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The City complied with the competitive bidding requirements in awarding Bid No. 07-10-02 to Southeastern. Because the award of this bid was in excess of$25,000.00 the City was required to follow the competitive bidding guidelines set forth in Chapter 62 of the City Code of Ordinances. This required the City to issue a formal invitation to bid which included specifications and all contractual terms and conditions applicable to the procurement. This also required the City to issue a public notice for the invitation for bids no less than fourteen calendar days prior to the date set forth in the notice of the opening of the bids. This process further required that the bids be sealed and opened publicly, in the presence of one or more witnesses, at the time and place designated in the public notice of the invitation for bids. Finally, competitive bidding procedure required that the amount of each bid and such other relevant information deemed appropriate by the City Manager, be recorded along with the name of each bidder. See Section 62-7(B) of the City Code ('Competitive bidding procedure"). It is undisputed that the City strictly followed the requirements of 62-7 of the City Code. Here, the City issued a formal invitation to bid, including the issuance of bid specifications and all contractual terms and conditions applicable to Bid No. 07-10-02. The City issued public notice for the invitation for the bid within the required time periods. In addition, a mandatory pre-bid conference was held on October 31, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. in order to answer all questions and comments from the prospective bidders.' ii. The City followed the bid award criteria in Section 62-8 of the City Code In its bid protest letter, Tran also fails to argue that the City failed to follow the bid award criteria set forth in Section 62-8 of the City Code (`Award"). Accordingly, under Section 62-15 of the City Code, this argument is also deemed waived. However, even assuming arguendo that Tran had not waived this argument, the evidence clearly demonstrates the City's compliance with these guidelines. Section 62-8 of the City Code provides in relevant pan as follows: A. All contracts shall be awarded by the City Manager, as stated above, to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder. In addition to price, there shall be considered the following: (1) The capacity, ability and skill of the provider to perform the contract: (2) Whether the provider can perform the contract within the time specified without delay or interference; (3) The character, integrity, reputation,judgment, experience and efficiency of the provider; (4) Professional licensure required when service of a skilled nature as required by law to perform such service and/or skill; (5) The quality of performance of previous contracts; (6) The previous and existing compliance by the provider with laws and ordinances relating to the contract; (7) The ability of the provider regarding future maintenance and service for the use of the subject of the contract; 2A copy of the Minutes from the mandatory pre-bid conference is attached hereto as Exhibit "C". 3