Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: Aug. 17, 1989
The issue in this case is whether the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (Authority) acted in an arbitrary or capricious manner in proposing to award Bid Number 89-03-02, for a transit communication/data system, to Motorola Corporation (Motorola) instead of to Harris Corporation (Harris) since, according to Harris, Motorola's bid materially deviates from the requirements of the Invitation for Bid (IFB) issued by the Authority.Petitioner failed to prove that the authority acted in a arbitrary manner, or out of fraud or bad faith in awarding the bid to Motorola.
