Polyvend, Inc. v. Puckorius

I concur in the result. I do not concur in the majority’s view that the opportunity to bid is not a protectable property interest necessitating minimal due process guarantees. The majority incorrectly characterizes plaintiff’s asserted property interest here as a “ ‘claim of entitlement’ to the future State contract involved herein” (77 Ill. 2d at 294). That is not the situation at all. Of course plaintiff is not entitled to a future State contract; but plaintiff’s claimed property interest, requiring due process protection, is the opportunity to bid — not entitlement to have the bid accepted.