Construction Diva, L.L.C. v. New Orleans Aviation Board

PAUL A. BONIN, JUDGE

11 Construction Diva, L.L.C., responded to an Invitation to Bid on a publicly bid contract, issued by the City of New Orleans on behalf of the New Orleans Aviation Board, to provide landscaping maintenance services for properties owned by the Aviation Board.1 The contract called for, among other things, forty percent participation by certified disadvantaged business entities. Although it had been certified by the City as a disadvantaged business entity, and had made the numerically lowest bid for the landscaping contract, Construction Diva’s bid was rejected because it was *1032…