119-26 Force Blowers

Location:	Ohio
Posted:	Feb 8, 2026
Due:	Feb 24, 2026
Agency:	State Government of Ohio
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	41 - Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Air Circulating Equip.
Solicitation No:	SRC0000036801
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Invitation to Bid: 119-26

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Force Blowers

REQUIREMENTS/SPECIFICATIONS

Intent

The purpose of this invitation to bid is to establish term contracts with qualified suppliers of Force Blower

Units. Quantities and types of equipment to be purchased by ODOT and Political Subdivisions through this

contract are undefined. Purchases will be made on an as needed basis.

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.

Contract Duration

The effective duration of this contract shall be for twelve (12) months from the Date of Award.

Free on Board (F.O.B.) Destination

The net unit bid prices submitted shall include delivery charges, Free on Board (F.O.B.) Place of Destination

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: NOTE: Purchase orders/ordering documents when issued, will detail

specific destination points.

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

OPI/CCI – Chillicothe

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Delivery

Delivery of all placed orders must be completed within sixty (60) calendar days upon receipt of a Purchase

Order.

5.1 Delivery Hours

All deliveries made to a Department of Transportation facility must be made between the hours of

8:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, unless special permission is granted by the

Department to temporarily waive or adjust this requirement.

5.2 Fuel and Diesel Exhaust Fluid

Each unit purchased through this contract must be delivered with a full tank of fuel and diesel

exhaust fluid (DEF), if required.

Purchase Orders

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The awarded vendor must be able to provide the awarded units through this contract and accept

purchase orders throughout the entire duration of any resulting contract.

Additional Charges

The net unit bid prices submitted shall include installation/assembly costs, labor costs, and inspection

costs.

Invoicing

In order to streamline the invoice payment process, the Office of Equipment Management requires

vendors to email an attached copy of the invoice to the following address: dot.cen.oem@dot.ohio.gov.

Invoice is to be sent on the date that the ordered commodity is delivered to the Department.

Paper invoice to be mailed to the “Bill To” contact and address located on the purchase order. If the order

is processed through a credit card, the vendor will remit the invoice to the Credit Card holder’s name and

address.

Section 9: Identification Number

With invoicing, provide description and serial number/vin for each commodity being built.

Section 10: Dealers and Service

It will be the responsibility of the awarded vendor/manufacturer to provide a list of authorized on-site

service providers or authorized dealers in the State of Ohio to provide warranty and service repair.

Section 11: Options List

All bidders are highly recommended to provide a complete manufacturer’s options list for the

make and model bid. If ODOT plans to purchase a piece of equipment with an option that you had

not bid, it could exclude you from consideration for that specific purchase.

This shall be included on pricing page excel options sheet.

Section 12: Trade-In

The Ohio Department of Transportation (and Political Subdivisions) reserves the right to offer used,

operational equipment as trade-ins. The trade-in equipment will be complete and in running condition.

The Administrator of the Office of Equipment Management reserves the right to reject or refuse any trade-

in allowances offered if it is determined by ODOT that refusal will be in ODOT’s best interest.

Quoted trade-in values must be held firmly. The only exception would be if damage occurred to the

equipment being traded-in after the quotations have been accepted by ODOT. This change in the

quotation must be preapproved by ODOT before the used equipment is transferred to the vendor. It is

ODOT’s responsibility to notify the awarded vendor of any damage that has occurred after the award.

Section 13: Descriptive Literature

Bidders are required to submit with their bids, the latest literature that fully describes the units being bid.

The Department may, at its own discretion, find a bid non-responsive for failure to submit this descriptive

literature. Bidders shall submit this literature in both a hard copy and electronic format to ensure that this

requirement is fully met.

By signing and submitting a bid for this solicitation, the bidder is certifying that the make and models of all

items bid herein are the latest and most current manufacturers’ models and will include the

manufacturer’s latest engineering changes.

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Fluids & Lubricants

Vendor must fill out “FLUIDS & LUBRICANTS” tab to the manufacture’s standard recommendation. Must

fill out accordingly to the equipment being bid through this contract.

The vendor may add more rows & columns if there are more fluids or lubricants not covered in the

spreadsheet.

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 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.

Product Specifications

All parts not specifically mentioned, which are necessary to provide a complete unit, or normally furnished

as standard equipment shall be furnished. The parts shall conform in strength, quality of material and

workmanship to what is normally provided in the industry.

This equipment must meet ALL Federal and State regulations.

The signing of this bid shall be considered a certification that the model as bid herein is the latest current

model and will include the manufacturer’s latest engineering changes.

The Ohio Department of Transportation will consider performance history of similar equipment, vendor’s

service and vendor’s overall responsiveness to the Department of Transportation’s utility of the products.

The Bidder of the equipment, which is considered for award shall, at the request of the Ohio Department

of Transportation, demonstrate the equipment at a location chosen by the Department Personnel to prove

any feature or performance capabilities which may be in question. Should the Demonstration Equipment

fail to meet Department requirements, the equipment shall be adjudged as non-conforming to bid

specifications. Any equipment failing to meet the Department’s requirements/specifications, set forth in

this bid document, can be removed from the contract at any time.

