Legal Notice: CLE AOB & Clough Pike RFB

LEGAL
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

The
Clermont County Board of Commissioners, in cooperation and coordination with
the Clermont County Engineer’s Office, will be accepting sealed bids for the
furnishing of all labor, equipment, and materials needed to construct PROJECT
NO.  124951:  CLE AOB & Clough Pike RPP,
in accordance with the Ohio Department of Transportation Construction and
Material Specifications (effective January 1, 2023 and its revisions
and supplements), Standard Construction Drawings, Standard Bridge Drawings,
Ohio Manual of Uniform Traffic Control, The State of Ohio Department of
Transportation Bridge Design Manual, and other applicable standards in force on
the date of letting and in accordance with the Project Specifications and
Construction Plans on file in the office of the Clermont County Engineer. This project is located along Felicity Cedron Road,
just west of the intersection with Bartlow Road  the entire length
of Amelia Olive Branch Road and Clough Pike from Amelia Olive Branch Road to
Bach Buxton Road, in Batavia Township.
The Engineer’s estimate for this project is $947,297.00.

Anyone
interested may download the Instructions to Bidders, Specifications, and Bid
Documents by registering for a free account at https://www.bidexpress.com .  Bids are to be electronically submitted
through the https://www.bidexpress.com
service (fees apply) no later than 2:00 P.M.
Local Time on Thursday, October 22, 2026.
No paper bids will be accepted.

The
Clermont County Board of Commissioners reserves the right to waive any
informalities, reject any or all bids and to hold such bids for a period of
sixty (60) days before taking any action thereon, and to award a contract to
the lowest and best Bidder.

Each
person bidding for a contract for the construction, demolition, alteration,
repair, or reconstruction of any public improvement is required to file with
his bid a bid guaranty in the form of either (1) a bond for the full amount of
the bid or (2) a certified check, cashier's check or irrevocable letter of
credit pursuant to Chapter 1305 of the Ohio Revised Code in an amount equal to
ten (10) percent of the bid pursuant to Section 153.54 of the Ohio Revised
Code. The successful Bidder at the time he/she enters into the contract shall
be required to file a performance bond in the full amount of the contract
pursuant to Section 153.54(c) of the Ohio Revised Code. In lieu of the
Performance Bond, the Bidder may submit a combined Bid Guaranty and Contract
Bond, in conformance with Section 153.571 of the Ohio Revised Code, with the
Bid Proposal. Bid security in Bond form shall be issued by a Surety Company or
Corporation licensed in the State of Ohio to provide said surety.

Bidders
must be on The Ohio Department of Transportation’s Prequalified Contractors
List.  In addition, Bidders must be
prequalified for the necessary work types to complete the project.

Bidders
must comply with the prevailing wage rates on Public Improvements in Clermont
County, Ohio as determined by Fair Labor Standards Act and the Davis-Bacon Wage
Requirement.  Additionally, Bidder
compliance with Federal Executive Order 11246, the nondiscrimination provisions
of the Equal Opportunity Clauses and other Federal and State of Ohio
regulations as prescribed in the bid package shall be required.

This
notice will also be posted on Clermont County’s website at the following URL
link  www.clermontcountyohio.gov

In
order to view the legal notice please click on the link “Legal Notices” located
on the Clermont County Home Page.

CLERMONT
OF COMMISSIONERS

Bonnie J. Batchler

David
L. Painter

Claire
B. Corcoran

ATTEST: Gael
Fawley, Clerk of the Board