LEGAL NOTICE Sealed bids will be received by the Board of Lake County Commissioners at their offices in the Lake County Administration Center, 105 Main Street, 5th Floor, Painesville, Ohio 44077-0490 up to the hour of 11:00 a.m., local time, on the Wednesday, October 1, 2025 and read publicly thereafter in the Commissioners Chambers, for the following: FITTING, REPAIR PARTS, SERVICE EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS Specifications or an itemized list of supplies, facilities or equipment, estimated quantities and Instructions to Bidders can be obtained and reviewed at the office of the Lake County Department of Utilities, 105 Main Street, 5nd Floor, Painesville, Ohio, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Each bid must be accompanied by a bid guarantee in the form of the original bid bond or by a certified check, cashier’s check, or money order, in the amount of $15,000.00. Such guarantee shall be made payable to or in favor of the Treasurer of Lake County, Ohio, and will be held as a guarantee that the event the bid is accepted and a contract awarded to the bidder, the contract shall be duly executed and its performance properly secured. No bidder shall be eligible to be awarded the contract to which this Notice or Bid specifications apply, if the bidder is listed on the Auditor of State’s Database as having an unresolved “Finding of Recovery” as that term is defined in R.C. 9.24. The Board of Lake County Commissioners reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any informalities or irregularities in the bids received, and to accept any bid which it deems to be in the best interest of Lake County. Bid proposals shall be subject to the condition that the right is reserved to hold bids for a period not longer than sixty (60) days after date of opening and/or to award the bid contract at any time during that period. Bidders may also access this Legal Notice to Bidders via the internet at www.lakecountyohio.gov/commissioners office/, click on Legal Notices to Bidders on the left side of this page to link to the Legal Notice site and on the Ohio Newspaper Association public notices website, www.publicnoticesohio.com. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS in and for Lake County, Ohio. Richard J. Regovich, President Morris W. Beverage III, Commissioner John T. Plecnik, Commissioner Jennifer Bell, Clerk 2756246/September 12, 2025