Southern Steel Co. v. County of Suffolk

In this article 78 proceeding'the petitioner, Southern Steel Company, Inc., attempts to restrain the County of Suffolk from awarding a contract for certain jail equipment to one other than itself.

The county advertised for bids in December of 1965 on the basis of its stated specifications. Bids were opened January 27, 1966 and petitioner proved to be low bidder. The second low bidder was respondent Herrick-Pacific Corp. All of the bids were rejected and the contract was readvertised, according to the county’s reservation of such right initially, and invitations to bid were sent out.…