CHAPTER 185 – CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTS

185.01   Authorization of Contracts

185.011   Advertisement for Bids and Making of Contracts

185.012   Contracts Combining Design, Construction, and Management Services

185.02   Form and Execution of Contracts

185.021   Use of Recycled Material

185.022   Use of Domestic Steel

185.03   Form of Bid

185.04   Bidder’s Affidavits

185.05   Bid Bond, Certified or Cashier’s Check

185.06   Insufficiency of Certified or Cashier’s Check

185.07   Disposition of Bid Bond, Certified or Cashier’s Check

185.08   Unacceptable Bids; Proposals

185.09   Withdrawal of Bids

185.10   Examination of Site of Work

185.11   Endorsement, Tabulation and Summary of Bids

185.12   Rejection or Acceptance of Bids

185.13   Time of Award

185.14   Performance Bond

185.15   Release of Bond

185.16   Requirements for Contract Execution

185.17   Filing of Original Contract

185.18   General Conditions of Public Improvement Contracts

185.19   Contract Documents for Public Improvements

185.20   Definitions

185.21   Liquidated Damages for Delay

185.22   Permissible Conditions of Delay

185.23   Responsibility of Contractor

185.24   Duty and Responsibility of Contractor for Plant and Methods

185.25   Protection of Work, Life and Property

185.26   Public Liability, Property Damage and Automobile Insurance

185.27   Authority of City Inspector

185.28   Laws, Permits and Regulations

185.29   City’s Involvement with Other Contracts

185.30   Patents

185.31   State Industrial Compensation

185.32   Social Securities Act

185.33   Prevailing Rates of Wages

185.34   Labor and Materialmen

185.341   Prompt Payment

185.35   Assignment of Contracts

185.36   Subcontractors

185.37   Failure to Meet Performance Requirements

185.38   Annulment of Contract

185.39   Acceptance of Performance

185.40   Guarantee

185.41   Terms of Payment

185.42   No Waiver of Legal Rights

185.43   Employment of Professional Services for Asbestos Consulting Work

185.44   Notice to Council of Subsidiary Agreements

185.45   Alterations or Modifications in Contracts

Charter reference:
   Authorization of contracts, Charter § 108
   City contracts and easements, Charter § 88
   Conditions when contracts are void, Charter § 109
   Contract interest, Charter § 195
   Contracts certified, Charter § 106
   Levy for special purposes of improvements and equipment, Charter § 37-2

Cross-reference:
   Advertisement for bids for purchases, CO 181.21
   Demolition of buildings on lands acquired for public improvements, CO 183.09
   Mandatory provision in labor contracts, CO 661.04

Statutory reference:
   Board of Control approval of contracts, RC 733.22 et seq.
   Contracts for utility services without advertising for bids, RC 9.30
   Contracts for work on buildings and improvements, RC 153.50 et seq.
   Restrictions on contracts, RC 715.68, 731.48