Willman v. Children's Hosp. of Pittsburgh

*266OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

In 1977, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh (Children’s), a private non-profit charitable corporation initiated an extensive construction and renovation project. The plans included the erection of a new main hospital facility. In 1979, Children’s proceeded to implement the renovation project by entering into a Construction Management Agreement with Mellon-Stuart Company, a private business corporation.

Under the terms of the agreement, Mellon-Stuart obligated itself to perform all construction management services including, inter alia, the solicitation of bids, the…