{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-63g-6a-1602","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 63G-6a-1602","heading":"Protest -- Time for filing -- Basis of protest -- Authority to resolve protest.","body":"(1) A protest may be filed with the protest officer by a person who:\n(a) has standing; and\n(b) is aggrieved in connection with a procurement or an award of a contract.\n(2) A protest may not be filed after:\n(a)\n(i)\n(A) the opening of bids, for a protest relating to a procurement under a bidding process; or\n(B) the deadline for submitting responses to the solicitation, for a protest relating to another standard procurement process; or\n(ii) the closing of the procurement stage that is the subject of the protest:\n(A) if the protest relates to a multiple-stage procurement; and\n(B) notwithstanding Subsections (2)(a)(i)(A) and (B); or\n(b) the day that is seven days after the day on which the person knows or first has constructive knowledge of the facts giving rise to the protest, if:\n(i) the protestor did not know and did not have constructive knowledge of the facts giving rise to the protest before:\n(A) the opening of bids, for a protest relating to a procurement under a bidding process;\n(B) the deadline for submitting responses to the solicitation, for a protest relating to another standard procurement process; or\n(C) the closing of the procurement stage that is the subject of the protest, if the protest relates to a multiple-stage procurement; or\n(ii) the protest relates to a procurement process not described in Subsection (2)(a).\n(3) A deadline under Subsection (2) for filing a protest may not be modified.\n(4)\n(a) A protestor shall include in a protest:\n(i) the protestor's mailing address and email address; and\n(ii) a concise statement of the facts and evidence:\n(A) leading the protestor to claim that the protestor has been aggrieved in connection with a procurement and providing the grounds for the protestor's protest; and\n(B) supporting the protestor's claim of standing.\n(b) A protest may not be considered unless it contains facts and evidence that, if true, would establish:\n(i) a violation of this chapter or other applicable law or rule;\n(ii) the procurement unit's failure to follow a provision of a solicitation;\n(iii) an error made by an evaluation committee or conducting procurement unit;\n(iv) a bias exercised by an evaluation committee or an individual committee member, excluding a bias that is a preference arising during the evaluation process because of how well a solicitation response meets criteria in the solicitation;\n(v) a failure to correctly apply or calculate a scoring criterion; or\n(vi) that specifications in a solicitation are unduly restrictive or unduly anticompetitive.\n(5) A protest may not be based on:\n(a) the rejection of a solicitation response due to a protestor's failure to attend or participate in a mandatory conference, meeting, or site visit held before the deadline for submitting a solicitation response;\n(b) a vague or unsubstantiated allegation; or\n(c) a person's claim that:\n(i) a procurement unit that complied with Section 63G-6a-112 did not provide individual notice of a solicitation to the person; or\n(ii) the person received late notice of a solicitation for which notice was provided in accordance with Section 63G-6a-112.\n(6) A protest may not include a request for:\n(a) an explanation of the rationale or scoring of evaluation committee members;\n(b) the disclosure of a protected record or protected information in addition to the information provided under the disclosure provisions of this chapter; or\n(c) other information, documents, or explanations not explicitly provided for in this chapter.\n(7) A person who fails to file a protest within the time prescribed in Subsection (2) may not:\n(a) protest to the protest officer a solicitation or award of a contract; or\n(b) file an action or appeal challenging a solicitation or award of a contract before an appeals panel, a court, or any other forum.\n(8) Subject to the applicable requirements of Section 63G-10-403, a protest officer or the head of a procurement unit may enter into a settlement agreement to resolve a protest.","path":["Title 63G General Government","Chapter 63G-6a Utah Procurement Code","Part 63G-6a-16 Protests"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title63G/Chapter6a/63G-6a-S1602.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"878150ebf1c5b7661b16d8a915e3d32344db9e5520953c90a2174eaef489bacb","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-63g-6a-1601.5","next":"us-ut/utah-code-63g-6a-1603"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}