Cord Development Co. v. East Feliciana Parish School Board

J^FOIL, J.

This appeal challenges the trial judge’s refusal to require a public entity to award a contract to plaintiff, Cord Development Company, Inc., to renovate a high school gymnasium. The record reflects that the East Feliciana Parish School Board solicited bids for the gymnasium renovation project in May of 1997. Earlier that year, the Board allocated $120,000.00 to a special fund to cover the cost of the renovation. In June of 1997, the Board initially voted to accept the $120,613.00 bid of the lowest bidder, but later determined that the bid was nonresponsive and rejected it. The…