OPA finds J&A Enterprises protest timely
(August 5, 2004)
In its latest decision, OPA finds that the Decision of the Executive Director was erroneous in its denial of J&A’s protest based on its finding that J&A’s protest was untimely pursuant to CUC-PR 5-101(1)(a). OPA further finds that it is now uncontested that JMI did not fully meet the bid specification. As the contract awarded to JMI has been cancelled, however, no further remedy is available under the CUC-PR in this matter.
This is an appeal filed by J&A Enterprises (J&A), through the Law Offices of O’Connor Berman Dotts & Banes, from the denial of J&A’s protest by the Executive Director of the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC) regarding CUC-IFB-04-003. The Office of the Public Auditor (OPA) has jurisdiction of this Appeal as provided in Section 5-102 of Commonwealth Utilities Corporation’s Procurement Regulations (CUCPR)( Commonwealth Register Vol. 12, No. 6 (1990), adopted in Vol. 13, No. 8 (1991)).
