# Ohio — all local governments — Competitive 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

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, not quoted from the source)_
- **State:** Ohio _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **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, not quoted from the source)_
- **Spending category:** all contracts, purchases, leases and construction under any Revised Code section that references ORC 9.17 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Formal bid threshold (as stated in statute):** seventy-five thousand dollars _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Threshold (normalised):** $75,000 base through calendar year 2024, rising 3% each calendar year thereafter (≈$79,568 in 2026) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **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, not quoted from the source)_
- **Indexation:** increased 3% each calendar year, as determined and published by the director of commerce _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statutory citation:** Ohio Rev. Code § 9.17 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## 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.

## Source

- https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-9.17

Last verified: 2026-08-19. Review by: 2027-08-19.
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