169.02 ADVERTISING FOR BIDS.

   Where competitive bidding is required by Section 169.01, notice thereof shall be given in the following manner:

   (a)   Notice shall be published once a week for not less than two consecutive weeks preceding the day of the opening of bids in a newspaper of general circulation within the City for any purchase, lease, lease with option or agreement to purchase, or construction contract in excess of seventy five thousand dollars ($75,000) through calendar year 2024 with an increase of 3% for each calendar year thereafter, as determined and published by the Ohio Director of Commerce . The City Manager may also cause notice to be inserted in trade papers or other publications designated by it or to be distributed by electronic means, including posting the notice on the City's internet site on the world wide web. If the Purchasing Agent posts the notice on that location on the world wide web, it may eliminate the second notice otherwise required to be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the City, provided that the first notice published in such a newspaper meets all of the following requirements:

      (1)    It is published at least two weeks before the opening of bids.

      (2)    It includes a statement that the notice is posted on the City's internet site on the world wide web.

      (3)    It includes the internet address of the City's internet site on the world wide web.

      (4)    It includes instructions describing how the notice may be accessed on the City's internet site on the world wide web.

     (b)    Notices shall state all of the following:

            (1)    A general description of the subject of the proposed contract and the time and place where the plans and specifications or itemized list of supplies, facilities, or equipment and estimated quantities can be obtained or examined;

      (2)    The time and place where bids will be opened;

      (3)    The time and place for filing bids;

      (4)    The terms of the proposed purchase;

      (5)    Conditions under which bids will be received;

      (6)    The existence of a system of preference, if any, for products mined and produced in Ohio and the United States adopted pursuant to section 307.90 of the Ohio Revised Code.

      (c)    The Purchasing Agent shall also maintain in a public place in its office or other suitable public place a bulletin board upon which it shall post and maintain a copy of such notice for at least two weeks preceding the day of the opening of the bids.

      (Ord. 2024-3-15. Passed 3-13-24.)