Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: May 19, 2016
On January 8, 2016, the Escambia County School District (District) issued Request for Proposal Number 161301 (RFP) for custodial services. The RFP was issued to solicit proposals to clean the District’s Zone Three schools. After evaluating the proposals, the District awarded the contract to American Facility Services, Inc. (AFS), who was the highest-scoring proposer. Enmon Enterprises, LLC, d/b/a Jani-King of Pensacola (Jani-King), received the second highest score and is protesting the scoring and proposed award of the contract to AFS. At issue is whether the District’s decision to award the cleaning contract to AFS was contrary to a governing statute, the District’s rules or policies, or project specification; and, if so, whether such action was clearly erroneous, contrary to competition, arbitrary, or capricious.Petitioner established that School District's intended award of contract to a non-responsive bidder was contrary to the RFP specifications and was clearly erroneous, contrary to competition, arbitrary and capricious.
