Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: Jun. 06, 1991
The issues presented in this case concern the question of the responsiveness of Scientific Games, Inc. to the request for proposals (RFP) No. 91-011-LOT/TEN/P issued by the State of Florida, Department of Lottery associated with the purchase of Instant Game Tickets. The petition which Dittler Brothers, Inc. filed with the purchasing agency in challenge to the preliminary decision to find Scientific Games, Inc. the best responsive vendor also challenges the propriety of the evaluation process in examining the responses offered by the several vendors whom the purchasing agency had determined to be responsive to material requirements set forth in the RFP. The protesting vendor, Dittler Brothers, Inc., alleges that certain actions taken by the State of Florida, Department of Lottery in carrying out the evaluation to determine the best responsive vendor was done in a manner which was illegal, dishonest, fraudulent, arbitrary, unreasonable, capricious, or done in such a manner as to subvert or undermine the purposes and objectives of competitive bidding. See D.O.T. v. Groves-Watkins Constructors, 530 So.2d 912 (Fla. 1988).Bid on lottery ticket stock. Issues of responsiveness of number (1), evaluation process and consistency of overall process with agency rules.
