Online Bids through Bid Express (www.bidexpress.com) will be received until 10:00 A.M. Eastern Standard Time on November 25, 2025, for the NORTH-SOUTH SCENIC TRAIL PROJECT-REBID.

The City of Fairlawn will only accept and consider bids that have been produced and submitted via Bid Express. All handwritten bids and bids generated electronically from software other than Bid Express shall be considered non-responsive and ineligible for award.

PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS (including bid forms) AND GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS may be obtained at the following link: www.bidexpress.com

Each bidder is required to file with its bid a certified check or cashier’s check for an amount equal to five percent (5%) of its bid, but in no event more than fifty thousand dollars, or a bid bond for ten percent (10%) of its bid payable to the “City of Fairlawn.” Copies of the Check or Bid Bond shall be included as an attachment to the online bid solicitation. Original checks to guaranty bids must be delivered by 10:00 A.M. on the bid opening date to the City of Fairlawn, Office of the Mayor, 3487 S Smith Road, Fairlawn, OH 44333 in a sealed envelope marked North-South Scenic Trail Project-REBID Bid Guaranty, [Contractor Name]”. The check must be drawn on a solvent bank made payable to the City of Fairlawn, OH. No proposal will be considered unless its bid bond can be verified by the bonding company or the original check to guaranty its bid is submitted to the City of Fairlawn in advance of the bid opening.

Bidders must comply with the prevailing wage rates on Public Improvements in Summit County and the City of Fairlawn, Ohio as determined by the Ohio Department of Industrial Relations.

The engineer’s estimate of cost for this project is $840,682.00.

The right is reserved to reject any or all proposals, to waive technicalities or to advertise for new proposals, if in the judgment of the awarding authority the best interests of the City will be promoted thereby.

Sealed bids will be received electronically by the Summit County Combined General Health District, 1867 West Market Street, Akron, Ohio 44313, until 9:00 a.m., December 8, 2025 (The Bid Opening Date”), at which place and time bids will be publicly opened and read for:

Summit County Combined General Health District Custodial Services

There will be a mandatory bidders meeting at the site on November 17, 2025. The meeting will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. in the Auditorium at 1867 W. Market St., Akron, Ohio. Bids will not be accepted from companies not represented at this meeting.

The Health District reserves the right to reject any and all bids and any part or parts of any bid. The Health District also reserves the right to waive any informalities in the bid.

Bid documents are available through publicpurchase.com at scph.org/bid.

Summit County Combined General Health District

Christopher Barker, Health Commissioner