Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: Sep. 18, 1989
The issue involved in this proceeding concerns whether the Respondent Southwest Florida Water Management District (District, Respondent) should award a bid for certain equipment to the Petitioner Varian Instrument Group based upon the evidence presented in this proceeding and facts found therefrom, or should its intended action of awarding the bid to Perkin-Elmer Corporation (Perkin- Elmer) be accomplished.Petitioner's bid lowest but unresponsive to several major special items Thus award to second lowest bidder who met specs with adhere total criteria is proper