Clarke Electric, Inc. v. State ex rel. State Highway Division

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment for the State Highway Division (Division) and assigns as error the dismissal of its claim for lack of jurisdiction. We affirm.

In April, 1983, Division received bids for the installation of traffic signals in Lane County. Although plaintiff submitted the lowest bid, Division rejected the bid and awarded the contract to another contractor. Division notified plaintiff, by a letter dated April 30,1985, that its bid had been rejected. Plaintiff filed this action on August 5,1985, seeking damages for defendant’s alleged failure to award plaintiff the contract as…