ITB 020-26 Longitudinal Channelizer Systems
REQUIREMENTS/SPECIFICATIONS
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Intent
The purpose of this invitation is to establish pricing for Longitudinal Channelizer Systems and
Component Parts. Only the systems listed on the Department’s Approved List will be considered for
award. Systems must be on the Approved List 30 days prior to the imitation to bid date.
The Approved List can be found at the following link:
http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/ConstructionMgt/Materials/Approved%20List/Longitudinal%20Chann
elizers.pdf
Multiple Award
ODOT will accept all responsive bids submitted on or before the specified bid opening date and make an
award to all responsive bidders pursuant to O.R.C. 5513.02.
This contract does not contain any estimates for amounts to be purchased and does not guarantee
purchasing will occur. Orders will be placed as needed by the Department.
Contract Duration
The effective duration of this contract shall be from January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026.
Free on Board (F.O.B.) Destination
Please be advised, the vendor must honor any bid price submitted in this Invitation to Bid for all of ODOT’s
twelve (12) Districts and eighty-eight (88) counties in the State of Ohio. All deliveries shall be Free on
Board (F.O.B.) to any of ODOT’s twelve (12) Districts and eighty-eight (88) county destination locations in
the State of Ohio, as per the enclosed map. Purchase orders when issued, will detail specific destination
points. The Department will not accept any additional charges for these deliveries.
District 1 – Lima
District 2 - Bowling Green
District 3 - Ashland
District 4 - Akron
District 5 - Jacksontown
District 6 - Delaware
Central Garage - Columbus (CG)
District 7- Sidney
District 8 - Lebanon
District 9 - Chillicothe
District 10 - Marietta
District 11 - New Philadelphia
District 12 - Garfield Heights
Section 5:
Delivery
Delivery shall be made within 30 calendar days upon written or verbal notification of a valid State of Ohio
purchase order.
5.1: Delivery Hours
All deliveries shall be made between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding State holidays, unless special permission is granted by the Department to temporarily waive or
adjust this requirement.
Section 6: F.O.B. Delivery Minimum Order:
$250.00
a.
Orders meeting or exceeding the minimum shall be shipped FOB destination at the unit price
quoted.
b.
Orders amounting to less than the minimum shall be shipped at the unit price quoted, prepaid with
freight/shipping charges added to the invoice. Copies of freight/shipping charges are to be included
with the invoice.
c.
No minimum shall apply to an order picked up by the Department of Transportation at the vendor
location, at the unit price quoted.
Section 7: Product Specifications
Due to the variations in design and capabilities among the products offered by the various manufacturers,
and the lack of interchangeability of the component parts between products of different manufacturers, no
attempt has been made to establish performance or dimensional criteria beyond those contained herein.
Longitudinal Channelizer systems shall:
1. Meet crash testing requirements in the AASHTO Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH)
2. Comply with guidelines established in the Ohio Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices
3. Meet requirements of Supplemental Specification 831 and 931 dated April 21st, 2023.
Supplemental Specification 831 and 931 can be found at the following link:
https://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/ConstructionMgt/Specification%20Files/831_04212023_for_202
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https://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/ConstructionMgt/Specification%20Files/931_04212023_for_202
3.pdf
Section 8: 2023 Construction and Materials Specifications Handbook
Specifications as shown herein are incorporated into the ITB and made a part thereof and are found in the
Ohio Department of Transportation Construction and Materials Specifications latest edition including
supplement specification 800. Handbooks are available online at the following link:
https://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/ConstructionMgt/OnlineDocs/Pages/2023-Online-Spec-Book.aspx
Section 9: Pricing Sheet
Product description and model/part number must be listed on the pricing sheet for each item listed on the
bid. Any bids not including description and model/part number may be rejected.
Section 10: Vendor Bid Requirements
Vendors must submit their Bid Responses electronically in Ohio Buys before the published deadline date
& time, Columbus, Ohio local time on the Proposal due date. Vendors will not be able to submit Bid
Responses, or unsolicited Proposal amendments after the deadline.
Vendors must allow adequate time for uploading a Bid Response prior to the due date and time. ODOT
recommends that vendors submit Bid Responses as early as possible. If a second round is issued for any
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reason, vendors must resubmit their bid if they had already submitted in a previous round, as the
previously submitted Bid Responses do NOT carry over to the new round.
The Signature process takes place after the award now. The email will come from
documents@esign.ohio.gov and will go to the signatory that was identified in the bid submission. The
subject line will be the bid # Signature Request, (example: 101G-25 Signature Request).
No contract can be issued to your company until we receive your signature to complete the process. And
you must have an OAKS Payor ID before a contract can be issued. To obtain that, you will need to go into
https://ohiopays.ohio.gov.
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Price Change
All bid pricing shall not increase for the first sixty (60) calendar days after the date of the bid opening.
