Telesource CNMI, Inc. appealed to OPA based on the failure of the Director of the Division of Procurement and Supply (P&S Director) and the Executive Director of the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC Executive Director) to act on a protest filed by Telesource regarding CUC RFP 07-001 (RFP). OPA finds that the procurement process involving CUC RFP 07-001 was not in compliance with the CNMI-PR and, therefore, orders it hereby cancelled pursuant to CNMI-PR § 70-30.3- 510(a)(1).

On March 30, 2007, Telesource, through counsel, filed a notice of appeal with OPA. The appeal was also addressed to the CUC Executive Director and the P&S Director. The appeal provided, among other things, that Telesource was “concerned that after more than 30 days nothing has happened concerning this protest” and that “CUC is proceeding, contrary to the procurement regulations, as if no protest has been filed.”

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