Doyle Alarm Co. v. Reville

Judgment unanimously reversed, without costs, and petition dismissed. Memorandum: Petitioner was low bidder on a contract advertised by respondent board of education to install a security system in several Buffalo schools. It brought this article 78 proceeding to set aside the contract to install the system awarded by the board to Sonitrol, whose bid was higher. Special Term vacated the board’s award to Sonitrol and directed it to award the contract to petitioner. The purchase by the board was for services involving skill and expertise and was therefore excepted from the competitive bidding…