Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: Jun. 06, 2011
The issues in this case, a bid protest, are as follows: 1. Whether Respondent, Tampa Bay Estuary Program, an independent special district ("TBEP"), failed to follow the review process as outlined in the Request for Proposals ("RFP") and TBEP's own procurement policies. 2. Whether TBEP failed to properly apply the scoring and review criteria set forth in the RFP. 3. Whether the RFP instructions were followed, whether they lacked certain direction or standards, and whether these failures led to actions that were clearly erroneous, contrary to competition, arbitrary, or capricious. 4. Whether the evaluation committee members acted arbitrarily in scoring, ranking, or making recommendations to the Management Board.Petitioner did not prove that bid process was arbitrary, capricious, or contrary to competition.
