Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: Feb. 12, 2020
Whether the decision of Respondent, the Florida Department of Financial Services (“DFS”), to award the contract contemplated in its Invitation to Negotiate No. 1819-01 ITN TR, e-Payment Collection and Processing Services, to Intervenor, NIC Services, LLC (“NIC”), is contrary to governing statutes, rules, or policies, or the solicitation specifications; if so, whether that decision was clearly erroneous, contrary to competition, arbitrary, or capricious; and whether Petitioner, PayIt, LLC (“PayIt”), has standing to protest DFS’s decision.Petitioner had standing to seek re-bidding based on flaws in process, but failed to prove contract award was contrary to governing statutes, rules, or ITN specifications, or was arbitrary or capricious, contrary to competition, or clearly erroneous.
