Furnishing all labor and materials for the following: 2021 STREET MAINTENANCE & REPAIR PROJECT Each bid and proposal must contain the name and address of every person, firm or corporation interested in same. The check of the successful bidder will be returned upon proper execution and securing of the contract. The checks or bonds of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned after a contract has been awarded and entered into, or upon rejection of all bids. Each bidder must submit evidence of its experience on projects of similar size and complexity. All contractors and subcontractors will, to the extent practicable, use Ohio Products, material, services and labor. Additionally, contractor compliance with the equal employment opportunity requirements of the Ohio Administrative Code Chapter 123, the Governor s Executive Order of 1972, and Governor s Executive Order 84-9 shall be required. The City of Chardon reserves the right to accept the lowest and/or best bid, to award or reject sections separately, to delete certain items within any section, to increase or decrease quantities, to waive any informalities or irregularities and/or to reject any and all bids within sixty (60) days after receipt and opening of the bids. The failure to award a contract by ordinance within sixty (60) days after bid opening shall operate as a rejection of all bids, unless the time for awarding a contract is extended by mutual consent of the successful bidder and the Municipality. Section 9.24 of the Ohio Revised Code prohibits the City of Chardon from awarding a contract to any party against whom an unresolved finding for recovery has been issued by the Auditor of State. The successful bidder will be required to sign a Declaration Regarding Material Assistance / Non-Assistance to Terrorist Organization . Bidders must comply with the prevailing wage rates on Public Improvements in Geauga County and in the City of Chardon, Ohio as determined by the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services, Wage and Hour Division, (614) 644-2239.Bidders are expected to visit the site of the proposed work and to familiarize themselves with the conditions under which the work is to be done.