sufficient competition can be generated to ensure that compliance with these requirements will be in the best interest of the state unless otherwise prohibited.
(C) Division (B) of this section applies to contracts for which competitive selection is waived by the controlling board.
(D) Division (B) of this section does not apply to the purchase by the division of liquor control of spirituous liquor.
Last updated September 28, 2023 at 4:46 PM
2023 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
2023 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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.14 | Investment Recovery Fund - Recycled Materials Fund.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) The director of administrative services shall allocate any proceeds from the transfer, sale, or lease of excess and surplus supplies in the following manner:
(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) or (3) of this section, the proceeds of such a transfer, sale, or lease shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the investment recovery fund, which is hereby created.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this section, when supplies originally were purchased with funds from nongeneral revenue fund sources, the director shall determine what fund or account originally was used to purchase the supplies, and the credit for the proceeds from any transfer, sale, or lease of those supplies shall be transferred to that fund or account. If the director cannot determine which fund or account originally was used to purchase the supplies, if the fund or account is no longer active, or if the proceeds from the transfer, sale, or lease of a unit of supplies are less than one hundred dollars or any larger amount the director may establish with the approval of the director of budget and management, then the proceeds from the transfer, sale, or lease of such supplies shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the investment recovery fund.
(3) In accordance with division (H)(2) of section 125.832 of the Revised Code, when vehicles originally were purchased with moneys derived from the general revenue fund, the proceeds shall be deposited, in the director's discretion, into the state treasury to the credit of either the fleet management fund created by section 125.83 of the Revised Code or to the credit of the investment recovery fund created by this section. Any such proceeds deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the investment recovery fund may be transferred from the investment recovery fund to the fleet management fund.
(B) The investment recovery fund shall be used to pay for the operating expenses of the state surplus property program and of the federal surplus property program described in sections 125.84 to 125.90 of the Revised Code. Any amounts in excess of these operating expenses shall periodically be transferred to the general revenue fund of the state. If proceeds paid into the investment recovery fund are insufficient to pay for the program's operating expenses, a service fee may be charged to state agencies to eliminate the deficit.
(C) Proceeds from the sale of recyclable goods and materials shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the recycled materials fund, which is hereby created, except that the director of environmental protection, upon request, may grant an exemption from this requirement. The director shall administer the fund for the benefit of recycling programs in state agencies.
Last updated July 30, 2021 at 3:51 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.15 | Acquisition of Equipment, Materials, Supplies, Services, or Contracts of Insurance.

Effective:
June 30, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
All state agencies required to secure any equipment, materials, supplies, or services from the department of administrative services shall make acquisition in the manner and upon forms prescribed by the director of administrative services and shall reimburse the department for the equipment, materials, supplies, or services, including a reasonable sum to cover the department's administrative costs and costs relating to energy efficiency and conservation programs, whenever reimbursement is required by the department. The money so paid shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general services fund, the information technology fund, or the information technology governance fund, as appropriate. Those funds are hereby created.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.16 | Inventory Records of State Tangible Personal Property and Real Property.

