This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Cleveland, Ohio. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

**As of October 17, 2022, this project has not yet been awarded. A timeline for award has not yet been established.** 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. Bid #6669: Maintenance Facility (Stecher) Lot Improvements at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. 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 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. 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 No bid may be withdrawn for at least sixty (60) days after the scheduled closing time for receipt of bids.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.