Question: A general contractor asks two electrical suppliers, ABC Co. and XYZ Co. to provide a quote for the purposes of submitting a bid to a

A general contractor asks two electrical suppliers, ABC Co. and XYZ Co. to provide a quote for the purposes of submitting a bid to a request for proposal. ABC Co. provides a quote for $30,000 for the work, XYZ Co. provides a quote of $25,000. The general contractor prefers to work with ABC Co., but believes that their price is too high. The general contractor tells ABC Co. that if they lower their price to less than the $25,000 submitted by XYZ Co., they will be selected for the work. The general contractor has engaged in the following practice:

Breach of Contract A

Bid non-compliance

Bid-shopping

Breach of trust

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