Certified Construction, Inc. v. Crawford.

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

POLLACK, J.

This case arises from the disqualification of Certified Construction, Inc.’s (Certified or CCI) bid proposal on a public works project by the County of Hawai'i (County). 1 After Certified’s bid was disqualified, Certified submitted a bid protest to the County. The Office of Administrative Hearings determined that Certified’s protest was a challenge to the contents of the bid solicitation rather than to the disqualification of its bid proposal, and thus it concluded that Certified’s protest was not timely and dismissed the case. On judicial review, the Circuit…