Legal Question in Construction Law in Minnesota

Generally, private owners have the absolute right to reject any or all bids, and accept bids that are not the lowest bid. You indicate taxpayer $ are involved...If so, the project may or may not be subject to public bidding requirements. I don't know enough about the facts to be sure. Even a public owner, though, can reject all bids and rebid the job if there is insufficient competition. So that part was probably OK. As for failing to publicly advertise bids the second time around, again, we would need to know more facts to determine whether that was kosher. I do know that owners can prequalify bidders, and restrict the bid list that way. Bottom line, from the facts presented I can't be sure whether the owner is within its rights. Bid protests are pretty expensive and have a fairly low success rate. But here's a link to a couple of articles I wrote on the subject: http://www.nvo.com/vklaw/nss-folder/constructionbidding/ They are a little old, but they do provide a decent overview of bidding law. Standard disclaimer: The comments above are based on limited facts and should not be considered legal advice. We do not have an attorney-client relationship. That said, good luck to you and let me know if I can be of further assistance.