COURT SAYS ETHICAL CONCERNS NOT CAPRICIOUS

The Supreme Court of Mississippi recently ruled that the granting of a county construction project to the second-lowest bidder based on ethical concerns arising from the lowest bid was neither arbitrary nor capricious and therefore could stand. In Huey Stockstill, Inc. v. Hales, the court concluded that awarding the contract for the reconstruction of George Ford Road Bridge to Huey Stockstill, Inc., had the potential of creating suspicion among the public and reflecting unfavorably upon the county, since a former county supervisor was employed by the company as a bid estimator.

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

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  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Publication Date: 1999-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 66
• Serial:
  • Civil Engineering
  • Volume: 69
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0885-7024
  • Serial URL: http://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/newce/html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Appeals; Bids; Bridges; Competitive bidding; Contract administration; Contracting out; Court decisions; Ethics; Litigation; Reconstruction
• Geographic Terms: Mississippi
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Bridges and other structures; Highways; Law; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00778187
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 19 1999 12:00AM