L. E. Zannini & Co. v. Jenkins & Boller Co.

The facts of this case are thoroughly set out in our opinion in L. E. Zannini & Co. v. Board of Education, Hawthorn School District 73 (1985), 138 Ill. App. 3d 467. We will therefore repeat only those necessary to a disposition of the single issue presented here.

L. E. Zannini & Co., Inc. (Zannini), a general building contractor and the plaintiff in this action, submitted a bid for a contract to construct a new school for the board of education of Hawthorn School District 73 (the board). Plaintiff’s bid was the lowest, but it included, in response to the board’s request to do so, an alternate…