Legal Opinion
Boston Harbor Commuter Service, Inc. v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 11, 1999No. 97-P-1587PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
In response to an invitation for bids from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to provide commuter boat service between Rowe’s Wharf in Boston and Hewitt’s Cove in Hingham, Harbor Cruises, LLC (Harbor Cruises), offered to provide the service for five years at a price of $4,951,587. Boston Harbor Commuter Service, Inc. (Commuter Service) bid a five-year price of $10,500,000 — i.e., $5,548,413 higher than the bid of Harbor Cruises. Commuter *123Service protested to MBTA that Harbor Cruises’s spectacularly lower bid was nonresponsive and that Commuter Service was entitled to the…
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