Eastside Disposal Co. v. City of Mercer Island

— Eastside Disposal Company, a competing bidder for a 5-year garbage collection contract, attacks the validity of the contract awarded to General Disposal Company by the City of Mercer Island. The issue raised is whether the absence of General’s signature on its successful bid proposal is a waivable informality when the bid proposal refers to the accompanying bid bond and that bond in turn refers to the bid proposal, the bond being signed by the bidder and its surety. The trial court held the absence of the signature on the bid proposal was not an informality which could be waived. It…