Eastern Contra Costa Transit Authority Contract ... - Tri Delta Transit

The protest should be submitted to the Director of Administrative Services at ECCTA,
801 Wilbur Avenue, Antioch, CA 94509.
B. Protest of Award
A bidder/proposer may file a protest with ECCTA alleging a violation of applicable
federal or state law relative to the seeking, evaluating and/or awarding of a procurement
contract. Such protest must be filed no later than three (3) days after the date of the notice
of pre-award or non-award of the contract by ECCTA. A detailed description of the facts
underlying the protest plus any supporting documentation should be included with the
written protest.
The protest should be submitted to the Director of Administrative Services at ECCTA,
801 Wilbur Avenue, Antioch, CA 94509.
C. Investigation of Protest
The Director of Administrative Services shall investigate any protest filed pursuant to (A)
and/or (B) above, and respond in writing to each point raised by the bidder/proposer
within five (5) working days. The written response shall specify any action to be taken by
ECCTA. If the bidder/proposer is not satisfied with the decision of the Director of
Administrative Services, the bidder/proposer may appeal the decision in writing within
(3) three working days to ECCTA’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), 801 Wilbur Avenue,
Antioch, CA 94509.
The CEO shall investigate and shall respond in writing specifying any differences
between findings and those of the Director of Administrative Services.
The CEO shall state the action to be taken by ECCTA or the fact that no action shall be
taken. The decision of the CEO is the final decision of ECCTA.
The bidder/proposer will be notified of its right to appeal to the appropriate state or local
administrative or judicial authorities.
In the event a protest has been filed in a timely manner prior to an award being made by
the ECCTA Board of Directors, ECCTA shall not make the award prior to five calendar
days after the resolution of the protest, unless ECCTA makes a written determination
that:
• the items to be procured are urgently required;
• delivery or performance will be unduly delayed by failure to make the award
promptly; or
• failure to make a prompt award will otherwise cause undue harm to ECCTA.
Failure to comply with any of the requirements set forth in ECCTA’s bid/proposal protest
procedures may result in rejection of the protest.
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