Ohio — all local governments
For Ohio, state and entity type is Ohio — all local governments; entity type is all local governments (counties under ORC 307.86, school districts under ORC 3313.46, cities under ORC 735.05 all reference this single amount); spending category is all contracts, purchases, leases and construction under any Revised Code section that references ORC 9.17; formal bid threshold (as stated in statute) is seventy-five thousand dollars; threshold (normalised) is $75,000 base through calendar year 2024, then increased 3% each calendar year; the Director of Commerce set the amount for calendar year 2026 at $79,568, recorded from its source on 2026-09-25.
- State and entity type
- Ohio — all local governments our reading
- State
- Ohio our reading
- Entity type
- all local governments (counties under ORC 307.86, school districts under ORC 3313.46, cities under ORC 735.05 all reference this single amount) our reading
- Spending category
- all contracts, purchases, leases and construction under any Revised Code section that references ORC 9.17 our reading
- Formal bid threshold (as stated in statute)
- seventy-five thousand dollars verified
- Threshold (normalised)
- $75,000 base through calendar year 2024, then increased 3% each calendar year; the Director of Commerce set the amount for calendar year 2026 at $79,568 our reading
- Informal quote tier
- only on an emergency determination: where the board of county commissioners by unanimous vote finds that a real and present emergency exists and the estimated cost is less than $125,000 but is the section 9.17 amount or more, the county must solicit informal estimates from no fewer than three persons who could perform the contract (Ohio Rev. Code § 307.86(A)(1)) our reading
- Indexation
- increased 3% each calendar year, as determined and published by the director of commerce our reading
- Statutory citation
- Ohio Rev. Code § 9.17 our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
(A) The amount for purposes of a provision of the Revised Code that references this section shall be as follows: (1) Beginning on the effective date of this section through calendar year 2024, seventy-five thousand dollars; (2) For each calendar year thereafter, the amount for the previous calendar year increased by three per cent as determined and published by the director of commerce.
— codes.ohio.gov, retrieved 2026-09-25
Where each value comes from
These values are stated in different places, and not all on the same page, so each is shown with the passage that states it and the source that passage came from.
Threshold (normalised)
The Director of the Department of Commerce set the competitive bidding threshold for January 1–December 31, 2026, at $79,568.
— from com.ohio.gov, retrieved 2026-09-25
Informal quote tier
However, competitive bidding is not required when any of the following applies: (A) The board of county commissioners, by a unanimous vote of its members, makes a determination that a real and present emergency exists, and that determination and the reasons for it are entered in the minutes of the proceedings of the board, when any of the following applies: (1) The estimated cost is less than one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars. (2) There is actual physical disaster to structures, radio communications equipment, or computers. (3) The product to be purchased is personal protective equipment and the purchase is completed during the period of the emergency declared by Executive Order 2020-01D, issued on March 9, 2020. For purposes of this division: "Personal protective equipment" means equipment worn to minimize exposure to hazards that cause workplace injuries and illnesses. "Unanimous vote" means all three members of a board of county commissioners when all three members are present, or two members of the board if only two members, constituting a quorum, are present. Whenever a contract of purchase, lease, or construction is exempted from competitive bidding under division (A)(1) of this section because the estimated cost is less than one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars, but the estimated cost is the amount specified in section 9.17 of the Revised Code or more, the county or contracting authority shall solicit informal estimates from no fewer than three persons who could perform the contract, before awarding the contract.
— from codes.ohio.gov, retrieved 2026-09-25
Sources
- codes.ohio.govhttps://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-9.17
- com.ohio.govhttps://com.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/com/divisions-and-programs/industrial-compliance/competitive-bidding-threshold
- codes.ohio.govhttps://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-307.86