Harran Transportation Co. v. Board of Education of Union Free School District No. 2

This article 78 proceeding is brought by a dissatisfied bidder who lost out on the awarding* of a school bus contract. On June 6, 1972 the Uniondale Board of Education called for and accepted bids for the transportation contract which covered transporting children in the district by bus to its various schools during* the year 1972-1973. The bid deadline was June 19, 1972. Several bus companies submitted bids and on July 18, 1972, the board awarded the contract to Solar Transportation Co., Inc., who was the lowest bidder at $273,145.70, $1,658.30 below the bid submitted by Harran…