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Commission remands contested transit procurement to committee for re‑evaluation with presentations and Q&A

West Palm Beach City Commission · January 21, 2026
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Summary

After hearing Circuit Transit’s protest that a rebid omitted oral presentations and contained factual misstatements in committee scoring, the commission unanimously rejected the procurement official’s denial and sent the selection back for re‑evaluation with vendor presentations and verbal Q&A.

The City Commission unanimously voted to remand a contested transit procurement to the selection committee for re‑evaluation and to require vendor presentations with verbal question‑and‑answer, after Circuit Transit argued the rebid process was flawed.

Circuit’s co‑founder and CEO, Alex Esposito, told commissioners the original solicitation for transit management services initially produced a different top ranked proposer but was rescinded and rebid; in the rebid, Esposito…

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