Legal Notice to bidders
Bids will be received by the Board of Trustees in and for Painesville Township via the Bid Express website (www.bidexpress.com) or paper bid in a sealed envelope at the Lake County Engineer’s Office in the Lake County Administration Center, 105 Main St., Ste. A205. Painesville, Ohio 44077; up to the hour of 10:00 AM Local Time on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, and read publicly thereafter in the Conference Room at the above address, for the following improvement project:
Painesville Township Park Resurfacing Project
Painesville Township, Ohio
LCE Project No. 2026-009
Engineer’s Opinion of Probable Cost: $270,000.00 – $290,000.00
Proposal, plans, and specifications may be obtained from www.bidexpress.com. Contractors and sub-contractors can view and download information free of charge. All online bidders must register with Bid Express to bid on projects (please allow time for processing). Submission of an online bid requires payment to Bid Express of $35/bid, or a monthly subscription of $50 for unlimited bidding. For bidders preferring to submit paper bids, the Bid Set may be obtained from the Office of Alan L. Exley, P.E., P.S., Lake County Engineer, 105 Main St., Suite. A205, Painesville, Ohio 44077 (440-350-2770). The bidder is responsible to make arrangements for pickup and payment of the bid documents during weekday business hours from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Checks in the amount of $15.00 (NON-REFUNDABLE) shall be made payable to the Lake County Engineer. Bidders shall allow the County up to three business days for printing of paper bid documents. Sealed Bids shall be addressed to the Lake County Engineer, 105 Main St., Suite A205, Painesville, Ohio 44077, and marked “Painesville Township Park Resurfacing Project”.
The work covered by the plans and specifications includes: pavement planning of 2”, partial depth repairs, 2” asphalt concrete, intermediate course and a single chip seal with fog seal for surface and related items. All work under this contract shall be completed by September 25, 2026.
Pursuant to R.C. 153.01 et. seq., the bid must be accompanied by an original sealed document (uploaded for online bidders) in the form of a bond for the full amount (100%) of the bid OR by a certified check, cashier’s check, or irrevocable letter of credit equal to ten percent (10%) of the amount bid, drawn on a solvent bank located in Lake County and payable to the Fiscal Officer, Painesville Township, Ohio, as surety that if the bid is accepted, a contract will be entered into and its performance properly secured. All online Bidders must submit original within 3 days of bid opening. Should any bid be rejected said surety shall forthwith be returned to the bidder and should any bid be accepted such bid bond, certified check, cashier’s check, or letter of credit will be returned to the bidder upon proper execution and securing of the contract.
All online Bidders must submit their original Form of Non-collusion Affidavit within 3 days of bid opening to be considered a complete bid.
No bidder shall be considered a responsive and responsible bidder or eligible to be awarded the contract to which this Notice or Bid Specifications apply, if the bidder is listed on the Auditor of State’s Database as having a “Finding of Recovery” as that term is defined in R.C. 9.24.
Bids shall be subject to the conditions that the right is reserved to hold bids for a period not longer than sixty (60) days after date of bid opening and/or to award the contract at any time during said period.
The successful bidder will be required to execute the contract within ten (10) days after the award of the work to him/her, and he/she shall furnish acceptable bond or surety, if not filed previously to the satisfaction of Painesville Township, Ohio for the faithful performance of said contract in the sum of one hundred percent (100%) of the total amount of the bid. In case of failure to execute the contract as stated or to furnish bond and/or surety, the bidder shall be considered to have abandoned the contract and is then liable for the difference between his/her bid and the next lowest bid, not to exceed ten percent (10%) of the amount bid.
The Board of Township Trustees reserves the right to reject any or all bids, or to increase or decrease or omit any item or items and/or to award to the lowest and/or best bidder. Each bid must contain the full name of every person or company interested in the same.
The Bidder’s attention is called to the fact that this project is assisted with federal funds, and various federal requirements apply as noted in the bid documents, including but not limited to equal opportunity provisions and Davis-Bacon and Related Acts.
Federal Prevailing Wage – The Contractor agrees that each individual employed by the Contractor or Subcontractor and engaged in work on the project under this contract shall be paid to meet the minimum requirements of the prevailing wage established by the U.S. Department of Labor under the Davis-Bacon and related Acts. This shall occur regardless of any contractual relationship which may be said to exist between the Contractor and any individual or any Subcontractor and any individual.
The Federal Prevailing Wage Determination Schedule for this project is available for review at the office of the Owner’s Prevailing Wage Coordinator and via the internet at: http://beta.SAM.gov.
Bidders may also access this Legal Notice to
Bidders via the internet at www.lakecountyohio.org/engineer, click on the Legal Notices tab to link to the Legal Notices site, and the Ohio Newspaper Association public notices website, www.publicnoticesohio.com
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, PAINESVILLE TOWNSHIP, in and for PAINESVILLE TOWNSHIP.
TRUSTEES
Gabe Cicconetti, Trustee
Chuck Hillier, Trustee
Josh Pennock, Trustee
Michael Patriarca, Fiscal Officer
NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED:
THE TRIBUNE
Friday, March 20, 2026
Friday, March 27, 2026
Painesville Township Website, and