ISTARI CONSTRUCTION, INC. v. City of Muscatine

LARSON, Justice.

In this certiorari action, plaintiff, Istari Construction, Inc., challenges the legality of action by defendant Muscatine City Council in refusing to accept its low bid on a housing project, awarding the project to the next lowest bidder, and then rejecting all bids and readvertising. Plaintiff asserts (1) that Iowa Code section 384.100 prevents the council from rejecting all bids once an award has been made and (2) that the council could not reject plaintiff’s bid, where the federal agency funding the project did not agree. The district court annulled the writ, and we affirm.

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