The window of time to file a protest to a state contract began to run when the would-be challenger filed its proposal, not when the state approved a rival offer, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.
A divided three-judge panel ruled October 9 that the protest Scientific Games International Inc. filed in opposition to the state Department of General Services’ selection of rival company GTECH for contract negotiations should be dismissed because it was filed too late. The court found that it should have been filed within seven days of the company being “aggrieved.”
