Legal Opinion
Rod Cooke Construction Co. v. Lamar County School Board
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided October 1, 2013No. 2012-CA-00339-COAPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, J., for the Court:
¶ 1. On July 8, 2011, the Lamar County School Board (Board) issued a solicitation for bids for the construction of a new elementary school. Rod Cooke Construction Company (Cooke), a nonresident contractor from Alabama, submitted the lowest bid of $9,232,000. The second lowest bid was submitted by Hanco Corporation (Hanco), a Mississippi resident contractor. Hanco’s bid was $9,321,000 ($89,000 more than Cooke’s bid).
¶ 2. At the September 28, 2011 Board meeting, the proposed bids for construction of the elementary school were discussed, and the three lowest bids were…
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