Communications Workers of America AFL-CIO v. Clymer

CARCHMAN, A.J.S.C.

The Department of Corrections (DOC), through the Division of Purchasing and Property (Division) issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) inviting bids from private contractors to provide health care services, including psychological services, to inmates in state correctional institutions and facilities. Initially the RFP, as part of the bid specifications, required that all psychologists be licensed. Some months later, the Division amended the RFP, eliminated the licensure requirement and stated, “[t]he psychological services to be provided under the proposed contraetural…