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...ct any or all bids. Except in regard to contracts for environmental remediation and specialty work for which there are no classes of work set out in the rules adopted by the director, if the director awards the contract, the director shall award it to the lowest competent and responsible bidder as defined by rules adopted by the director under section 5525.05 of the Revised Code, who is qualified to bid under section...

...ng 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 dire...

... may debar from participating in future contracts with the department any bidding company as well as any partner of a partnership, or the officers and directors of an association or corporation if the certificate of qualification of the company, partnership, association, or corporation is revoked or not renewed by the director. When the director reasonably believes that grounds for revocation and debarment exist, the...

...as correct by an independent certified public accountant. Any applicant desiring a certificate of qualification in an amount that is less than five million dollars shall submit a financial review on forms prescribed by the director. The aggregate amount of work set forth in either type of certificate of qualification shall not exceed ten times the applicant's net current assets or working capital. At the time o...

...ns of applicants. The director may make public lists of qualified bidders, but the lists shall not indicate the bidders' prequalification amounts.

...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 trans...

...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.

...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 reconsiderat...

...ids, 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.

...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.

...ith an improvement and may defer making contracts for the remainder of said improvement until such grade has become stable and solid.

...ortation 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.

...tually becomes part of the structure or improvement in which it is used, or when it is used as form material.

...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....

...ot 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...

...ligence of the contractor in making the improvement. (2) A payment bond in an amount equal to one hundred per cent of the contract amount, conditioned for the payment by the contractor and all subcontractors for labor or work performed or materials furnished in connection with the work, improvement, or project involved. (B) After entering into a contract and the initial issuance of a contract performance bond and...

...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...

...lishment, 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 impro...

...o traffic; (4) A significant impact on public safety; (5) A link that completes a segment of a highway. (B) No such provisions shall be included in any particular contract without the prior consent of the municipal corporation, or, if outside a municipal corporation and off the state highway system, the prior consent of the board of county commissioners of the county, in which the bridge, detour, disruption, impac...

...In conjunction with the requirements of section 153.011 of the Revised Code, the director of transportation may, in connection with any bridge project for which a contract has been entered into, authorize in writing the use of a minimal amount of foreign steel products if either of the following is true: (A) The cost for each contract item used does not exceed one-tenth of one per cent of the total contract cost, or...

...For contracts for projects that involve the demolition of property for a right-of-way, the director of transportation shall include in the contract adequate provision for liquidated damages and a requirement that the contractor inform the department of the method for disposal of demolition debris prior to the start of work.

...(A) The director of transportation may include in any construction contract a provision authorizing a binding dispute resolution method for any controversy subsequently arising out of the contract. The binding dispute resolution method may proceed only upon agreement of all parties to the controversy. If all parties do not agree to proceed to binding dispute resolution, a party having a claim against the departmen...

...rector. This section does not apply to contracts the director makes on behalf of a political subdivision.

...(A) Whoever violates sections 5525.02 to 5525.09, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.

...pose of properly acquiring private and public property rights in conjunction with public highway projects and that conform to Chapters 163. and 5501. of the Revised Code; rules 5501:2-5-01 to 5501:2-5-06 of the Ohio Administrative Code; the "Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970," 84 Stat. 1894, 42 U.S.C. 4601, et seq., as amended; the "Surface Transportation and Unif...