Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: Jun. 21, 1995
The issue is whether the Department of Management Services (DMS), in determining that the bid bond submitted by Petitioner, Taul Enterprises, Inc. (Taul) was not materially responsive to the specifications in the Invitation to Bid, and in deciding that the irregularity could not be waived, acted in a manner which was arbitrary, capricious, fraudulent, or illegal.Agency rejection of bid for failure to provide a responsive bid bond not arbitrary or capricious. Bid bond is a material specification of the Invitation to Bid.