City Code Section
- A. Time. Any request for hearing by the Board shall be received by the Chief Procurement Officer no more than seven (7) Days from the date of the Chief Procurement Officer’s decision unless a different timeline is provided in the Solicitation Document. The request shall be delivered to Procurement Services, Attn: Chief Procurement Officer and marked “Request for Hearing by the Purchasing Board of Appeals.”
- B. Contents. The request shall set forth the specific reasons for requesting a hearing by City Council. Only those matters that were raised with the Chief Procurement Officer and the Procurement Board of Appeals shall be stated as grounds for appeal.
- C. Time of Hearing. The Chief Procurement Officer shall schedule the time and place for the Board to meet giving consideration to the schedule of the Board.
- D. Further Appeal. An Affected Person who is not satisfied with the decision of the Board may file a further Written appeal, but only if permitted by the Chief Procurement Officer. If not permitted by the Chief Procurement Officer, the Affected Person has exhausted its administrative appeals. Any request for further appeal shall be received by the Chief Procurement Officer no later than three (3) Days from the date the Affected Person receives the Board’s Written decision. The request shall be delivered to Procurement Services, Attn: Chief Procurement Officer and marked “Request for Hearing by City Council.”
- E. If so referred, City Council shall decide at its next available regularly scheduled hearing whether to hear the appeal. If City Council decides not to hear the appeal, the decision of the Board is final. If City Council decides to hear the appeal it shall be scheduled by the Council Clerk for hearing by City Council. The City Council’s decision on the appeal shall be final upon issuance of City Council’s order deciding the appeal. The City Council may also adopt the decision of the Board without further hearing by City Council. In this situation, the appeal to City Council shall be final upon issuance of City Council’s order adopting the decision of the Board. The rules of City Council provided at PCC Chapter 3.02 shall be the rules for any hearing on appeal.
- F. If so permitted, the decision of City Council shall conclude an Affected Person’s administrative remedies and further redress sought by an Affected Person shall be pursuant to state law. Otherwise, the Board’s decision shall be final for any remedies that might be available to Affected Person under state law.
- G. Costs: The Chief Procurement Officer may impose a reasonable fee on the Affected Person requesting a hearing before the Board or Council to defray costs of the appeal. The fee shall be paid at the time the hearing is requested or the protest shall be considered waived. In the event that the Person contesting the hearing prevails in its protest, the fee shall be refunded.