Corporate
Mar. 29, 2011
California Public Contracting: The Pre-Bid Protest
The federal concept of "pre-bid protest" is making inroads into California's procurement system. By Cynthia J. Larsen of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.
As an attorney who counsels clients on public contracting issues, I noted with interest a deadline for protests in a recent request for proposal for a major California public utility contact. What made this protest deadline unusual was that it occurred not only before the winning bidder was announced, but before the bids were even due. With this request for proposal and its pre-bid deadline for protests, there can be no doubt that the federal...
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