Protests regarding solicitation Sample Clauses
Protests regarding solicitation. Upon receipt of a timely filed protest regarding the solicitation, Pace will postpone the opening of bids until resolution of the protest. No additional bids will be accepted during the period of postponement. If the protest regarding the solicitation involves a claim of unduly restrictive or exclusionary specifications, Pace will, in evaluating the protest, consider both the specific need of Pace for the feature or item challenged and whether competition is negatively impacted by including the specification regarding that feature or item. If Pace determines that such feature or item was included in the specification in order to meet justified and valid transit needs of Pace, and was not unduly restrictive of competition or designed to exclude a particular competitor, then Pace will have grounds to deny the protest.
Protests regarding solicitation. Any bid protest regarding the solicitation by Pace must be filed no later than five (5) days before the opening of bids/closing date of the Request for Proposal. Any protest filed after that date which raises issues regarding the solicitation will not be considered by Pace. This type of protest would include any claim that the solicitation contained exclusionary or discriminatory specifications, any challenge to the basis of award, or any claim that the solicitation documents or the solicitation process violated applicable Federal or State law, or that Pace failed to follow its Procurement Regulations in the solicitation of bids/proposals.