Effective:
October 25, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 99 - 121st General Assembly
(A) In accordance with procedures prescribed by the director of administrative services, the officer in charge of each state agency, other than an institution of higher education, shall maintain current and accurate records of tangible personal property and real property, as defined by the department of administrative services, that the state agency holds either directly or on behalf of the state. These records shall specify the value of the property, the number of acres of land, the number and kind of buildings, and other significant information about the property, as designated by the department.
On or before the first day of October immediately following the end of each fiscal year, the officer in charge of each state agency shall cause its inventory activity at the end of that fiscal year to be certified as correct and filed with the director, in accordance with procedures the director prescribes. In addition, the officer in charge of each state agency shall cause a full and accurate physical inventory to be taken and concluded prior to the close of each fiscal biennium. The officer in charge of each state agency holding such property shall report to the director, on forms or media the director prescribes, regarding all property acquired, updated, or disposed of by that agency, in the detail and format and at the times the director requires.
This division does not apply to any canal lands administered and managed and any canals and reservoirs operated and maintained by the director of natural resources under Chapter 1520. of the Revised Code.
(B) The director of administrative services shall maintain current inventory records as certified and filed under division (A) of this section by a state agency, other than an institution of higher education. The director may establish uniform methods of identifying state property.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.181 | State Information Technology Investment Board.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
The director of administrative services shall establish the state information technology investment board within the department of administrative services. The board shall consist of representatives from various state elective offices and state agencies, including the office of budget and management. The board shall identify and recommend to the state chief information officer opportunities for consolidation and cost-savings measures relating to information technology. Members of the board are not entitled to compensation for their services.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.183 | Applications Prohibited on State Networks and Devices.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Covered application" means all of the following:
(a) The TikTok application and service or any successor application or service developed or provided by ByteDance limited or an entity owned by ByteDance limited;
(b) The WeChat application and service or any successor application or service developed or provided by Tencent holdings limited or an entity owned by Tencent holdings limited;
(c) Any application or service owned by an entity located in China, including QQ International (QQi), Qzone, Weibo, Xiao HongShu, Zhihu, Meituan, Toutiao, Alipay, Xiami Music, Tiantian Music, DingTalkfDing Ding, Douban, RenRen, Youku/Tudou, Little Red Book, and Zhihu.
(2) "State agency" means every organized body, office, or agency established by the laws of this state for the exercise of any function of state government, other than any state-supported institution of higher education, the courts, or any judicial agency. "State agency" includes the general assembly, any legislative agency, and the capitol square review and advisory board.
(B) Subject to division (C) of this section, the state chief information officer shall do all of the following:
(1) Require state agencies immediately to remove any covered application from all equipment they own or lease;
(2) Prohibit all of the following on equipment owned or leased by a state agency:
(a) The downloading, installation, or use of a covered application;
(b) The downloading, installation, or use of a covered application using an internet connection provided by a state agency;
(c) The downloading, installation, or use of a covered application by any officer, employee, or contractor of a state agency.
(3) Require state agencies to take measures to prevent the downloading, installation, or use of a covered application as described in division (B)(2) of this section.
(C) Division (B) of this section shall include exceptions to allow a qualified person to download, install, or use a covered application for law enforcement or security purposes, so long as the person takes appropriate measures to mitigate the security risks involved in doing so.
Last updated August 28, 2023 at 4:21 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.19 | Energy Efficiency and Conservation Purchasing Measures Information.

Effective:
July 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
The department of administrative services shall make available to boards of education and local governments all information about energy efficiency and energy conservation purchasing measures developed by the department or other state agency.
The department shall develop and conduct orientation and training programs concerning energy efficiency and energy conservation purchasing measures for all state, board of education, and local employees having duties for purchasing supplies, materials, and equipment.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.20 | Administrative Services Internet-Accessible Database.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
(A) Within one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this section, the director of administrative services shall establish an electronic site accessible through the internet to publish the following:
(1) A database containing each state employee's gross pay from the most recent pay period. The database shall contain the name of the agency, position title, and employee name.
(2) A database containing tax credits issued by the director of development to business entities that shall contain the name under which the tax credit is known, the name of the entity receiving the credit, and the county in which the credit recipient's principal place of business in this state is located.
The director of administrative services may adopt rules governing the means by which information is submitted and databases are updated.
Last updated October 13, 2021 at 10:45 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.21 | Payroll Information.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
The director of administrative services shall process payroll information for the purpose of payment for personal services of state officials and employees on the basis of rates of pay determined by pertinent law, the director, or other competent authority.
Calculation of payrolls may be made after the conclusion of each pay period based upon the amount of time served as certified by the appropriate appointing authority. Payment for personal service rendered by an official or employee during any pay period shall be made no later than at the conclusion of the official's or employee's next succeeding pay period.
The director of administrative services shall furnish to the director of budget and management all necessary data for drawing state official and employee pay warrants and preparing earning statements. These data shall include the rate at which paid; the time for which paid, including overtime and any other adjustments affecting the official's or employee's gross pay; all taxes withheld, including, whenever practicable, year-to-date figures on all taxes withheld; the amount of contribution to the appropriate retirement system; any voluntary deductions made in accordance with authorizations filed by the official or employee; and whether a direct deposit is to be made in accordance with an authorization filed by the official or employee.
Amounts deducted from the salaries or wages of all officials and employees shall be transferred to the payroll deduction fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury for the purpose of consolidating all such deductions made in any month. Payments from this fund shall be made at intervals for the intended purpose of the deduction or for refund where it is determined that deductions were made in error.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.211 | Accrued Leave Liability Fund.

