SECTION 317:2-1-14. Contract award protest process

  Suppliers who respond to a solicitation issued and awarded by the Authority pursuant to 74 Oklahoma Statutes(O.S.) § 85.5 (T) may protest the award of a contract under such solicitation.

(1)   A supplier shall submit written notice to the OHCA Legal Division of a protest of an award of a contract by OHCA within ten (10) business days of contract award. The protest shall state supplier facts and reasons for protest.

(2)   The OHCA Legal Division shall review the supplier's protest and contract award documents. Written notice of the decision to sustain or deny the supplier's protest will be sent to the supplier within ten (10) business days of receipt of supplier's written notice.

(3)   If the OHCA Legal Division denies the supplier's protest, the supplier may request a hearing to administratively resolve the matter within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of the written denial by filing a form LD-2 with the Docket Clerk.

(4)   The process afforded the supplier will be the process found at Oklahoma Administrative Code 317:2-1-2(c).

(5)   The Administrative Law Judge's decision will constitute the final administrative decision of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority.

[Source: Added at 27 Ok Reg 2733, eff 7-20-10 (emergency); Added at 28 Ok Reg 1380, eff 6-25-11; Amended at 36 Ok Reg 850, eff 9-1-19]