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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.

...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 transferr...

Section 153.502 | Construction management or design-build contracts; prequalification of bidders.

...onsistent 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 th...

Section 153.503 | Adoption of rules.

...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.

Section 153.51 | Separate contracts - single, aggregate contract.

... 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 intere...

Section 153.52 | Awarding of contracts to separate bidders.

...ials 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, townsh...

Section 153.53 | Adjusting threshold in section 153.01 for inflation.

...ereafter, 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.

Section 153.54 | Bid guaranty to be filed with bid.

...agency thereof, excluding therefrom the Ohio department of transportation, for a public improvement costing less than one-half million dollars may withdraw the bid from consideration if the bidder's bid for some other contract with the state or any political subdivision, district, institution, or other agency thereof, excluding therefrom the department of transportation, for the public improvement costing less than o...

Section 153.55 | Dividing project into parts to avoid threshold prohibited; costs included in threshold amount.

...urposes 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 projec...

Section 153.56 | Creditor shall furnish statement of amount due - service of notice of furnishing.

... 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 state...

Section 153.57 | Form of bond.

...______________, ____, enter into a contract with _________________, which said contract is made a part of this bond the same as though set forth herein; Now, if the said _______________________ shall well and faithfully do and perform the things agreed by __________________ to be done and performed according to the terms of said contract; and shall pay all lawful claims of subcontractors, material suppliers, and lab...

Section 153.571 | Form of bond.

...cipal fails to enter into a proper contract in accordance with the bid, plans, details, specifications, and bills of material; and in the event the principal pays to the obligee the difference not to exceed ten per cent of the penalty hereof between the amount specified in the bid and such larger amount for which the obligee may in good faith contract with the next lowest bidder to perform the work covered by the bid...

Section 153.58 | Prohibition.

...No officers shall violate sections 153.01 to 153.57, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

Section 153.581 | Contracts for construction definitions.

... Revised Code: (A) "Public works contract" means any contract awarded by a contracting authority for the construction, engineering, alteration, or repair of any public building, public highway, or other public work. (B) "Contracting authority" means the state, any township, county, municipal corporation, school board, or other governmental entity empowered to award a public works contract, and any constructi...

Section 153.59 | Discrimination and intimidation on account of race, religion, sex, disability, national origin or ancestry.

...struction, alteration, or repair of any public building or public work in the state shall contain provisions by which the contractor agrees to both of the following: (A) That, in the hiring of employees for the performance of work under the contract or any subcontract, no contractor, subcontractor, or any person acting on a contractor's or subcontractor's behalf, by reason of race, creed, sex, disability or milita...

Section 153.591 | Hiring hall contract or agreement.

... organization shall be void as against public policy and unenforceable with respect to employment under any public works contract unless at the date of execution of the hiring hall contract or agreement, or within thirty days thereafter, the labor organization has in effect procedures for referring qualified employees for hire without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, military status as defined...

Section 153.60 | Forfeiture.

...The contract referred to in section 153.59 of the Revised Code shall provide as a forfeiture for any breach of the provisions against discrimination: (A) That there shall be deducted from the amount payable to the contractor by the state or by any township, county, or municipal corporation thereof, under this contract, a forfeiture of twenty-five dollars for each person who is discriminated against or intimidated in...

Section 153.61 | Agreement for joint construction and management.

...of any construction or improvement contract. Except as otherwise provided in this division, the procedure generally applicable to the party so designated shall be followed in the use of force account or the advertising for bids and awarding of a contract. Section 153.36 of the Revised Code does not apply to the building or the addition to or alteration, repair, or improvement of a jail undertaken pursuant to a joint ...

Section 153.62 | Issuing change order for additional work.

...t, or any political subdivision, or any public institution belonging thereto, are subject to all applicable federal, state, and local statutes, ordinances, and regulations, including, but not limited to, those dealing with the prevention of environmental pollution that affect or are affected by such contracts. If the bidder to whom the work is awarded must undertake additional work due to the enactment or amendment o...

Section 153.63 | Agreement for escrow account for contractor.

...311.28 of the Revised Code under a contract entered into under this chapter or entered into under other applicable sections of the Revised Code for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, enlargement, alteration, repair, painting, or decoration of a public improvement shall, on the day it is due, be paid to the contractor or deposited in an escrow account, whichever is applicable, with one or more banks or bui...

Section 153.64 | Protecting underground utility facilities during construction of public improvement.

...tion 3781.25 of the Revised Code who is acting on behalf of any entity described in division (A)(2)(a) or (b) of this section. (3) "Underground utility facilities" includes any item buried or placed below ground or submerged under water for use in connection with the storage or conveyance of water or sewage; or electronic, telephonic, or telegraphic communications; electricity; petroleum products; manufactured, mix...

Section 153.65 | Professional design services definitions.

...public authority's request, all books, records, documents, contracts, subcontracts, purchase orders, and other data in its possession pertaining to the bidding, pricing, or performance of a contract for design-build services awarded to the design-build firm.

Section 153.66 | Submitting statement of qualifications.

... Each public authority planning to contract for professional design services or design-build services shall encourage professional design firms and design-build firms to submit a statement of qualifications and update the statements at regular intervals. (B) Notwithstanding any contrary requirements in sections 153.65 to 153.70 of the Revised Code, for every design-build contract, each public authority planni...

Section 153.67 | Announcing contracts available for professional design or design-build services.

...Each public authority planning to contract for professional design services or design-build services shall publicly announce all contracts available from it for such services. The announcements shall: (A) Be made in a uniform and consistent manner and shall be made sufficiently in advance of the time that responses must be received from qualified professional design firms or design-build firms for the firms t...

Section 153.68 | Instituting prequalification requirements.

...Any public authority planning to contract for professional design services may institute prequalification requirements for professional design firms seeking to provide services to the public authority and may require that each prequalified firm maintain a current statement of qualifications on file with the public authority. The prequalification requirements shall be based on factors such as those set out in division...

Section 153.69 | Evaluating and selecting firms.

...ssional design services contract, each public authority planning to contract for professional design services shall evaluate the statements of qualifications submitted by professional design firms specifically regarding the project, and may hold discussions with individual firms to explore further the firms' statements of qualifications, the scope and nature of the services the firms would provide, and the var...