Effective:
September 13, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 292 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the accrued leave liability fund, for the purpose of paying both of the following:
(1) The annual cash benefit payable for all of the following:
(a) Every hour of unused accrued vacation leave that is converted pursuant to section 124.134 of the Revised Code;
(b) Every hour of unused sick leave credit that is converted pursuant to section 124.383 of the Revised Code ;
(c) Every hour of unused personal leave credit that is converted pursuant to section 124.386 of the Revised Code;
(2) Upon separation from state service, the obligation of the state to compensate its employees, including employees listed in division (B)(2) or (4) of section 124.14 of the Revised Code and employees in bargaining units who do not receive vacation leave, sick leave, or personal leave under Chapter 124. of the Revised Code, for unused vacation leave, sick leave, or personal leave credit. Any interest earned on the balances in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
(B) In performing the calculations required by section 125.21 of the Revised Code, the director of administrative services shall charge to the appropriate salary account an amount sufficient to make the payments provided in division (A) of this section.
(C) The director of administrative services, in consultation with the director of budget and management, shall develop the procedures to carry out this section.
(D) Amounts from the accrued leave liability fund may be used to pay direct and indirect costs that are attributable to consultants or a third-party administrator and that are necessary to carry out this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.212 | Life Insurance Investment Fund.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
The life insurance investment fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of amounts from state agencies, life insurance premium refunds received by the state, and other receipts related to the state's life insurance benefit program. The fund shall be used to pay the costs of the state's life insurance benefit program. All investment earnings of the life insurance investment fund shall be credited to the fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.213 | State Employee Child Support Fund.

Effective:
June 30, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
There is hereby created the state employee child support fund. The fund shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state, but shall not be part of the state treasury. The fund shall consist of all money withheld or deducted from salaries and wages of state officials and employees pursuant to a withholding or deduction notice described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code for forwarding to the office of child support in the department of job and family services pursuant to section 3121.19 of the Revised Code. All money in the fund, including investment earnings thereon, shall be used only for the following purposes:
(A) Forwarding to the office of child support money withheld or deducted from salaries and wages of state officials and employees pursuant to a withholding or deduction notice described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code;
(B) Paying any direct or indirect costs associated with maintaining the fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.23 | Regular Deductions for Individual Retirement Arrangement.

Effective:
July 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
The department of administrative services may provide for regular deductions from the salary or wages of each state officer or employee for an individual retirement arrangement intended to obtain deferral of income for income tax purposes, provided that an officer or employee requesting such deductions is one of a group that constitutes at least ten per cent of all the officers and employees of the same state agency or a total of five hundred such officers and employees, whichever is fewer, who have pending written requests for such deductions to be made and remitted to the same provider, or the same agent, broker, or financial institution for one or more providers, of such individual retirement arrangements.
The director of budget and management shall promptly provide for payment of the salary or wage deductions that have been authorized by such officers and employees to each such provider, agent, broker, or financial institution in the amounts authorized by the officers and employees.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.27 | Building Improvement Fund.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the building improvement fund. The fund shall retain the interest earned.
(B) The fund shall consist of any money transferred or deposited into the fund pursuant to section 125.28 of the Revised Code.
(C) The fund shall be used for major maintenance or improvements required in facilities maintained by the department of administrative services.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.28 | Reimbursing General Revenue Fund for Cost of Occupying the Space.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) The director of administrative services shall determine the reimbursable cost of space in state-owned or state-leased facilities and shall collect reimbursements for that cost.
(B) The director may provide building maintenance services and tenant improvement services to any state agency and may collect reimbursements for the cost of providing those services.
(C) All money collected by the department of administrative services, for operating expenses of facilities owned or maintained by the department, or for tenant improvement services, shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the building management fund, which is hereby created. All money collected for depreciation and related costs shall be deposited into the building improvement fund created under section 125.27 of the Revised Code or deposited into the building management fund and then transferred by the director of budget and management to the building improvement fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.29 | Child Care Services.

