Court Opinion

ID: 9696374
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 18:46:11.574905+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:20:21.813512
License: Public Domain

DUNN, Justice
(dissenting).
I dissent.
The school district is required to follow the law as well as the bidders. It asked for bids on a contract for three years, which is beyond its authority. While this issue was not raised in the trial court and thus not considered on appeal, it still remains important on other issues. Stagecoach had trouble obtaining a bond for this illegal contract for over one year; otherwise it would have complied with the bid and there would have been no lawsuit.
Further, the school district did not declare a forfeiture of Stagecoach’s bond as *815required. Apparently, with the knowledge that it was requiring a bond for an illegal contract, it simply rejected all bids and re-advertised. Again, it did not follow the statute or the specifications.
When it rejected all bids, the security furnished should have been returned to all bidders. I would reverse and remand for the trial court to enter an order returning the security to Stagecoach.
I am authorized to state that WOLLMAN, Chief Justice, joins in this dissent.