Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: Jul. 17, 2002
In its formal written protest, Petitioner VisionQuest National, Ltd. (VisionQuest), through paragraph 6.d. and e., challenged the manner in which Respondent Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) assigned and weighed points in accordance with specifications set forth in RFP I5J01 (the RFP). The first issue to be resolved concerns the timeliness of that challenge to the specifications. The aspects of the RFP specifications challenged in the formal written protest are related to the assignment of points for past performance in carrying out contracts with DJJ for non-residential programs which can total 250 out of 1000 possible points in the competition. Section 120.57(3)(b), Florida Statutes. The second issue to be resolved concerns the appropriate disposition in the case where DJJ has conceded that the actions of some of its evaluators in considering responses to the RFP materially deviated from agency policy and the expectations in the RFP, thus compromising the evaluation process. Section 120.57(3)(f), Florida Statutes.The agency materially breached the terms of the Request for Proposals, causing the rejection of all bids.
