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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, rising 3% each calendar year thereafter (≈$79,568 in 2026), recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

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, rising 3% each calendar year thereafter (≈$79,568 in 2026) our reading
Informal quote tier
counties must solicit informal estimates from no fewer than three persons between this amount and $125,000 (ORC 307.86) 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
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DatasetCompetitive bid thresholds for local government by US state — the dollar amount at which a city, county or school district must formally bid, with statutory citations

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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 2026-08-19

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