J.D. Eckman, Inc. v. Dep't of Transp.

OPINION BY PRESIDENT JUDGE LEAVITT

At issue in this appeal is the Department of Transportation's (PennDOT) inclusion of a requirement in a bid solicitation for a highway construction project that the winning bidder execute a project labor agreement (PLA). J.D. Eckman, Inc. (Eckman), a nonunion construction company, petitions for review of the order of the Secretary of Transportation dismissing its protest to the PLA requirement in the bid solicitation. The Secretary held, inter alia , that the PLA did not violate Pennsylvania's competitive bidding laws. For the following reasons, we reverse.

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