4161N

OHIO TURNPIKE COMMISSION

682 PROSPECT STREET

BEREA, OHIO 44017

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

INVITATION NO. 4161

Sealed Bids for furnishing to the Ohio Turnpike Commission, its requirements for Cut and

Rolled Magnetic Toll Tickets for a one (1) year period , will be received in the office of the

Purchasing Manager at the principal office of the Commission, Ohio Turnpike

Administration Building, 682 Prospect Street, Berea, Ohio 44017, until 2:00 P.M.

(E.D.T.), April 26, 2011.

At said hour all Bids will be publicly opened and read .

The General Terms and Conditions, Specifications, Special Provisions, Bid, Affidavit, Contract

and Performance Bond are on file and available to any interested person in the aforesaid

Purchasing Manager's office. These documents will be forwarded, upon request and without

charge, to any prospective Bidder.

Each Bid must be on the form prescribed by the Commission and must comply with the

terms and conditions set forth in the "Contract Documents."

Each Bid must be accompanied by a Combination Ten Percent (10%) Bid Guaranty

Bond/Performance Bond Form covering Fifty Percent (50%) of the estimated Contract

value, or a certified check, cashier’s check or letter of credit on a solvent bank, payable

to the order of the Ohio Turnpike Commission, in an amount not less than Ten

Percent (10%) of the net total amount Bid, adjusted for a twenty (20) day term

discount, if offered. These Bid Guaranty requirements are in conformance with the Ohio

Revised Code Sections 153.54 and 9.312.

If a Combination Bid Guaranty/Performance Bond will be submitted by a Bidder, such bond

must be on a form approved by the Commission. Approved bond forms are contained

herein. The certified check, cashier’s check, letter of credit or Bid Guaranty Bond will be

held by the Commission as a guaranty that, if any Bid is accepted, the Contract

Documents will be executed and the performance of the Bid secured. Each such check,

letter of credit or Bid Guaranty Bond, or the proceeds thereof, will be returned or retained as

provided in the General Terms and Conditions.

NOTICE TO BIDDERS (Cont’d)

If a Bidder shall refuse to enter into a Contract, the amount of the Bid guaranty shall be retained

by, or paid to the Commission.

The award of the Contract, if any award be made, will be to the lowest responsive and responsible

Bidder therefor whose Bid complies with all the prescribed requirements. The Commission

reserves the right to reject any and all Bids and to waive minor technicalities or minor

irregularities.

OHIO TURNPIKE COMMISSION

Purchasing Section

D.R. 4(7 & 14)2011