Job & Family Services Additions & Alterations Project

LEGAL NOTICESealed bids for the Additions & Alterations project for Ashtabula County Job & Family Services located at 2924 Donahoe Dr., Ashtabula, OH 44004 will be received at the office of the Ashtabula County Commissioners, Attn: Lisa Hawkins, Clerk of the Board, 25 W. Jefferson St, Jefferson, OH 44047 until 2:00 pm on March 15, 2024, and will be opened and read immediately thereafter.Project Opinion of Probable Cost:  $3,500,000.00Bid packages including plans and specifications may be obtained in electronic form by going to document.write('seblue'+'@'+'seblueprint.com')For security reasons, you must enable JavaScript to view this E-mail address..  The bid packages and supplemental information can be picked up at a non-refundable cost of $250.00 for print format or $180.00 for electronic format.  All bids must be made on the forms provided with the bid documents and shall be delivered in a sealed envelope, the outside properly marked with project title, date, and time of bid opening. Each bid must be in strict compliance with all conditions of the Instructions to Bidders to be considered for contract award.Each bid shall contain the full name of each person or company submitting a bid and shall be accompanied by either:(1)    A bond in accordance with division (B) of ORC 153.54 for the full amount of the bid; or(2)    A certified check or cashier check.  The amount of the certified check or cashier check shall be equal to ten percent (10%) of the bid, as a security that they will enter a contract should the bid not be accepted.All questions during bidding must be submitted in writing to Ziska Architecture, 3047 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115, via email to document.write('Rick'+'@'+'Ziskaarchitecture.com')For security reasons, you must enable JavaScript to view this E-mail address. no later than 12:00 pm EST on March 8, 2024.  Ashtabula County Job & Family Services staff will not be available to answer questions nor meet with potential bidders outside the Pre-Bid Meeting.  Responses will be addressed via email as an addendum no less than 2 days prior to bid deadline.A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held at the main entrance of Ashtabula County Job & Family Services at 2924 Donahoe Dr., Ashtabula, OH 44004 on February 27, 2024, at 2:00 p.m., EST Time. All bidders are required to attend to be considered for contract award.  Bidders must comply with the prevailing wage rates on public improvements in Ashtabula County, Ohio as determined by the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services, Wage and Hour Division.  This notice is available online on the Ashtabula County website at www.ashtabulacounty.us/bids and accessible by clicking on the appropriate link.The Board of Commissioners reserve the right to reject any or all bids, waive all informalities or irregularities and to accept the lowest and best bid.  By order of the Board of County Commissioners, Ashtabula County, OhioKathryn Whittington, J. P. Ducro IV, Casey KozlowskiLisa Hawkins, Clerk of the BoardPublish: Gazette Newspapers-2/21/24