Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities, Inc. v. State, Department of Children & Family Services

ERVIN, Judge.

Appellants, Advocacy Center for Persons With Disabilities, Inc., D.H., and D.A., appeal an order of the Department of Children and Family Services dismissing their formal written protest of the Department’s request for proposals (RFP) on the basis of lack of standing. Appellants contend that even though they are not potential bidders on the RFP, they are adversely affected by the specifications as written and thus have standing. We affirm, because none of the appellants has any actual interest in the procurement process.

In 1997, the legislature enacted section 394.47865, Florida…