R v Ron Engineering and Construction (Eastern) Ltd

R v Ron Engineering and Construction (Eastern) Ltd, of 1981 is the leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on the law of tendering for contracts. The case concerned the issue of whether the acceptance of a call for tenders for a construction job could constitute a binding contract. The Court held that indeed in many cases the submission of an offer in response to a call for tenders constitutes a contract separate from the eventual contract for the construction. With the release of the decision, the tendering process practiced in Canada was fundamentally changed.

R v Ron Engineering and Construction (Eastern) Ltd
Hearing: 1980-11-13
Judgment: 1981-01-27
Full case nameHer Majesty The Queen in right of Ontario and the Water Resources Commission v Ron Engineering & Construction (Eastern) Limited
Citations1981 CanLII 17 (SCC), [1981] 1 SCR 111
Prior historyAPPEAL from a judgment of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, (1979) 24 O.R. (2d) 332; (1979) 98 D.L.R. (3d) 548, reversing the judgment of Holland J.
RulingAppeal allowed.
Court membership
Puisne JusticesMartland, Dickson, Estey, Mclntyre and Lamer JJ.
Reasons given
Unanimous reasons byEstey J.
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