Effective:
July 1, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 497 - 130th General Assembly
Notwithstanding section 125.28 of the Revised Code, the department of administrative services may operate or contract for child care services in any facility owned or maintained by the department or any other state agency if the director of administrative services determines such space is available; such space shall be used to provide child care services to a group of individuals of whom at least fifty per cent are state of Ohio employees; and priority for such child care services will be given to state of Ohio employees even if it results in the displacement of non-state employees.
If the department allots space in a facility controlled by it for the provision of child care services, such space may be provided without charge for rent or services. For the purpose of this section, "services" includes the provision of lighting, heating, cooling, electricity, maintenance, security systems, or any other utility type services. The director shall adopt rules governing the operation of such child care services.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.30 | Business Reply Form.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The department of administrative services shall create and administer an online computer network system that allows persons to electronically file business reply forms and, as authorized in the Revised Code, tax information with state agencies or political subdivisions.
Last updated September 11, 2023 at 12:33 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.31 | Supervising Public Printing.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
(A) The department of administrative services shall have supervision of all public printing except as follows:
(1) Printing for the general assembly shall be the sole responsibility of the clerk of the senate and the clerk of the house of representatives unless the clerk of the senate or the clerk of the house of representatives chooses either of the options specified in section 101.523 or 101.524 of the Revised Code.
(2) Printing for the Ohio arts council shall be under the supervision of the council.
(3) Printing for the capitol square review and advisory board shall be under the supervision of the board.
(4) Printing for state-supported institutions of higher education shall be under the supervision of the department of purchasing of each such institution or the department or officer within each institution that performs the functions of a department of purchasing.
(B) The department of administrative services shall determine, except as otherwise specifically provided by law, the number of copies to be printed of each publication or document, the source of reproduction, the manner of binding, quality of paper, the general kind, size, and spacing of type to be used in all reports, publications, bulletins, documents, or pamphlets printed at public expense.
The department shall not use its authority to curtail the release of public information by any elected state official.
(C) For the purposes of sections 125.31 to 125.76 of the Revised Code, all functions, powers, and duties assigned to the department of administrative services are considered to be assigned to the division of state printing within the department of administrative services.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.36 | Department May Purchase in Open Market.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
If the department of administrative services is of the opinion that any bids or proposals should be rejected in the interest of the state, it may reject any or all bids or proposals and advertise the invitation to bid or the request for proposals a second time. If after the second advertisement for bids or proposals the department determines that any or all bids or proposals are not in the interest of the state, it may purchase the various printing goods and services required at the lowest price for which such printing goods and services can be obtained in the open market.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.38 | Bond May Be Required With Proposal.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
If required by the department of administrative services, a bid or proposal for a term contract for printing goods and services, including final printed product, shall be accompanied by a bond to the state, in a sum specified in the invitation to bid or request for proposals, executed by the offeror, with either one corporate or two personal sureties, satisfactory to the department, conditioned for the performance of the contract awarded the offeror, and for the payment to the state, by the offeror, as liquidated damages, of any excess of cost over the bid or proposal of such offeror, which the state may be obliged to pay for such printing goods and services by reason of the failure of the offeror to complete the contract. A bid or proposal unaccompanied by such bond shall not be considered, and this bond shall be void if no contract is awarded to the offeror.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.39 | Forfeiture of Bond.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
If the contractor fails to furnish printing goods and services according to the terms of the contract, the department of administrative services shall purchase the required printing goods and services on the open market after notifying the contractor in writing of such action, and the cost in excess of the contract shall be collected from the contractor or the posted bond, if a bond was provided.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.42 | Approval of Printing.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
(A) No agency, officer, board, or commission, except the clerk of the senate and the clerk of the house of representatives, shall print or cause to be printed at the public expense, any report, bulletin, document, or pamphlet, unless such report, bulletin, document, or pamphlet is first submitted to, and the printing thereof approved by, the department of administrative services. If the department approves the printing, it shall determine the form of such printing and the number of copies.
If such approval is given, the department shall cause the same to be printed and bound as provided by sections 125.49, 125.51, and 125.56 of the Revised Code, except as otherwise provided by section 125.45 of the Revised Code; and when printed, such publications or forms shall be delivered to the ordering officer, board, commission, or department, or sold at a price not to exceed the total cost.
(B) The department of administrative services annually shall set a maximum cost per page and a maximum total cost for the printing by any board, commission, council, or other public body of the state of any annual report or any other report that it is required by law to produce. No board, commission, council, or other public body of the state shall expend or incur the expenditure of any amount in excess of these maximum amounts without the prior approval of the department. This division does not apply to the general assembly or any court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.43 | Correction of Proof Sheets and Preparation of Indexes.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
The department of administrative services shall see that any printing services are executed in accordance with law. The printing of all publications approved by the department of administrative services shall be ordered through it and it shall see that the number of copies ordered is received from the printer and delivered to the proper department.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.45 | Office Reproduction Services.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
(A) The department of administrative services shall maintain facilities to perform office reproduction services for all boards, commissions, or departments. Upon written application to the department of administrative services, permission may be granted to a board, commission, or department to perform such services outside the central facility and such permission shall state the extent of the services which the department, board, or commission shall perform.
(B) Office reproduction services are restricted to duplicating equipment not larger than seventeen by twenty-two inches. Not to exceed five thousand press impressions shall be produced of any such order except that up to one thousand production copies may be produced of any item consisting of multiple pages and except that over five thousand, but not more than ten thousand, press impressions may be produced if the director of administrative services determines that there is an emergency due to the timing of service delivery or another factor that may cause financial hardship to the state.
(C) No state agency, other than the department of administrative services, shall perform printing or office reproduction services for political subdivisions.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.49 | Price to Be Specifically Stated.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
Each bid or proposal for state printing shall state specifically the price at which the offeror will undertake to provide the finished product as specified in the invitation to bid or request for proposals, including the necessary binding covered by such bid or proposal.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.51 | Awarding of Contract.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
After careful examination and computation of each bid, within thirty days the department of administrative services shall award the contract for such printing to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, in accordance with section 9.312 of the Revised Code, having proper facilities to ensure prompt performance of the work. No contract shall be awarded unless it contains an agreement for the completion of the work within the time fixed by the department, but the time so fixed may be extended by the department if deemed in the best interest of the state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.56 | Printing to Be Executed Within State - Exception.

