Tidal Basin Caribe, LLC v. Junta Subasta Dept De La Vivienda

CourtTribunal De Apelaciones De Puerto Rico/Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico
DecidedMay 24, 2024
DocketKLRA202400099
StatusPublished

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Opinion

Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico TRIBUNAL DE APELACIONES PANEL II

TIDAL BASIN CARIBE, LLC REVISION ADMINISTRATIVA Recurrente procedente de la Junta de Subastas v. del Departamento de la Vivienda de Puerto JUNTA DE SUBASTAS DEL Rico DEPARTAMENTO DE LA VIVIENDA DE PUERTO RICO; Sobre: DEPARTMENTO DE LA Impugnación de VIVIENDA DE PUERTO RICO Adjudicación de Subasta sobre Recurrido Requerimiento de KLRA202400099 Propuestas No. v. CDBG-DRMIT-RFP- 2023-05, “Program INNOVATIVE EMERGENCY Management MANAGEMENT, INC.; TETRA Services related to TECH, INC.; CUSTOM the CEWRI-HH and GROUP, LLC CEWRI-DR”

Proponentes-Seleccionados

BMA GROUP, PLEXOS GROUP, LLC, FAMILY ENDEAVORS, INC., CSA ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS, LLP

Proponentes

Panel integrado por su presidente, el juez Bermúdez Torres, el juez Adames Soto y la juez Aldebol Mora.

Aldebol Mora, Juez Ponente

SENTENCIA

En San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 24 de mayo de 2024.

Comparece ante nos la parte recurrente, Tidal Basin Caribe, LLC, y

nos solicita la revisión y revocación del Aviso de Adjudicación (Notice of

Award) notificada por el Departamento de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico el 6

de febrero de 2024. Mediante el mismo, el referido organismo notificó la

adjudicación del requerimiento de propuestas a favor de Innovative

Emergency Management, Inc. y Tetra Tech, Inc.

Junto a su recurso, la parte recurrente presentó una Moción Urgente

en Auxilio de Jurisdicción, la cual declaramos Ha Lugar mediante

Resolución del 27 de febrero de 2024.

Número Identificador SEN2024 _______________ KLRA202400099 2

Por los fundamentos que expondremos a continuación, se deja sin

efecto la paralización de los procedimientos y se desestima el presente

recurso por falta de jurisdicción.

I

El 29 de agosto de 2023, el Departamento de la Vivienda de Puerto

Rico (Departamento de la Vivienda o recurrido) publicó un Request for

Proposals No. CDBG-DRMIT-RFP-2023-05 para el Program Management

Services under Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery

(CDBG-DR) y el Program and Community Development Block Grant

Mitigation (CDBG-MIT).1 Conforme surge de los documentos de autos, la

Junta de Subastas del Departamento de la Vivienda (Junta) recibió

propuestas por BMA Group, Plexos Group, LLC, Tetra Tech, Inc.,

Innovative Emergency Management, Inc., Family Endeavors, Inc., dba

Endeavors, CSA Architects & Engineers, LLP, Custom Group, LLC, Tidal

Basin Caribe, LLC (recurrente), en calidad de proponentes.2

Evaluadas las propuestas, el 6 de febrero de 2024, la Junta emitió

el Notice of Award que nos ocupa a favor de Innovative Emergency

Management, Inc. y Tetra Tech, Inc.3 Indicó que los detalles de los

nombres, direcciones y la información de contacto de todos los

proponentes que presentaron una propuesta en respuesta al request for

proposal se encontraban en el Exhibit II (Bid Board Resolution), el cual,

según indicó, formaba parte integral del Notice of Award recurrido. El

contenido de la referida misiva, además de apercibir a las partes sobre el

término correspondiente para solicitar revisión judicial de la decisión ante

el Tribunal de Apelaciones, en lo pertinente, incluía lo siguiente:

The following proposers were deemed Not Qualified:

1. BMA Group (BMA) – The proposer was ranked as Not Qualified. BMA Group passed the submission requirements evaluation for this RFP. As a result of the evaluation performed, the Proposer received a rating of Excellent in the critical criterion of professional qualifications and the experience of the proposer to successfully perform the services required. The Proposer received a rating of Fair for the critical criteria of professional

1 Apéndice del recurso, págs. 16-116. 2 Apéndice del recurso, págs. 450-1129. 3 Apéndice del recurso, págs. 3021-3028. KLRA202400099 3

qualifications and specialized experience of the proposed key staff; and the quality of the proposed approach and its relevance to the services described in this RFP. For the important criterion of the capacity of the key staff and the ability to commit adequate time to effectively perform the services in the role assigned within the required timeframe, BMA received a Fair rating as well. Given that BMA Group received two ratings of Fair in critical criteria, it was ranked as Not Qualified as instructed in the RFP.

2. Plexos Group[,] LLC (Plexos) was ranked as Not Qualified by the EC. The Proposer passed the submission requirements evaluation for this RFP. Plexos received a rating of Excellent for the critical criteria of the professional qualifications and experience of the Proposer to successfully perform the services required, and the quality of the proposed work approach and its relevance to the services requested. In the important criterion of the capacity of the key staff and the ability to commit adequate time to effectively perform the services in the role assigned within the required timeframe, the Proposer received a rating of Excellent as well. Regarding the critical criterion of the professional qualifications and specialized experience of the proposed key staff this Proposer obtained a rating of Fair. Having Plexos obtained a rating of Fair in a critical criterion, the EC ranked Plexos as Not Qualified.

3. Family Endeavors, Inc., dba Endeavors (Family Endeavors) – was ranked as Not Qualified. Family Endeavors passed the submission requirements evaluation for this RFP. As a result of the evaluation performed, the Proposer received a rating of Fair in the first criterion of professional qualifications and the experience of the proposer to successfully perform the services required, as well as for the second criterion of professional qualifications and specialized experience of the proposed key staff. In the third criterion of quality of the proposed approach and its relevance to the services described in this RFP Family Endeavors received a rating of Fair. For the fourth criterion of capacity of the key staff and the ability to commit adequate time to effectively perform the services in the role assigned within the required timeframe, the Proposer received a rating of Good. Given that, Family Endeavors received ratings of Fair in all critical criteria, it was ranked as Not Qualified by the EC.

4. CSA Architects & Engineers, LLP (CSA) was ranked as Not Qualified. CSA passed the submission requirements evaluation for this RFP. As a result of the evaluation performed, the Proposer received a rating of Excellent in the critical criterion of professional qualifications and the experience of the proposer to successfully perform the services required. In the important criterion regarding the capacity of the key staff and the ability to commit adequate time to effectively perform the services in the role assigned within the required timeframe, the Proposer received a rating of Excellent. CSA received a rating of Fair in the critical criterion of professional qualifications and specialized experience of the proposed key staff. In the critical criterion of quality of the proposed approach and its relevance to the services described in this RFP, the Proposer received a rating of Good. For all the reasons above, having received a rating of Fair in one critical criterion, CSA was ranked as Not Qualified by the EC.

5. Tidal Basin Caribe[,] LLC (TBC) was ranked as Not Qualified. TBC passed the submission requirements evaluation for this RFP. As a result of the evaluation performed, the Proposer received a rating of Excellent in the critical criterion of professional qualifications and the experience of the proposer; and for the quality of the proposed approach and its relevance KLRA202400099 4

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