Automated Summary
Key Facts
Salud Para Todos, Inc. (SPT) challenged the award of subasta formal núm. 24J-17537-R1 for the acquisition and installation of refrigerators and freezers for Puerto Rico's vaccination program. The Junta de Subastas awarded the contract to Bio-Nuclear of Puerto Rico, Inc. SPT filed an administrative review request with the Junta Revisora on December 12, 2024, but failed to notify the Administración de Servicios Generales (ASG) directly as required by Article 65 of Ley Núm. 73-2019. The Appellate Court dismissed the case for lack of jurisdiction due to this jurisdictional failure.
Issues
The primary issue was whether the recurrente's failure to notify the Administración de Servicios Generales (ASG) directly of its request for administrative review, as required by Article 65 of the Ley Núm. 73-2019, resulted in the loss of jurisdiction for the Junta Revisora and the Tribunal de Apelaciones to consider the case. The court found that the ASG was not properly notified, leading to the conclusion that the jurisdictional requirements were not met.
Holdings
The Appellate Court dismissed the administrative review appeal for lack of jurisdiction, concluding that the petitioner failed to properly notify the Administration of Services (ASG) as required by Law No. 73-2019. This failure to meet the jurisdictional requirement under Article 65 of the law resulted in the court's inability to address the merits of the case.
Remedies
El Tribunal de Apelaciones desestimó el recurso de revisión administrativo presentado por Salud Para Todos, Inc. debido a que no se cumplió el requisito jurisdiccional de notificar a la Administración de Servicios Generales (ASG) la solicitud de revisión. Por lo tanto, la Junta Revisora y el Tribunal carecían de jurisdicción para atender el caso.
Legal Principles
The court emphasized the Substance over Form principle, determining that the failure to notify the ASG directly (rather than just its employees) rendered the administrative review incomplete, resulting in a lack of jurisdiction for the Revisora and Appellate Tribunal.
Precedent Name
- FCPR V. ELA et al.
- Fuentes Bonilla v. ELA
- R&B Power Inc. v. Junta de Subasta
- Rosario Domínguez et als. v. ELA
- Soto Pino v. Uno Radio Group
- Ruiz Camilo v. Trafon Group, Inc.
- Cruz Parrilla v. Depto. Vivienda
- Allied Mgmt. Group v. Oriental Bank
Cited Statute
Ley de la Administración de Servicios Generales para la Centralización de las Compras del Gobierno de Puerto Rico de 2019
Judge Name
- Rodríguez Casillas
- Sánchez Báez
- Marrero Guerrero
- Campos Pérez
Passage Text
- Por los fundamentos que expondremos a continuación, se desestima el presente recurso de revisión administrativa por falta de jurisdicción.
- En consideración a lo anterior, este Tribunal de Apelaciones carece de jurisdicción para atender el recurso de epígrafe.
- Este Tribunal determina que la ASG no fue notificada conforme a derecho. En virtud de lo cual, concluimos que la recurrente incumplió con el requisito jurisdiccional de notificar a la ASG su Solicitud de Revisión presentada ante la Junta Revisora, por lo que tal solicitud nunca se perfeccionó.