Effective:
March 30, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 204 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, all printing under sections 125.43 to 125.76 of the Revised Code, shall be executed pursuant to section 125.11 of the Revised Code.
(B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to printing contracts requiring special, security paper of a unique nature if compliance with division (A) will result in an excessive price for the product or acquiring a disproportionately inferior product.
(C) As used in this section, "excessive price" means a price that exceeds by more than five per cent the lowest price submitted on a non-Ohio bid.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.58 | Failure to Execute Contract - Penalty Charge for Late Orders.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
The department of administrative services shall promptly notify each successful offeror of the acceptance of the offeror's bid or proposal for state printing. If such offeror fails to execute the contract because of death or other cause, or if the offeror fails to execute the work required by the contract in a proper manner and with reasonable promptness, or the contract is abandoned, or its execution is temporarily suspended, the department may enter into a contract with another person for the prompt execution of the work for the lowest price which may be obtained. Before any work is relet in consequence of the misconduct or default of the contractor, the department shall give the contractor written notice thereof. The department of administrative services may set a daily penalty charge for late orders, provided the penalty schedule and amount are stated in the invitation to bid or request for proposals for the printing.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.60 | Procurement From Community Rehabilitation Programs Definitions.

Effective:
June 30, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
As used in sections 125.60 to 125.6012 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Community rehabilitation program" means an agency that:
(1) Is organized under the laws of the United States or this state such that no part of its net income inures to the benefit of any shareholder or other individual;
(2) Is certified as a sheltered workshop, if applicable, by the wage and hour division of the United States department of labor;
(3) Is registered and in good standing with the secretary of state as a domestic nonprofit or not-for-profit corporation;
(4) Complies with applicable occupational health and safety standards required by the laws of the United States or of this state;
(5) Operates in the interest of persons with work-limiting disabilities, provides vocational or other employment-related training to persons with work-limiting disabilities, and employs persons with work-limiting disabilities in the manufacture of products or the provision of services;
(6) Is a nonprofit corporation for federal tax purposes.
(B) "Government ordering office" means any of the following:
(1) Any state agency, including the general assembly, the supreme court, and the office of a state elected official, or any state authority, board, bureau, commission, institution, or instrumentality that is funded in total or in part by state money;
(2) A county, township, or village.
(C) "Person with a work-limiting disability" means an individual who has a disability as defined in the "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990," 104 Stat. 327, 42 U.S.C. 12101, and who:
(1) Because of that disability is substantially limited in the type or quantity of work the individual can perform or is prevented from working regularly;
(2) Meets criteria established by the office of procurement from community rehabilitation programs.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.601 | Procurement From Community Rehabilitation Programs.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
The director of administrative services shall establish the office of procurement from community rehabilitation programs within the department of administrative services. The director shall designate an employee of the department to serve as administrator of the office.