RFP: Plans Examiner Services

Location:	Ohio
Posted:	Jan 7, 2026
Due:	Feb 26, 2026
Agency:	City of North Ridgeville
Type of Government:	State & Local
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RFP: Plans Examiner Services (Deadline to Submit January 26 at 4:00 p.m.)

Posting Date: January 6, 2026

Response Due Date: January 26, 2026

The City of North Ridgeville is seeking proposals from qualified firms to provide Plans Examiner services to the Building Division as an independent contractor. Plans examiners will perform building, electrical, fire, mechanical and plumbing plan review for both residential and commercial structures, on an asneeded basis. The city may enter into one or more agreements with firms to provide these services.

Plans examiners shall work cooperatively with Building Division staff and under the direction of the Chief Building Official. He/she shall conduct plan reviews for design integrity and code compliance with the adopted editions of applicable state and local codes. Plans examiners may be required to meet with the Chief Building Official as necessary and, when directed, visit construction sites or existing structures within the city and provide written or oral inspection reports as deemed necessary

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Plans Examiner Services

Posting Date: January 6, 2026

Response Due Date: January 26, 2026

The City of North Ridgeville is seeking proposals from qualiﬁed ﬁrms to provide Plans Examiner services

to the Building Division as an independent contractor. Plans examiners will perform building, electrical,

ﬁre, mechanical and plumbing plan review for both residential and commercial structures, on an as-

needed basis. The city may enter into one or more agreements with ﬁrms to provide these services.

Plans examiners shall work cooperatively with Building Division staﬀ and under the direction of the

Chief Building Oﬃcial. He/she shall conduct plan reviews for design integrity and code compliance with

the adopted editions of applicable state and local codes. Plans examiners may be required to meet with

the Chief Building Oﬃcial as necessary and, when directed, visit construction sites or existing structures

within the city and provide written or oral inspection reports as deemed necessary.

Plan review assignments shall be made at the discretion of the Chief Building Oﬃcial or designee. The

city reserves the right to utilize its own employees and/or other independent plans examiners to perform

plan reviews. The volume of work is dependent on factors outside the cityʼs control and no guarantee is

made regarding the amount of work that may be assigned.

The Building Division is in the process of transitioning to GovWell, a cloud-based software platform that

will be used for permitting, plans reviews, inspections and code enforcement. Once the program is live

later in 2026, Plans Examiners will be provided with login credentials and will be asked to complete plan

reviews through the new software platform. Training and guidance will be given ahead of the

implementation to ensure reviewers are comfortable with the software.

In the course of the plan review process, the Plans Examiner shall avoid situations involving an actual or

potential conﬂict of interest and shall act as an agent of the Chief Building Oﬃcial and shall act in the

interests of the city and the citizens of North Ridgeville. Plans Examiners may provide services for

private client(s) within the City of North Ridgeville during the contract period, provided they do not

conduct any plan reviews concerning their clients for any project they have worked on and shall not

review any plans for a period of not less than one year from the time they last served as a contractor for

the client.

If the proposal is accepted, the Plans Examiner will be required to execute a professional services

agreement provided by the city.

BUILDING DIVISION

7307 Avon Belden Road

North Ridgeville, OH 44039

(440) 490-2081

nridgeville.org

PROPOSALS

Submit either one (1) hard copy of your proposal by mail or an electronic PDF of your proposal by email

to Oﬃce Administrator Nicole Rambo-Ackerman at nackerman@nridgeville.org by 4:00 p.m. on January

26, 2026. All proposals shall contain the following:

• Cover letter with name and mailing address of ﬁrm and key contact person

• Itemized list of plans examination services ﬁrm provides

• Name(s) of personnel assigned with copies of certiﬁcations

• Method of transmittal of documents

• Anticipated schedule of review time for various project types (new commercial, alterations, shop

drawings, signs, etc.)

• Proposed fee structure

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