1-Objection template.docx

This is an objection form template provided by the Business and Procurement Services department at Dawson Technical Institute, part of the City Colleges of Chicago, for use in challenging sole source procurement announcements. The form is designed to allow companies to formally object to proposed sole source awards and request a hearing to discuss alternative service providers. Objecting companies must complete fields including their company name, contact person, phone number, and email address, and must assert that they can provide equivalent or superior services at a price equal to or below the quoted amount. The form requires submission to the procurement services office located at 3901 S. State Street, Room 102, Chicago, Illinois, with contact available via phone at (312) 553-2590 or email at procurementservices@ccc.edu.

The objection form itself contains no pricing terms, set-asides, or funding information, as it is a procedural template rather than a substantive procurement document. This particular template appears to be issued in connection with a sole source public review for ChildCare Food Services in Illinois, indicating that companies believing they can compete for this contract have a mechanism to formally challenge the sole source designation and request consideration as alternative vendors.