Wallace C. Drennan, Inc. v. City of New Orleans

PAUL A. BONIN, Judge.

| Wallace C. Drennan, Inc., a contracting firm, was the lowest responsible, and thus the successful, bidder on two public-works projects advertised by the City of New Orleans. Because the City failed to execute contracts within the statutory deadlines of forty-five days from the awarding of the bids to Drennan and thereafter of thirty days from that date to issue notices to proceed, Drennan sued the City for damages due to the delay occasioned by the City’s tardiness.1 The City replied that the statutory deadlines did not apply because Drennan had been given the requisite…