Ohio Revised Code Chapter 5525 - Construction Contracts

• Section 5525.01 - Advertisement For Bids - Awarding Of Contracts - Odot Letting Fund.
  Before entering into a contract, the director of transportation shall advertise for bids for two consecutive weeks in one newspaper of general circulation published...
• Section 5525.011 - Complying With Federal Surface Transportation Assistance Act.
  (A) The director of transportation shall award contracts pursuant to this chapter in conformity to the requirements of subsection (f) of section 105 of...
• Section 5525.02 - Qualification And Classification Of Bidders.
  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...
• Section 5525.03 - Application For Qualification.
  All prospective bidders other than environmental remediators and specialty contractors for which there are no classes of work provided for in the rules adopted...
• Section 5525.04 - Financial Statement And Financial Audit.
  No bidder shall be given a certificate of qualification unless the bidder's financial statement and the investigation made by the director of transportation show...
• Section 5525.05 - Rules - Lists Of Qualified Bidders.
  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...
• Section 5525.06 - Subcontractor Must Be Properly Qualified.
  No successful bidder shall enter into a subcontract with any other person, involving the performance of any part of any work upon which the...
• Section 5525.061 - Subcontract Approval.
  The director of transportation shall not authorize or approve any subcontract pursuant to this chapter unless the subcontract is evidenced in writing and is...
• Section 5525.07 - Notification Of Final Action - Prequalification Review Board.
  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...
• Section 5525.08 - Disposition Of Bids Of Unqualified Bidders - Nonresponsive Bids.
  Except as otherwise provided in this section, the director of transportation shall not consider any bid filed with the director by any person who...
• Section 5525.09 - False Statement With Respect To Financial Worth.
  No applicant for qualification shall knowingly make a false statement with respect to his financial worth in any application for qualification, financial statement, or...
• Section 5525.10 - Contracts Not To Be Awarded For More Than Cost Plus Five Per Cent.
  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...
• Section 5525.11 - Contract Upon A Unit Price Basis.
  The director of transportation may enter into any contract authorized by law upon a unit price basis. Where a contract is entered into upon...
• Section 5525.12 - Lumber Deemed Material.
  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...
• Section 5525.13 - Limitation Of Surety Bond And Insurance.
  Where surety bond is accepted from a surety company by the director of transportation on a contract it shall not be for more than...
• Section 5525.14 - Written Change Orders Or Orders For Extra Work.
  (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...
• Section 5525.15 - Cost Estimates May Be Confidential.
  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...
• Section 5525.16 - Contract Performance Bond And Payment Bond.
  (A) Before entering into a contract, the director of transportation shall require a contract performance bond and a payment bond with sufficient sureties, as...
• Section 5525.17 - Failure Of Contractor Or Surety To Complete Work.
  If a contractor has not commenced his work within a reasonable time, or does not carry the same forward with reasonable progress, or is...
• Section 5525.18 - Contract With Foreign Corporation.
  No contract shall be entered into by the director of transportation, if the bidder awarded the contract is a foreign corporation, until the secretary...
• Section 5525.19 - Payment Of Costs.
  Payment for the cost of the establishment, construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, and repair of a highway under Chapters 5501., 5503., 5511., 5513., 5515., 5516.,...
• Section 5525.20 - Incentive And Disincentive Contract Provisions.
  (A) Subject to division (B) of this section, the director of transportation may include incentive and disincentive provisions in contracts the director executes for...
• Section 5525.21 - Authorizing Minimal Amount Of Foreign Steel Products In Bridge Projects.
  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...
• Section 5525.22 - Demolition Contracts.
  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...
• Section 5525.23 - Binding Dispute Resolution For Contract Controversies.
  (A) The director of transportation may include in any construction contract a provision authorizing a binding dispute resolution method for any controversy subsequently arising...
• Section 5525.25 - Warranty Specifications In Bidding Documents.
  (A) For each fiscal year, not more than one-fifth of the department of transportation's capital construction projects shall be bid requiring a warranty as...
• Section 5525.26 - Employment Of Residents And Local Businesses.
  Except as provided in federal law, if a project for the construction, reconstruction, or other improvement to a road or highway is administered by...
• Section 5525.99 - Penalty.
  (A) Whoever violates sections 5525.02 to 5525.99, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five...

Last modified: October 10, 2016