Tag: bid protest

Staff ReportsNovember 1, 2018
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As expected, Harris Corp. is taking a battle over a major state law-enforcement radio contract to an appeals court. The Melbourne-based company Thursday filed a notice of appeal of a decision by the Department of Management Services (DMS) to award the contract to Motorola Solutions, according to the 1st District Court of Appeal website. DMS Secretary Erin Rock last month […]

Jim RosicaOctober 8, 2018
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The Department of Management Services (DMS) will enter into final negotiations with Motorola Solutions to take over the state’s law enforcement communications network, the company announced Monday. DMS Secretary Erin Rock issued a final order, accepting a recommendation by Administrative Law Judge J. Bruce Culpepper to dismiss a protest by Harris Corp., which previously had the contract. The order was not posted Monday morning; […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 5, 2018
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A Tallahassee judge has ruled for Motorola Solutions in a bid protest over the statewide law enforcement radio system, a deal potentially worth in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Administrative Law Judge J. Bruce Culpepper filed an 86-page recommended order Wednesday with the Department of Management Services (DMS), suggesting the agency “enter a final order dismissing the protest” by Harris Corp. […]

Jim RosicaJune 19, 2018
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Lawyers on Monday filed recommendations as to how an administrative law judge should rule in a bid protest over the statewide law enforcement radio system, a deal potentially worth in the hundreds of millions of dollars. The recommended orders from Motorola Solutions and the Department of Management Services (DMS) were filed under seal, however, meaning they are […]

Jim RosicaMay 10, 2018
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Harris Corp., already fighting its loss of a more than half billion-dollar state radio contract, now is suing over allowing winning bidder Motorola to use its radio towers. The Melbourne-based communications company filed suit Wednesday afternoon in Leon County Circuit Civil court against the Department of Management Services (DMS) and the Agency for State Technology — one day […]

Jim RosicaAugust 15, 2016
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Miami art dealer Gary Nader has filed a bid protest against Miami Dade College after losing out on a multi-million-dollar development project on campus, according to paperwork obtained by FloridaPolitics.com Sunday. The idea for the project began as Nader’s own unsolicited pitch to the school last May: To build a world-class Latin American art museum […]


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