Mar-Paul Co. v. Jim Thorpe Area School District

NANOVIC, P.J.,

I. PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND

In 2002 and 2003, the Jim Thorpe Area School District built a new kindergarten through eighth grade elemen*388tary school in Kidder Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania (project). The general contractor for the project was Mar-Paul Company Inc. The subcontractor for the site work was Popple Construction Inc. Collectively, Mar-Paul and Popple are hereinafter referred to as the “contractors.”

In accordance with the Public School Code of 1949, the project was subject to competitive bidding. 24 P.S. §7-751(a). Mar-Paul’s bid for general construction…