Appeal to Utah Court of Appeals

(1) (a) As provided in this part: (i) a person may appeal a dismissal of an appeal by the board chair under Subsection 63G-6a-1702(5)(b)(ii)(A); (ii) a person who receives an adverse decision by a procurement appeals panel may appeal that decision; (iii) subject to Subsection (2), a procurement unit, other than a legislative procurement unit, a judicial procurement unit, a nonadopting local government procurement unit, or a public transit district, may appeal an adverse decision by a procurement appeals panel; and (iv) a person who receives an adverse decision in a protest relating to a legislative procurement unit, a judicial procurement unit, a nonadopting local government procurement unit, or a public transit district may appeal that decision. (b) A person seeking to appeal a dismissal or decision under Subsection (1)(a) shall file a notice of appeal with the Utah Court of Appeals within seven days after the dismissal or decision. (2) A procurement unit may not appeal the decision of a procurement appeals panel, unless the appeal is: (a) recommended by the protest officer involved; and (b) except for a procurement unit that is not represented by the attorney general's office, approved by the attorney general. (3) A person appealing a dismissal, decision, or protest under this section may not base the appeal on a ground not specified in the proceeding from which the appeal is taken. (4) The Utah Court of Appeals: (a) shall consider the appeal as an appellate court; (b) may not hear the matter as a trial de novo; and (c) may not overturn a finding, dismissal, or decision unless the finding, dismissal, or decision, is arbitrary and capricious or clearly erroneous. (5) The Utah Court of Appeals is encouraged to: (a) give an appeal made under this section priority; and (b) consider the appeal and render a decision in an expeditious manner.