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GHILOTTI CONSTRUCTION CO. v. CITY OF RICHMOND

Docket No. A071235.

45 Cal.App.4th 897 (1996)

GHILOTTI CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CITY OF RICHMOND, Defendant and Respondent; GHILOTTI BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION, INC., Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

May 22, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Norris & Norris, Richard E. Norris, Douglas C. Straus and Joshua G. Genser for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Malcolm Hunter for Defendant and Respondent.

Nossaman, Guthner, Knox & Elliott, William T. Bagley and Michael G. Thornton for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

PARRILLI, J.

In this case we hold that a public entity may waive inconsequential deviations from contract specifications in a public contract bid. To be considered inconsequential, a deviation must neither give the bidder an unfair competitive advantage nor otherwise defeat the goals of insuring economy and preventing corruption in the public contracting process.

Appellant Ghilotti Construction Company (GCC), the second...

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