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Appeal Hearing Concerning Transdev Services, Inc.'s Appeal of the City of Greensboro/Greensboro Transit Authority's Denial of Its Bid Protest Filed on August 9, 2018 of the City of Greensboro/Greensboro Transit Authority's Contract Award Recommendation to Keolis Transit Services, LLC of the City of Greensboro/Greensboro Transit Authority's Contract for the Management and Operations of Transit Services.
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Department: Transportation
Council District: Citywide
Public Hearing: N/A
Advertising Date/By: N/A
Contact 1 and Phone: Adam Fischer 373-2863
Contact 2 and Phone: Bruce Adams 412-6237
PURPOSE:
The City Council is asked to hear and decide an appeal from a decision of the City of Greensboro/Greensboro Transit Authority Board denying the Bid Protest filed on August 9, 2018 by Transdev Services, Inc., a proposer to the City of Greensboro/Greensboro Transit Authority's ("City/GTA") Request for Proposal for the Management and Operations of Transit Services. Council is asked to decide whether the Recommended Decision filed by the City/GTA Board denying Transdev Services, Inc.'s Bid Protest should be affirmed or reversed. Council will be acting in its quasi-judicial capacity in ruling on this appeal.
On August 9, 2018, the City/GTA received a Bid Protest from Transdev Services, Inc. ("Transdev"), attached hereto as Exhibit A, concerning the City/GTA's Contract Award Recommendation to City Council ("Recommendation") that Keolis Transit Services, LLC ("Keolis") be awarded the contract for the management and operations of the City/GTA's transit services. Transdev protested the Recommendation on the grounds that (1) the GTA Board held two illegal closed sessions in connection with the process of determining the composition of the Selection Committee, and (2) the composition of the Selection Committee ultimately resulted in the Selection Committee making an arbitrary, capricious, wrongful, and unreasonable recommendation because the Selection Committe...
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