Sec. 5513.01. (A) All purchases of machinery, materials, | 8 |
supplies, or other articles that the director of transportation | 9 |
makes shall be in the manner provided in this section. In all | 10 |
cases except those in which the director provides written | 11 |
authorization for purchases by district deputy directors of | 12 |
transportation, all such purchases shall be made at the central | 13 |
office of the
department of transportation in Columbus. Before | 14 |
making any
purchase at that office, the
director, as provided in | 15 |
this section, shall give notice
to bidders of the director's | 16 |
intention to purchase. Where the
expenditure does not
exceed the | 17 |
amount
applicable to the purchase of supplies specified in | 18 |
division (B) of
section 125.05 of the Revised Code, as adjusted | 19 |
pursuant to division (D) of that
section,
the director shall give | 20 |
such notice as the director considers proper, or the
director may | 21 |
make the purchase without
notice. Where the expenditure
exceeds | 22 |
the amount applicable to the purchase of supplies specified in | 23 |
division (B) of section 125.05 of the Revised Code, as adjusted | 24 |
pursuant to division
(D) of that section, the director shall give | 25 |
notice by posting
for not less than ten
days a written, typed, or | 26 |
printed invitation to bidders on a
bulletin board, which shall be | 27 |
located in a place in the offices
assigned to the department and | 28 |
open to the public during
business hours. Producers or | 29 |
distributors of any product may
notify the director, in writing, | 30 |
of the class of articles for the
furnishing of which they desire | 31 |
to bid and their post-office
addresses, in which case copies of | 32 |
all invitations to bidders
relating to the purchase of such | 33 |
articles shall be mailed to such
persons by the director by | 34 |
regular first class mail at
least ten days prior to the time fixed | 35 |
for taking bids. The
director also may mail copies of all | 36 |
invitations to bidders
to news agencies or other agencies or | 37 |
organizations distributing
information of this character. Requests | 38 |
for invitations shall
not be valid nor require action by the | 39 |
director unless
renewed,
either annually or after such shorter | 40 |
period as the director may
prescribe by a general rule. The | 41 |
invitation to bidders shall contain a brief statement of the | 42 |
general character of the article that it is intended to
purchase, | 43 |
the approximate quantity desired, and a statement of
the time and | 44 |
place where bids will be received, and may relate to
and describe | 45 |
as many different articles as the director thinks
proper, it being | 46 |
the intent and purpose of this section to
authorize the inclusion | 47 |
in a single invitation of as many
different articles as the | 48 |
director desires to invite bids upon at
any given time. | 49 |
Invitations issued during each calendar year
shall be given | 50 |
consecutive numbers, and the number assigned to
each invitation | 51 |
shall appear on all copies thereof. In all cases
where notice is | 52 |
required by this section, sealed bids shall be
taken, on forms | 53 |
prescribed and furnished by the director, and
modification of bids | 54 |
after they have been opened shall
not be permitted. | 55 |
(B) The director may permit the Ohio turnpike commission, any | 56 |
political subdivision, and any state university or college to | 57 |
participate in contracts into which the director has entered for | 58 |
the purchase of machinery, materials, supplies, or other
articles.
| 59 |
The turnpike commission and any political subdivision or state | 60 |
university or
college desiring to participate in such purchase | 61 |
contracts shall
file with the director a certified copy of the | 62 |
bylaws
or rules of the turnpike commission or the ordinance or | 63 |
resolution of the legislative authority, board of trustees, or | 64 |
other governing board requesting authorization to participate in | 65 |
such contracts and agreeing to be bound by such terms and | 66 |
conditions as the director prescribes. Purchases made by the | 67 |
turnpike commission,
political subdivisions, or state universities | 68 |
or colleges under
this division are exempt from any competitive | 69 |
bidding required by
law for the purchase of machinery, materials, | 70 |
supplies, or other
articles. | 71 |