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The downtown Tampa skyline seen from an area known as the Rome Yard on Friday, April 16, 2021. [ IVY CEBALLO | Times ]
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TAMPA â A protest filed this week by a Tampa-based development firm alleges that irregularities in the bid process for the rights to develop prime West Tampa property tipped the scales toward Related, a rival contractor and powerful player in city politics.
Invictus, LLC, filed the protest with the city March 24. The 14-page document contends that the selection committee threw out minority, women-owned and small business outreach scores among the three finalists.