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~Q...~ _ ~ _ Q Environmental Recycling of Hawaii, Ltd. 7 ~ Cu~u^.~.Y ~ C~e P.O. Bo: 5294, ftilo, HI 96720 Phone & Faa: (808 328 ~ ~ ,l i County of Hawaii, Department of Finance Mr. Harry A. Takahashi, Chief Procurement Officer 25 Aupuni Street, Room 118 P Hilo, Hawaii 96720-4252 ` Phone: 961-8234 Fax: 961-8248 Re: Contract PROTEST Denial: - RFP 1533 -Contract No. 96112 Environmental Recycling would like to request a formal contested case hearing for RFP 1533 and Contract No. 96112. Environmental Recycling of Hawaii and its representatives would ask you to accept this written protest with respect to Consultant Services Contract No. 96112, dated November 3, 1995 with project title, "Development of a Glass Recycling Progtam." This particular contract evolved from an RFP No. 1533 titled, "Proposal and Specifications for Contract Services Related to Recycling Programs and Activities for the Department of Public Works, County of Hawaii." This written PROTEST is based on the following criteria: I. RFP Solicitation I. Funding A. We believe that the County of Hawaii should not request proposals and then accept those proposals if specific monies are not immediately available for a proposed project. B. If the County is aware of specific funds that are earmarked for specific uses, those funds should be clearly stated or made public knowledge so that all prospective bidders have fair and equitable understanding of what is asked for and available by the County. C. No where in the bid specifications for RFP No. 1533 does it make mention of a specific glass recycling program, any specific budget amounts for the probTam or the fact that any proposal would be solely used as the County's scope of service to the negotiated contract with the State of Hawaii for specific funding for the States dispersement of the County's defacto share of the State's glass container tax fund. D. The original RFP 1533 states that "the contractor shall furnish all necessary labor, equipment, transportation and supplies related to recycling programs and activities for the County of Hawaii for a one year period." The scope of the RFP changes dramatically when the County makes funds available for acquisition of equipment, labor and supplies. This fact should have been clearly stated in RFP 1533.