CREST CONST. v. SHELBY CTY. BD. OF EDUC.

1910973.

612 So.2d 425 (1992)

CREST CONSTRUCTION CORP. v. SHELBY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 23, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Macbeth Wagnon, Jr., E. Mabry Rogers and John J. Park, Jr. of Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Birmingham, for appellant.

Hewitt L. Conwill of Conwill, Justice & Johnson, Columbiana, for Shelby County Bd. of Educ.

Michael G. Kendrick and Graham L. Sisson, Jr. of Gorham & Waldrep, P.C., Birmingham, for McCrory Bldg. Co., Inc.

James H. Starnes of Starnes & Atchison, Birmingham, for amicus curiae Associated General Contractors of America, Alabama Branch, Inc.

A. Lee Miller III of Finance-Legal Division, Montgomery, for amicus curiae Alabama Bldg. Com'n.


MADDOX, Justice.

This case involves an interpretation of the Competitive Bid Law, specifically Ala.Code 1975, § 41-16-50 et seq. The basic question presented is whether a county board of education, having required a bidder on a school construction project to be prequalified, could award the contract to a contractor who submitted a higher bid, on the basis that the higher bidder was "the lowest responsible bidder." § 41-16-50(a) (emphasis added...

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