Demolition and site work for a mixed-use development in Lyndhurst, Ohio. Completed plans call for the demolition of a clubhouse / community center; for site work for a clubhouse / community center; and playground / park / athletic field.

Target for Notice of Commencement : February 1, 2021 Pursuant to ORC 9.28, bids will be available for public inspection after Cleveland Metroparks has made an award. No late bids will be considered. The contract shall be let in accordance with the Bid Documents. Bidders must register on Public Purchase and will automatically receive all Addenda and other updates. All bids in excess of $10,000 MUST BE accompanied by a "Bid Bond" executed by a surety company authorized to do business in the State of Ohio as required by Ohio Revised Code Section 153.571 or a certified check, cashier's check or money order, drawn on a solvent bank or savings and loan association in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the bid, and made payable to Cleveland Metroparks, as a guarantee that if the bid is accepted, a contract will be entered into, its performance properly secured and shall be in a form the same or similar to the form included in the bid documents. Bids submitted in excess of $10,000 without proper bonding requirements will be found non-responsive and disqualified from consideration. In the event that the bidder cannot satisfy the bid after Cleveland Metroparks awards the bid, the award will be given to the next qualified successive bidder as identified by Cleveland Metroparks and the difference in cost and all related costs to the difference will be assumed by the original bidder and/or its surety. The deposit or bond of the successful bidder will be retained until the contract is properly executed and delivered. Bid guaranties of all unsuccessful bidders will be held until a proper contract is entered into or until all bids are rejected, as the case may be, and will be returned immediately thereafter. The successful bidder shall be required to file, at the time a contract is entered into, a Performance and Labor and Materialman Bond written on an acceptable surety company authorized to do business in the State of Ohio and in an amount equal to 100% of the contract price. In the performance of all contracts, contractors will comply with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations pertaining to Equal Employment Opportunities. Cleveland Metroparks is a governmental agency exempt from all local, state and federal taxes. No bid may be withdrawn for at least sixty (60) days after the scheduled closing time for receipt of bids. Cleveland Metroparks reserves the right to reject any or all bids and parts of any and all bids and may waive technicalities, which are not substantive components of the bid as determined solely by Cleveland Metroparks. Cleveland Metroparks exists as a separate political subdivision ofthe State of Ohio and is not part of any local or other political subdivision. Cleveland Metroparks is comprised of over 24,000 acres, 18 reservations, 8 golf courses and Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. The Park District is governed by Cleveland Metroparks Board of Park Commissioners, represented by three citizens who serve three-year, staggered terms without compensation. Board members are appointed by the Presiding Judge of Probate Court of Cuyahoga County, the Honorable Anthony J. Russo, and members currently include Debra K. Berry, Bruce G. Rinker and Dan T. Moore. The purpose of Cleveland Metroparks is rooted in the enabling legislation creating the Park District in 1917, as articulated in Ohio Revised Code Section 1545.11: The Board ofPark Commissioners may accpiire lands either within or without the Park Districtfor conversion intoforestreserves andfor the conservation ofthe natural resources ofthe state, including streams, lakes, submerged lands and swampland, and to those ends may create parks, parkways, forest reservations and other reservations andforest, develop, improve, protect and promote the use ofthe same in such manner as the Board deems conducive to the general welfare.