General provisions for construction contracts exceeding five-hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00), but not exceeding two million dollars ($2,000,000).
Columbus City Codes § 329.201
in effect329.201 - General provisions for construction contracts exceeding five-hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00), but not exceeding two million dollars ($2,000,000).
The requirements of this section, in addition to the requirements of Section 329.20, apply to all construction service contracts, estimated to exceed five-hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), but not exceeding two million dollars ($2,000,000), to be awarded and approved under Section 329.23.
(a) A bid shall be deemed non-responsive if the bidder has not been prequalified responsible or prequalified provisionally responsible at the time of bid due date, pursuant to Section 329.21.
(b) A bid submitted by a bidder prequalified responsible or provisionally responsible shall be deemed non-responsive if the bidder fails to submit to the contracting agency as part of its bid submission an affidavit stating one (1) of the following, whichever is applicable:
(1) That as of the date of bid submission, there have been no changes in the information disclosed in its application for responsibility prequalification; or
(2) That changes in the information disclosed in the bidder's application for responsibility prequalification have been reported to the director of finance and management or designee and that the bidder is still prequalified responsible or provisionally responsible.
(c) Regarding subcontractors, a bidder shall comply with all of the following requirements:
(1) Indicate which subcontractors are licensed construction trade subcontractors, as defined in Section 329.01;
(2) State, via affidavit, that the bidder's licensed construction trade subcontractors are prequalified responsible or prequalified provisionally responsible at the time of bid submission;
(d) Failure to fulfill the requirements contained in division (c), unless waived under division (e) may render the bid non-responsive. The bidder shall be given the opportunity to correct omissions in the requirements contained in division (c), so long as pricing does not change, and the bidder submits with the written correction an affidavit attesting that the subcontractors required to be listed in division (c) were engaged to be utilized at the time of the submission of the bid. The bidder shall be given seven (7) calendar days after notification from the City to correct any omissions.
(e) The finance and management director or designee may waive the requirements of Section 329.201(c), if either of the following occurs:
(1) There is not a licensed construction trade subcontractor prequalified responsible or prequalified provisionally responsible available to subcontract at the time of the submission of the bid or
(2) The prequalified licensed construction trade subcontractor originally approved to subcontract discontinues performance on said subcontract and either of the following applies:
(a) There is not an alternate licensed construction trade subcontractor prequalified responsible or prequalified provisionally responsible available at that time; or
(b) There is an alternate licensed construction trade subcontractor prequalified responsible or prequalified provisionally responsible available at that time, but the use of that alternate would create an unreasonable delay in completion of the project.
(f) In the event the originally approved licensed, prequalified construction trade subcontractor is a Program Member, the prime contractor is required to make good faith efforts to replace the Program Member with another committed licensed and prequalified Program Member.
(Ord. No. 2074-2021, § 1, 7-26-2021; Ord. No. 1823-2022, § 1, 7-11-2022; Ord. No. 2116-2025, § 1, 11-17-2025)
Source: City of Columbus, City Codes and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/oh/columbus/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT3FITACO_CH329PRGOSEALPR_329.201GEPRCOCOEXFINDTHDO500000.00BUNOEXTWMIDO2000000Fetched: 10/27/2026