Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 731 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Division 148 - CONSULTANT SELECTION: ARCHITECTURAL, ENGINEERING, LAND SURVEYING AND RELATED SERVICES CONTRACTS
Section 731-148-0240 - Protest Procedures
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 12, December 1, 2024
(1) Applicability. This rule applies to RFPs processed under OAR 731-148-0220 (Formal Selection Procedure).
(2) RFP Protest and Request for Change. Consultants may submit a written protest of anything contained in an RFP and may request a change to any provision, specification or Contract term contained in an RFP, no later than seven calendar days prior to the date Proposals are due, unless a different deadline is indicated in the RFP. Each protest and request for change must include the reasons for the protest or request, and any proposed changes to the RFP provisions, specifications or Contract terms. ODOT may not consider any protest or request for change that is submitted after the submission deadline.
(3) Protest of Consultant Selection.
(4) Resolution of Protests. A duly authorized representative of ODOT shall resolve all timely submitted protests within a reasonable time following ODOT's receipt of the protest and once resolved, shall promptly issue a written decision on the protest to the Proposer who submitted the protest. If the protest results in a change to the RFP, the Contracting Agency shall revise the RFP accordingly and shall re-advertise the RFP in accordance with these rules.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 184.619, 279A.065(6)(a) & 279A.070
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 279A.050(3), 279A.065 & 279C.110