Sounds Reasonable to Me: DOAH Holds Agencies May Take Voluntary Corrective Action in Response to Untimely Bid Protests | Shutts & Bowen LLP
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The Florida Division of Administrative Hearings (DOAH) recently issued a bid protest decision on an important procedural issue. In Cross Constr. Servs., Inc. v. Dep’t of Transp., No. 20-4214BID, 2020 WL 7425244 (Fla. Div. Admin. Hrgs. Dec. 14, 2020) (RO), ALJ Bogan found it was not arbitrary, capricious, or otherwise improper for an agency to reject all offers in response to an untimely bid protest. In practical terms, this means that even if a protester’s allegations are untimely, it may still be worth it to file a protest if ...