McMaster Construction, Inc. v. Board of Regents

HODGES, Justice.

The threshold issue in this appeal is whether the management construction contracts entered into by the University of Central OHahoma (UCO) and defendants Flinteo and Sverdrup Facilities (construction management companies) are subject to the com petitive bidding procedures as set forth in the Oklahoma Public Bidding Act (Act). 1

I. Facts

In 1992, the people of Oklahoma authorized a bond issue for capital improvements to UCO. The Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges (Regents) approved UCO’s plan to utilize construction managers 2 for the improvements rather than utilizing a…