Valley Crest Landscape, Inc. v. City Council

Opinion

MORRISON, J.

North Bay Construction, Inc, was the successful low bidder on a park project for the City of Davis (the City). The bid request required the bidder perform at least 50 percent of the work itself and to set forth the percentage of work to be performed by each subcontractor. North Bay submitted a bid which indicated 83 percent of the work would be done by subcontractors. The second lowest bidder, Valley Crest Landscape, Inc., objected that North Bay’s bid was nonresponsive. When the City called this point to North Bay’s attention, North Bay responded the percentages were not…