Renovation of a residential development in Port Clinton, Ohio. Completed plans call for the renovation of a residential development.

The Project will consist of elevating the residential structure located at 79 Bertchen Road, Port Clinton, Ohio according to the drawings and specifications provided in the bid packet. All bids must be signed and submitted on the blanks which are bound in this booklet. Bids must state the prices in the blanks provided and be enclosed in a sealed envelope marked FLOOD HAZARD MITIGATION/HOME ELEVATION PROJECT and addressed to the Ottawa County Commissioners, 315 Madison Street, Room 103, Port Clinton, Ohio 43452. The bid guaranty may be of two forms: 1. A Bid Guaranty and Contract bond using the form in the Contract Documents. (The amount of the bid does NOT have to appear on this form.) 2. A certified check, cashier's check, or letter of credit in favor of the Ottawa County Commissioners, in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the bid. If the contract is awarded, a Contract bond will be required, which is a hundred percent (100%) payment and performance bond. Ohio Revised Code Sections 9.311(a) and 9.311(b) requires that any bidder who submits a bid for rendering of services, or the supplying of materials or the construction, demolition, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of any public building, structure, highway, or improvement shall submit a bid bond, performance bond, payment bond, or combination of such bonds executed by a surety or surplus lines company approved by the Superintendent of Insurance of the State of Ohio. If the surety or surplus lines company is not approved by the State of Ohio, the bid shall be deemed non-responsive and shall be rejected. The successful bidder shall provide a Certificate of Insurance showing insurance coverage for General Liability, Auto Liability and Workers Compensation to the County Commissioners. The limits of coverage must exceed the total of the contract. Bidders shall also submit with their bids the affidavit required under the Ohio revised Code, Section 5719.042 that the bidder was not charged with any delinquent personal property taxes in Ottawa County, Ohio. Attention of bidders is called to the following requirements contained in the bid packet, particularly to the Ohio prevailing wage rate, various insurance requirements and the requirement for payment bond and performance. The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any irregularity in any bid and to determine the lowest and best bidder. With respect to any contract for the purchase of equipment, materials, supplies, insurance, services, or a public improvement into which a county or its officers may enter, a board of county commissioners, by resolution, may adopt the model system of preferences for products mined or produced in Ohio and the United States and for Ohio-based contractors promulgated pursuant to division (E) of section 125.11 of the Revised Code. The resolution shall specify the class of classes of contracts to which the system of preferences apply, and once adopted, operates to modify the awarding of such contracts accordingly. While the system of preferences is in effect, no county officer or employee with the responsibility for doing so shall award a contract to which the system applies in violation of the preference system. No bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of thirty (30) days after the scheduled closing time for the receipt of bids. In accordance with the Ohio Revised Code Section 307.87 this shall serve as notification that this notice is available Electronically This project is funded with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Mitigation grant funds as well as private funds.