Mars Associates, Inc. & Normel Construction Corp. Joint Venturers v. Health & Mental Hygiene Facilities Improvement Corp.

Plaintiff was the successful bidder for a construction contract on a facility owned by defendant. The proposal together with specifications, was put out for bidding, requesting bidders to state a base bid for the project as a whole plus the specific amount which would be added to or deducted *6from 'the (base bid for each of 16 alternarte proposals. When the contract was executed, alternates numbered 2C, 130 and 150 were expressly included in the contract. In his first cause of action, plaintiff seeks payment of $50,000, the amount of its bid under alternate 120. That provision of the proposal…