Laura Bowman, Mark Evans, Brock Miskimen, Casey Rieth and Leah Thorsen | Bricker Graydon Updated 02.20.2024 I Original Publication 08.20.2023 Effective October 3, 2023, the threshold amount for rejecting bids when they exceed the original construction estimate will increase for certain Ohio public entities. Previously, Ohio Revised Code (ORC)153.12 specified that no public owner, including… Continue reading Key Changes to Ohio Construction Law for Certain Public Entities Beginning October 3, 2023 – Update
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Intervention in Bid Protests: A Refresher
Aron C. Beezley | BuildSmart The number of bid protest filings peaks in October as a result of increased government spending at the end of the government’s fiscal year — which is the 12-month period beginning on October 1 and ending on September 30. As such, government contractors should be particularly mindful this time of year of… Continue reading Intervention in Bid Protests: A Refresher
How to Know When Bidding Practices Cross the Line
Sean C Gay | Stoel Rives As economic stimulus and infrastructure spending increase, an unfortunate side effect is an environment that encourages unethical and illegal bidding practices. The construction industry relies on competitive bidding to ensure that participants receive commensurate value for their efforts. Similarly, public and private owners alike depend on the competitive bidding… Continue reading How to Know When Bidding Practices Cross the Line
Gimme Some Money! – Recent GAO Cases on Recovering Bid Protest Costs
Patrick R. Quigley and Nathaniel J. Greeson | Buildsmart Although the film This Is Spinal Tap was released in 1984, a bid protest attorney whose client has gotten corrective action or had a protest sustained might still hum along with that film’s song, Gimme Some Money, when thinking about the recovery of protest costs. A protester’s urge to… Continue reading Gimme Some Money! – Recent GAO Cases on Recovering Bid Protest Costs
“Loophole” for Unauthorized and Improperly Bid Construction Contract Closed
Brianne Dunn and Jackie Gharapour Wernz | Franczek The Illinois Supreme Court’s recent decision in Restore Construction Company v. Board of Education of Proviso Township High Schools District 209 conclusively closed an unusual loophole through which public entities could, in some cases, avoid payment on a completed contract for services that was not authorized by its governing… Continue reading “Loophole” for Unauthorized and Improperly Bid Construction Contract Closed