Norfolk Electric, Inc. v. Fall River Housing Authority

The plaintiffs in this action are an association of subcontractors and four individual subcontractors who bid on, and perform, public building construction. 2 In the Superior Court, the plaintiffs sought a declaration under G. L. c. 231A (1992 ed.), that the defendant, Fall River Housing Authority (authority), was bound to follow the Commonwealth’s competitive bidding laws governing the construction of public buildings, see G. L. c. 149, §§ 44A-44H (1992 ed.), in awarding a contract for the renovation of Hillside Manor, an existing low income housing development, located in Fall River. The…