The Supreme Court of Guam has come to a decision on GTA’s appeal against the lower court’s ruling on the Guam Department of Education and Pacific Data Systems case. 

In a unanimous decision, justices overturned a Superior Court judge’s decision that prevented GDOE from contracting with GTA, the winning bidder in a recent procurement contest for telecommunications services. 

After PDS lost a competitive bid to provide GDOE with phone and data services, it contested the contract award and brought their case to the courts after the Office of Public Accountability denied its procurement protest. 

This Supreme Court ruling clarifies that pds failed to file for judicial review within the required 15-day period after the OPA dismissed its protest. 

Justices opening that the procurement code establishes mandatory procedures to ensure transparency and competitiveness in public procurement.