Compliance check boxes: Located to the right of each minimum specification are the “Comply or Don’t

Comply” check boxes. Check the Comply Box if the equipment being bid meets or exceeds the minimum

specifications. If the equipment does not meet or exceed the department’s minimum specifications,

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then the bidder must check the Don't Comply box and supply an explanation, on the ODOT excel pricing

tab called “EXCEPTION”, for the non-compliant specification. The department has the right to review the

“Don’t Comply” explanation and make a decision to accept or deny the equipment being bid. The bid

package will be determined non-compliant and rejected by ODOT if the bidder fails to check either a

Comply or Don't Comply box for each and every line of the specification being bid. This section is located

in the ODOT supplied excel pricing spreadsheet, on the “SPECIFICATIONS” tab.

All other remarks, comments, etc. that are not check marks located in the check boxes will deem

the vendor non-compliant.

(Specifications are located in the excel pricing sheet)

Section 17: Required Ohio Shared Services Vendor Registration

All vendors that are deemed awarded any portion of this invitation to bid are required to be registered

through the Ohio Shared Services Office to obtain an OAKS Vendor Identification Number, if they have

not already obtained one, in order for an award of this invitation to occur. An award of this invitation

cannot be completed until this vendor registration process has taken place and an OAKS Vendor

Identification Number has been assigned. It is strongly encouraged that prospective bidders submit their

vendor registration paperwork to Ohio Shared Services as soon as possible before the day of the bid

opening of this invitation to bid. This will avoid delays in the awarding of this invitation to bid and allow

contract purchasing to commence sooner.

The required forms to become registered through Ohio Shared Services can be found by following the

link below: http://ohiosharedservices.ohio.gov/SupplierOperations/Forms.aspx

Completed forms are required to be submitted directly to Ohio Shared Services, per the submission

instructions on the forms. Completed forms or questions regarding this vendor registration process should

not be directed to ODOT. Any questions regarding this registration process should be directed to Ohio

Shared Services Customer Service by calling 1-877-644-6771.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS VENDOR REGISTRATION PROCESS DOES NOT APPLY TO VENDORS WHO

REGULARLY PARTICIPATE ON ODOT PURCHASING CONTRACTS. IF THE DEPARTMENT HAS

ISSUED TO YOUR COMPANY A PURCHASE ORDER IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, AS A

DIRECT RESULT OF AN AWARDED PURCHASING CONTRACT SUCH AS THIS ONE, YOU WOULD

HAVE ALREADY OBTAINED AN OAKS VENDOR IDENTIFICATION NUMBER THROUGH OHIO

SHARED SERVICES.

Section 18: Submitting Bids in Ohio Buys

Vendors must submit their Bid Responses electronically in OhioBuys 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

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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State of Ohio, Department of Transportation (ODOT)

Office of Contract Sales, Purchasing Services

ODOT COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

(Last Revised 6/2016)

In accordance with Ohio Revised Code Section 5513.01 (B), the Department may permit and approve any Political

Subdivision, State university or college, Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission, or State agency (collectively the

“Ordering Agencies”) to participate in this Contract. The Office of Contract Sales, Purchasing Services section shall notify

the Vendor, in writing, of the name of the Ordering Agency that has been authorized by the Department to participate in this

Contract. Once approved, the responsibilities and obligations of the Ohio Department of Transportation shall cease at this

point. Both the Ordering Agency and the Vendor will be bound by the Contract’s terms and conditions. The Vendor shall

deal directly with the Ordering Agency that has been authorized to participate in this contract. All orders placed by the

Ordering Agency shall be filled in accordance with the terms and conditions of this particular contract. All invoices for such

purchases shall be sent directly by the Vendor to the Ordering Agency’s provided billing address.

The Vendor agrees indemnify the State of Ohio, Department of Transportation for any and all claims, damages, lawsuits,

costs, judgments, expenses, and any other liabilities resulting from bodily injury to any person (including injury resulting in

death) or damage to property that may arise out of or are related to an Ordering Agency’s participation in the ODOT

Cooperative Purchasing Program and its performance under this Contract.

Political Subdivisions are defined in Ohio Revised Code Section 5513.01(C)(1) as "any county, township, municipal

corporation, conservancy district, township park district, park district created under Chapter 1545. of the Revised Code, port

authority, regional transit authority, regional airport authority, regional water and sewer district, county transit board, school

district as defined in section 5513.04 of the Revised Code, regional planning commission formed under section 713.21 of

the Revised Code, regional council of government formed under section 167.01 of the Revised Code, or other association

of local governments established pursuant to an agreement under sections 307.14 to 307.19 of the Revised Code.”

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Solicitation ID:	SRC0000036801
Solicitation Name:	119-26 Force Blowers
Original Begin Date:	2/6/2026 7:00:00 AM
Begin Date:	2/6/2026 7:00:00 AM
End Date:	2/24/2026 1:00:00 PM
Inquiry End Date:	2/19/2026 1:00:00 PM
Commodity:	Heavy construction machinery and equipment
MBE Set Aside:	MBE Set Aside
Agency:	DOT-Dept of Transportation
Solicitation Status:	Open for Bidding
Solicitation Type:	Invitation To Bid (ITB)