153.67 Announcing contracts available for professional design services. - Ohio Statutes

153.67 Announcing contracts available for professional design services.

Each public authority planning to contract for professional design 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 for the firms to have an adequate opportunity to submit a statement of interest in the project;

(B) Include a general description of the project, a statement of the specific professional design services required, and a description of the qualifications required for the project;

(C) Indicate how qualified professional design firms may submit statements of qualifications in order to be considered for a contract to design the project;

(D) Be sent to either of the following:

(1) Each professional design firm that has a current statement of qualifications on file with the public authority and is qualified to perform the required professional design services;

(2) Architect, landscape architect, engineer, and surveyor trade associations, the news media, and any publications or other public media that the public authority considers appropriate.

Effective Date: 11-24-1995