Bud Mahas Construction, Inc. v. Clark County School District

ORDER

PRO, District Judge.

I. FACTS

Earlier this year, the Clark County School District solicited bids for the construction of the Thurman White Junior High School. When the bids were opened on April 23, 1991, Plaintiff Bud Mahas Construction (“Mahas”) was shown to be the low bidder on the project with a total bid of $11,511,000. Sletten Construction of Nevada (“Sletten”) submitted a bid of $11,644,-000, which is $133,000 higher than Mahas’ bid.

Mahas and Sletten both sought qualification under the Nevada Bid Preference Statute, Nev.Rev.Stat. § 338.147. 1 That statute gives a 5% bid preference to…