Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Latest Update: Oct. 10, 1986
These proceedings arose as a result of an Invitation to Bid issued by Respondent, Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Dade County Public Health Unit (Department). The Department sought to secure a parking lot management contract for its parking lot located at 1350 N.W. 14th Street, Miami, Florida. On its initial bid letting, the Department proposed to award the contract to Kinney Systems of Florida, Inc. (Kinney); however, upon receipt of a protest from Floyd & Associates Protection Corporation (Floyd), 2/ the Department unilaterally elected to rebid the contract because of a perceived ambiguity in the bid specifications. On rebid, the Department again proposed to award the contract to Kinney, but upon receipt of a protest from Floyd reevaluated its decision and proposed to award the contract to Floyd. Kinney protested the award of the contract to Floyd, as well as the Department's decision to rebid the contract.Agency failed to articulate any rational basis for its decision to vitite its award of bid to successful bidder and award to another-action arbitrary.
