In general, a board of education must use competitive bidding to award the contract whenever the board is building, repairing, enlarging, improving, or demolishing any school building if the contract amount will exceed $50,000. There are certain exceptions, including cases of urgent necessity, the security and protection of school property, or other special circumstances when competitive bidding is not required.
OSBA fact sheet: Competitive Bidding
OSBA Legal Ledger, July 17, 2017, Paving and competitive bidding
RC 3313.46
RC 9.312
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