International Display Systems, Inc. v. Okimoto

Opinion of the Court by

NAKAMURA, C.J.

This appeal arises out of a request for proposals issued by the State of Hawaii (State), Department of Transportation-Airports Division (DOTA),1 to provide new passenger information systems for the Kahului Airport (Kahului Airport Project). In response to the request for proposals, two companies, International Display Systems, Inc. (IDS) and Ford Audio-Video Systems, Inc. (Ford), submitted proposals. The DOTA rated Ford’s proposal above IDS’s proposal and awarded the contract for the Kahului Airport Project to Ford. IDS filed a protest of the contract…