Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: Jul. 05, 2001
The issues in this bid protest are whether, in making a preliminary decision to award a contract for drug screening services, Respondent acted contrary to a governing statute, rule, policy, or project specification; and, if so, whether such misstep(s) was/were clearly erroneous, arbitrary or capricious, or contrary to competition.Bid protester established that proposal submitted by putative successful proposer was materially non-responsive to Request for Proposals, and the evaluation of proposals was flawed. Recommend proposed award be rescinded.