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Instructions to Bidders - continued Bid on Bleacher, Park and Playground Equipment, MCSD No. 11-0014-MR DISPUTE: Bid tabulations with recommendations will be posted on the Purchasing website (www.manateeschools.netlpurchase) Bids In Progress. A bidder who wishes to file a protest pertaining to a bid must file such notice in accordance with procedures prescribed by Florida Statute 120.57(3), Florida Administrative Code 28-110 and School District Policy 7.15. The notice must be filed with the Purchasing Manager. Any person who is adversely affected by the District's decision or intended decision shall file with the Purchasing Manager, a notice of protest in writing within seventy-two (72) hours after the posting of the bid tabulation or Notice of Intent to Award and shall file a formal written protest within ten (10) calendar after filing the notice of protest. With respect to a protest of the specifications contained in an Invitation for Bid or Request for Proposal, the notice of protest shall be filed in writing within seventy-two (72) hours after the receipt of notice of the project plan and specification or intended project plan and specifications in an Invitation for Bid or Request for Proposal, and the formal written protest shall be filed within 10 days after the date the notice of protest is filed. Failure to file a notice of protest or failure to file a formal written protest shall constitute a waiver of proceedings under this chapter. The formal written protest shall state with particularity the facts and law upon which the protest is based. Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays shall be excluded in the computation of the seventy-two (72) hour time periods provided in this paragraph. Any person who files an action protesting a decision or intended decision pertaining to a bid pursuant to Florida Statute 120.57(3)(b), shall post at the time of filing the formal written protest, a bond payable to the School District of Manatee County in an amount equal to one percent (1 %) of the total estimated contract value, but not less than $500 nor more than $5,000, which bond shall be conditioned upon the payment of all costs which may be adjudged against the protester in the administrative hearing in which the action is brought and in any subsequent appellate court proceeding. In lieu of a bond, a cashier's check, treasurer's check, bank draft of any national or state bank payable to the School District of Manatee County will be an acceptable form of security. If, after completion of the administrative hearing process and appellate court proceedings, the District prevails, it shall recover all costs and charges which shall be included in the final order or judgment, including charges made by the Division of Administrative Hearings, but excluding attorney's fees. Upon payment of such costs and charges by the protester, the remainder, if any, of the protest security shall be returned. If the protester prevails, protester shall recover from the district all costs and charges which are included in the final order of judgment, excluding attorney's fees. Failure to file a notice of intent to protest, or failure to file a formal written protest within the time prescribed in Florida Statute 120.57(3), shall constitute a waiver of proceedings under Chapter 120, Florida Statutes. Page 10 of37 ....... \ \,.' \.......,'.) '-