VERIZON BUSINESS NETWORK SERVICES, INC. EX REL. MCI COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

Nos. 1D07-4603, 1D07-4604.

988 So.2d 1148 (2008)

VERIZON BUSINESS NETWORK SERVICES, INC., on behalf of MCI COMMUNICATIONS, INC., d/b/a Verizon Business Services, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS and Securus Technologies, Inc., and Public Communications Services, Inc., Appellees. Global-Tel Link Corporation, Appellant, v. Department of Corrections and Securus Technologies, Inc., and Public Communications Services, Inc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 4, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary V. Perko and Wesley S. Haber of Hopping Green & Sams, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellant Verizon Business Network Services, Inc., on behalf of MCI Communications, Inc., d/b/a Verizon Business Services; John A. Tucker of Foley & Lardner, LLP, Jacksonville; and Robert H. Hosay and Christopher M. Kise, Tallahassee, for Appellant Global-Tel Link Corporation.

W. Robert Vezina, III, and Eduardo S. Lombard of Vezina, Lawrence & Piscitelli, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellee Securus Technologies, Inc.; Karen Armstrong, Assistant General Counsel, and Susan P. Stephens, Assistant General Counsel, Tallahassee, for Appellee Department of Corrections; Cynthia S. Tunnicliff and Brian A. Newman of Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson, Bell & Dunbar, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellee.


LEWIS, J.

Appellants, Verizon Business Network Services, Inc. ("Verizon") and Global-Tel Link Corporation ("GTL"), challenge the Department of Corrections' final order that upheld the award of a public contract to Securus Technologies, Inc. ("Securus") and denied their bid protest petitions. Appellants argue that the Secretary of the Department violated their rights to procedural due process when he entered the final order. Specifically, they contend that the Secretary...

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