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Gulf County rescinds debris-removal award after vendor protest, will re-advertise
Summary
After a vendor filed a protest, the Gulf County Commission voted 4–1 to rescind the award for its disaster debris-removal contract (RFP 2526-04) and directed staff to re-advertise the solicitation with clarified evaluation steps; the vendor had said staff evaluators ranked it first by a 19-point margin.
Gulf County commissioners voted to rescind a recent contract award for disaster debris-removal services and ordered a new solicitation after a formal protest from a longtime contractor.
Bridal Perkins Gastillo, identifying herself as CEO and owner of Ashford (the vendor that filed the protest), told commissioners the company had been ranked first by staff evaluators by 19 points and that the commission had not been shown the committee’s ranking at the public meeting. Counsel for the company, Sandy Sanborn, said the protest aimed to correct a procedural…
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