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ARTICLE 13 <br />PROTESTS AND APPEALS <br />PSP <br />13.1. <br />ROTESTS OF OLICITATION ROCEDURES <br />13.1 .1PG. <br /> Unless the city has used Informal Solicitation procedures, <br />ROTESTS ENERALLY <br />as described in Article and authorized by these regulations, a prospective Offeror for <br />a Public Contract may file a protest with the city if the prospective Offeror believes <br />that the Procurement process is contrary to law or that a Solicitation Document is <br />unnecessarily restrictive, is legally flawed or improperly specifies a brand name. If a <br />prospective Offeror fails to timely file such a protest, the prospective Offeror may not <br />challenge the contract for any of the foregoing reasons in any future legal or <br />administrative proceeding. <br />13.1 .2TSP. <br /> Protests of a Solicitation shall only be <br />IME FOR UBMISSION OF ROTEST <br />considered when presented to the Purchasing Agent in writing in accordance with the <br />following timelines. The Purchasing Agent shall not consider protests of Informal <br />Solicitations. <br />(a) Protests shall be submitted in writing, not less than ten (10) days prior to the <br />Solicitation Closing; and <br />(b) Protests not asserted or not properly asserted within these timelines shall be <br />deemed waived by the protester. <br />13.1 .3IP. <br /> It is the protester’s responsibility to ensure that the <br />DENTIFICATION OF ROTEST <br />protest is received by the city within the stated timelines. The protest should be <br />delivered in an envelope that is clearly marked with the protester’s name and <br />sufficient information to identify the Solicitation being protested, identified as a protest, <br />and directed to the Person identified in the Solicitation Documents for receipt of protests. <br />Faxed protests may not be accepted. <br />13.1 .4EC. <br /> The Purchasing Agent shall consider the protest <br />LIGIBILITY FOR ONSIDERATION <br />if the protest is timely filed and contains the following and provided the city did not <br />use Informal Solicitation procedures: <br />(a) Sufficient information to identify the Solicitation that is the subject of the <br />protest; <br />(b) The grounds that demonstrate how the Procurement process is contrary to law <br />or how the Solicitation Document is unnecessarily restrictive, is legally flawed <br />or improperly specifies a brand name; <br />(c) Evidence or supporting documentation that supports the grounds on which the <br />protest is based; and <br />(d) The relief sought. <br />Article 13 Protests and Appeals Page 60 <br />Exhibit A to Administrative Order No. 44-08-06-F <br /> <br />