(1) Upon concluding its evaluation, the department may:

     (a) Select the firm submitting the lowest responsible bid for the construction of new jumbo ferries, taking into consideration the requirements stated in the bid documents and rank the remaining firms, judging them by the same standards;

     (b) Reject all bids not in compliance with the requirements contained in the bid documents;

     (c) Reject all bids.

     (2) The department shall immediately notify those firms that were not selected as the firm presenting the lowest responsible bid. The department's selection is conclusive unless appeal from it is taken by an aggrieved firm to the superior court of Thurston county within five days after receiving notice of the department's final decision. The appeal shall be heard summarily within ten days after it is taken and on five days' notice to the department. The court shall hear any appeal on the administrative record that was before the department. The court may affirm the decision of the department, or it may reverse the decision if it determines the action of the department was arbitrary or capricious.

[1993 c 493 § 4.]

NOTES:

     Effective date -- 1993 c 493: See note following RCW 47.60.770.