Portage County Parking Lot Improvements

The proposed work consists of furnishing all labor, materials, and equipment necessary to remove and replace an existing Portage County Parking at 261S Meridian Street, Ravenna, Ohio 44266 and bordered by W. Spruce St., S. Meridian St., S. Park St., and W. Riddle Ave. Proposals shall be addressed to the Portage County Board of Commissioners and be clearly marked as BID FOR: PORTAGE COUNTY PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS. The Contract Documents, including copies of the Drawings, Project Manual, Proposal Form, Forms of Contract, and Bond, are on file and may be examined at the Office of Greenland Engineering, 4230 River Street, Willoughby, OH. 44094, and available at SE Blueprint. This is a prevailing wage and tax-exempt project. The successful contractor will be given a tax-exempt certificate. The Portage County prevailing wage rates can be found on the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Industrial Compliance website. The contractor shall use current wage rates at the time of application for payment. Two complete sets of the bid proposal shall be included in the bid, and they must be accompanied by a certified or cashiers check or an irrevocable letter of credit in the amount of ten (10%) of the amount bid or a bid bond in the amount of one hundred (100%) of the amount bid, such check or bid bond shall be made payable to the Portage County Board of Commissioners and to be held as a guarantee that in the event the bid is accepted and a contract awarded to the bidder, the Contract will be duly executed and its performance properly secured. The successful bidder will be required to furnish a bond for the faithful performance of the Contract in the sum of not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the total price bid for the complete work, said bond to be that of an approved surety company authorized to transact business in the State of Ohio and shall be underwritten by a surety that is listed on the most current Department of the Treasury Circular 570, Surety Companies Acceptable on Federal Bonds . All bids shall be submitted on special blank forms furnished by the Engineer, and shall be accompanied by a Bid Guaranty and Contract Bond conforming to Section 153.571 of the Ohio Revised Code. The Portage County Board of Commissioners reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids in whole or in part, to waive any informalities or irregularities in the bids received, and to accept any bids which it deems favorable. No bids may be withdrawn, after the schedule closing time for the receipt of bids, for at least sixty (60) days.

Division 31 -	Earthwork, Earthwork Methods.
Division 32 -	Exterior Improvements, Bases, Ballasts, and Paving, Flexible Paving, Asphalt Paving, Rigid Paving, Concrete Paving, Curbs, Gutters, Sidewalks, and Driveways.