Legal Opinion
Petricca Construction Co. v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided October 5, 1994No. 93-P-75PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreenberg, J.
In Modern Continental Constr. Co. v. Lowell, 391 Mass. 829, 840 (1984), the court, examining G. L. c. 30, § 39M,1 and G. L. c. 149, §§ 44A-44H, stated that “the purpose of competitive bidding statutes is not only to ensure that the awarding authority obtain the lowest price among responsible contractors, but also to establish an open and honest procedure for competition for public contracts.” The question now presented is whether there is found in § 39M a power of awarding authorities to recapture the benefit of a lower bid that was properly rejected for noncompliance with the bidding…
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- Interstate Engineering Corp. v. City of FitchburgMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
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