Mechanical Contractors Ass'n of Eastern Pennsylvania, Inc. v. Commonwealth

*228 OPINION

Chief Justice CAPPY.1

These consolidated direct appeals,2 arise under the Mandate Waiver Program (or “Program”), 24 P.S. § 17-1714-B. This Court considers whether the Commonwealth Court correctly concluded that the Mandate Waiver Program does not allow waiver of the requirement found in the Section 751(a) of the Public School Code of 1949 (“School Code”), 24 P.S. § 1-101 et seq., that separate contracts be used for the plumbing, heating ventilation and lighting work done on public school buildings. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that the Commonwealth Court erred, and that…