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...This section applies to obligations as defined in this section. (A) As used in this section: (1) "Costs of capital facilities" or "costs of projects" includes related direct administrative expenses and allocable portions of direct costs of the Ohio coal development office, the cost of demolishing or removing any buildings or structures on land acquired, including the cost of acquiring any lands to which such buildi...

...torm water and sanitary collection, storage, and treatment facilities, including real property, interests in real property, facilities, and equipment related or incidental to those facilities. (2) "Costs of capital facilities" include related direct administrative expenses and allocable portions of direct costs of the Ohio public works commission and the local subdivision. (3) "Local subdivision" means any county, ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Costs of conservation projects" includes related direct administrative expenses and allocable portions of the direct costs of those projects of the department of agriculture, the department of natural resources, or the Ohio public works commission. (2) "Obligations" means obligations as defined in section 151.01 of the Revised Code issued to pay costs of pr...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Costs of research and development projects" includes related direct administrative expenses and allocable portions of the direct costs of those projects, costs of capital facilities, and working capital, all for the following: (a) Attracting researchers and research teams by endowing research chairs or otherwise; (b) Activities to develop and commercialize products and processes; ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Costs of sites and facilities" includes related direct administrative expenses and allocable portions of the direct costs of those projects. "Costs of sites and facilities" includes "allowable costs" as defined in section 122.085 of the Revised Code. (2) "Obligations" means obligations as defined in section 151.01 of the Revised Code issued to pay costs of sites and faciliti...

...lopment or the environmental protection agency. (3) "Issuing authority" means the treasurer of state. (4) "Obligations" means obligations as defined in section 151.01 of the Revised Code issued to pay the costs of projects for revitalization purposes as referred to in division (A)(2) of Section 2o of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution and division (A)(2) of Section 2q of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution. (5) "Pl...

...or by any other state officer or state agency authorized by law to administer a project, including an educational institution listed in section 3345.50 of the Revised Code, is to be erected or constructed, whenever additions, alterations, or structural or other improvements are to be made, or whenever heating, cooling, or ventilating plants or other equipment is to be installed or material supplied therefor, t...

...of the city, local, or exempted village school district and joint vocational school district, if one exists, in which the construction, repair, or improvement project for which the steel products used in violation of division (A) of this section is located. The treasurer shall deposit the civil penalty in equal amounts into the school district's general fund and the joint vocational school district's general fu...

...part by contributions or loans from any agency of the United States government, preference shall be given to contractors having their principle place of business in Ohio over contrctors having their principle place of business in a state which provides a preference in that state in favor of contractors of that state for the same type of work. Where a preference is provided by another state for contractors of that sta...

...(A) As used in this section, "indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract" means a contract for an indefinite quantity, within stated limits, of supplies or services that will be delivered by the awarded bidder over a defined contract period. (B) The executive director of the capitol square review and advisory board, with the approval of the board, may advertise and seek bids for, and may award, an indefinite ...

... Revised Code, or to the commission and school district board, as provided in division (F) of section 3318.08 of the Revised Code; (5) Misrepresented the firm's qualifications in the selection process set forth in sections 153.65 to 153.71 or section 3318.10 of the Revised Code; (6) Been convicted of a criminal offense related to the application for or performance of any public or private contract, including, but...

..."Contracting authority" means any state agency or other state instrumentality that is authorized to award a public improvement contract. (2) "Bidder" means a person who submits a bid to a contracting authority to perform work under a public improvement contract. (3) "Contractor" means any person with whom a contracting authority has entered into a public improvement contract to provide labor for a public impr...

...The general assembly intends the drug-free workplace programs required by section 153.03 of the Revised Code to be limited to the constructing, altering, or repairing of public improvements of the state and to be of assistance in ensuring that such public improvements are constructed, altered, or repaired in a manner that protects the safety of the citizens of this state.

...The plans, details, bills of material, specifications of work, estimates of cost in detail and in the aggregate, life-cycle cost analysis, form of bid, bid guaranty, and other data that may be required shall be prepared on such material and in such manner and form as are prescribed by the Ohio facilities construction commission. The life-cycle costs shall be a primary consideration in the selection of a design....

...The bond required by section 153.08 of the Revised Code may be enforced against the person executing such bond, by any claimant for labor or material, and suit may be brought on such bond in the name of the state on relation of the claimant within one year from the date of delivering or furnishing such labor or material, in the court of common pleas of the county wherein such labor or material was furnished or delive...

...After the proceedings required by sections 153.01 and 153.04 of the Revised Code have been complied with, the owner referred to in section 153.01 of the Revised Code shall give public notice of the time and place when and where bids will be received for performing the labor and furnishing the materials of such construction, improvement, alteration, addition, or installation, and a contract awarded, except for m...

...The notice provided for in section 153.06 of the Revised Code shall be published once each week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation, or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, in the county where the activity for which bids are submitted is to occur and in such other newspapers as ordered by the Ohio facilities construction commission, the last publication to be at least e...

...signating the secretary of state as its agent for the purpose of accepting service of summons in any action brought under section 153.05 of the Revised Code or under sections 4123.01 to 4123.94 of the Revised Code, and until the contract and bond, if any, are submitted to the attorney general and the attorney general's approval certified thereon. No contract shall be entered into unless the bidder possesses a valid ...

...If in the opinion of the owner referred to in section 153.01 of the Revised Code, the award of a contract to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder is not in the best interests of the state, the owner may accept another bid so opened or reject all bids, and advertise for other bids. Such advertisement shall be for such time, in such form, and in such newspaper as the Ohio facilities construction commissio...

...After the plans, bills of material, specifications of work, estimates of cost in detail and in the aggregate, life-cycle cost analysis, form of bid, bid guaranty, and other data that may be required are approved and filed with the owner as defined in section 153.01 of the Revised Code, no change of plans, details, bills of material, or specifications shall be made or allowed unless the same are approved by the owner ...

...Whenever the change referred to in section 153.10 of the Revised Code is approved by the owner as defined in section 153.01 of the Revised Code, accepted in writing by the contractor, and filed, the same shall be considered as being a part of the original contract, and the bond theretofore executed shall be increased or decreased accordingly to include and cover the change in the contract.

...he contractor's actual costs including wages, labor costs other than wages, wage taxes, materials, equipment costs and rentals, insurance, and subcontracts attributable to the delay, plus a reasonable sum for overhead. In the event of a dispute between the owner and the contractor concerning such change order, procedures shall be commenced under the applicable terms of the contract, or, if the contract contains no pr...

...xists no other reason to withhold retainage, the retained percentages held in connection with such portion shall be released from escrow and paid to the contractor, withholding only that amount necessary to assure completion. Funds in the escrow account not heretofore paid, with accumulated interest, shall be paid to the person with whom the owner has contracted thirty days from the date of completion or either accep...

...ity of the work, or other approved storage site, provided such materials have been inspected and found to meet the specifications. The balance of such invoiced value shall be paid when such material is incorporated into and becomes a part of such building, construction, addition, improvement, alteration, or installation. When an estimate is allowed on account of material delivered on the site of the work or in...

...rements of this section do not apply to school districts.