153.51 Separate contracts - single, aggregate contract. - Ohio Statutes

153.51 Separate contracts - single, aggregate contract.

(A) When more than one branch or class of work specified in division (A) of section 153.50 of the Revised Code is required, no contract for the entire job, or for a greater portion thereof than is embraced in one such branch or class of work shall be awarded, unless the separate bids do not cover all the work and materials required or the bids for the whole or for two or more kinds of work or materials are lower than the separate bids in the aggregate.

(B)(1) The public authority referred to in section 153.50 of the Revised Code also may award a single, aggregate contract for the entire project pursuant to division (A) of this section. This 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 referred to in section 153.50 of the Revised Code may assign all or any portion of its interest in the contract of the lowest responsive and responsible bidder or the lowest and best bidder, as applicable, to another successful bidder as an agreed condition for an award of the contract for the amount of its respective bid. Such assignment may include, but is not limited to, the duty to schedule, coordinate, and administer the contracts.

(C) A public authority referred to in division (A) of section 153.50 of the Revised Code is not required to award separate contracts for a branch or class of work specified in division (A) of section 153.50 of the Revised Code entering into an improvement if the estimated cost for that branch or class of work is less than five thousand dollars.

Effective Date: 04-09-1996