Court Case on Bidder Responsibility

Questions:  The following are some of the bidder responsibility related questions that an appeals court dealt with in a bid protest from a Spokane Housing Authority window replacement project:

• Is it important that a contractor have a certain number of years experience performing similar work?

• What if the contractor's employees have the experience but not with the company?  

• What if the main subcontractor who will be performing the work has the requisite experience?  

• Does an award constitute a contract?  

More Information:  Seattle construction attorney, John Ahlers, has written a good summary of this case in his Construction Law Blog.  Click here to read more about the case that was decided by the Court of Appeals in December 2012.  

Skyline Contractors, Inc. v. Spokane Housing Authority, 2012 WL 6057471 (Dec. 6, 2012)

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