Section 550.402  Limitations on Protests

A protest may only be filed with the Agency for:

a)         Issues arising under the procurement provisions of this Part;

b)         Alleged violations of State law and when there is a superceding federal requirement;

c)         Basic project design determinations which clearly relate to questions of source selection or application of restrictive specifications; or

d)         Award of lower tier subagreements;

1)         If the Agency mandated award to a particular entity; or

2)         If based on a violation of the requirements in Section 550.313.