Thereafter, a request for a price increase may be submitted in writing to the Department’s Office of Contract
Sales along with all documentation that supports the need for the price increase. No price increase will be
effective until it is approved by the Department and the Vendor is notified of such approval in writing. The
price increase will take effect upon the date the Vendor is notified. In the event that a price increase is
accepted by the Department, the Vendor may not seek an additional price increase for at least thirty (30)
calendar days. The Department reserves the right to reject any proposed price increase, or to cancel the
contract if such action is determined to be in the best interest of the Department.
In the event of a general price decrease, the Department shall be guaranteed full benefit of the price
reduction for all undelivered purchase orders on the effective date of the decrease and thereafter. The
Department will be entitled to a price decrease any time the Vendor sells a product or a service to any
similarly situated customer for less than the price agreed to between the Department and the Vendor under
this Contract. Any time the Vendor sells a product or provides a service to any customer or dealer for less
than what it is available to the Department under this Contract, the Vendor must notify the Department of
that event within thirty (30) calendar days of its occurrence and immediately reduce the price of the affected
goods or services to the Department under this Contract. If the Department believes it is appropriate, it will
ask to renegotiate the price under this Contract of the goods and services affected by the general reduction
in price. If the Vendor and the Department cannot agree on a renegotiated price, the Department will have
the right, upon notice to the Vendor, to immediately remove the affected products and services from this
Contract.
Build America, Buy America (BABA)
All applicable items on this contract are required to comply with ODOT Proposal Note 133 and Build
America, Buy America Act requirements; when applicable.
If the item falls under Proposal Note 133, the vendor must be able to provide documentation of domestic
origin upon request from ODOT, for the item to be considered a domestic product. Products without a
traceable domestic origin will be treated as a non-domestic product by ODOT.
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I. GLOSSARY
The following definitions are applicable to all components of the Contract. If a conflict exists between these
definitions and any definition listed in the specifications or scope of work, the specifications or scope shall prevail.
A. ACCEPTANCE: Approval and retention by ODOT of any goods, products, services or other Deliverables, delivered
to fulfill Contract requirements.
B. AGENCY/ODOT/DEPARTMENT: Ohio Department of Transportation
C. AUTHORIZED DEALER/DISTRIBUTOR: The vendor that maintains written legal agreements with manufacturers
to act as their agent and provide goods, products, or services listed in the bid/RFQ/contract. The authorized
Dealer/Distributor must maintain active and sufficient facilities necessary to perform the awarded Contract, own title to
the goods, products, or services and maintain available stock on a continuous basis and in sufficient quantity to provide
uninterrupted access to the Contract Deliverable.
D. BIDDER: The company and/or authorized representative of the company who has signed and is submitting a bid response
and who will be responsible for ensuring proper performance of the contract awarded pursuant to the bid. The term
bidder, proposer, contractor, supplier, or vendor may be used interchangeably in this document.
E. DEFAULT: The omission or failure to perform any obligation under this Contract.
F. DELIVERABLE: Any Contractor-provided products, supplies, services, work or product described in the
specifications of the Contract.
G. F.O.B PLACE OF DESTINATION: The Vendor pays, and includes the cost of such in its bid, and bears the risk for the
transportation and delivery of goods delivered to the specified locations provided by the Department.
H. GOODS: Anything that can be purchased that is not a service or real property.
I. INVOICE: An itemized listing showing delivery of the goods or performance of the services described in the order that
must include the date of the purchase or rendering of the service, an itemization of the things done, material supplied,
equipment used or labor furnished, and the sum due pursuant to the contract or obligation.
J. LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER: A bidder who offers the lowest cost for the goods or services
listed in the bid; and whose proposal responds to bid specifications in all material respects and contains no irregularities or
deviations from the specifications which would affect the amount of the bid or otherwise give them a competitive advantage;
and whose experience, financial condition, conduct and performance on previous contracts, facilities, management skills
evidences their ability to execute the contract properly.
K. MBE OR EDGE CERTIFIED: MBE means Minority Business Enterprise and EDGE means Encouraging
Diversity, Growth and Equity.
L. ORDER: A copy of a contract or a statement of the nature of a contemplated expenditure, a description of the goods to be
purchased or services to be performed, other than services performed by officers and regular employees of the state, and
per diem of the national guard, and the total sum of the expenditure to be made therefor, if the sum is fixed and ascertained,
otherwise the estimated sum thereof, and an authorization to pay for the contemplated expenditure, signed by the person
instructed and authorized to pay upon receipt of a proper invoice.
M. PRIME VENDOR/CONTRACTOR: The vendor who, upon being awarded a contract, becomes the prime vendor who is
the primary source for providing the goods or services listed in the awarded Contract and the party to whom payment will
be made upon delivery of the goods and/or completion of the Contract.
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