181.04 AWARD AND EXECUTION OF CONTRACTS.

    With respect to the award of any competitively bid contract, the award and execution of the contract shall be made within sixty days after the date on which the bids are opened unless otherwise provided in the bid specifications or unless the time for awarding and executing the contract is extended by mutual consent of the City and the bidder whose bid the City accepts and with whom the City subsequently awards and executes a contract. The contractor, upon request, is entitled to a notice to proceed with the work by the City upon execution of the contract. No contract to which this section applies shall be entered into if the price of the contract, or if the project involves multiple contracts where the total price of all contracts for the project is in excess of ten percent above the engineer's estimate thereof. No contract shall be entered into until the industrial commission has certified that the person so awarded the contract has complied with Ohio R.C. 4123.01 to 4123.94, until, if the bidder so awarded the contract is a person nonresident of this state, such person has filed with the secretary of state a power of attorney designating the secretary of state as its agent for the purpose of accepting service of summons in any action, until the contractor has provided the necessary Drug Free Workplace and E.E.O. certifications, until the contract and bond, if any, are submitted to the Law Director and his approval as to form certified thereon, and until the Director of Finance has certified the appropriation of funds therefore.