In its June 2015 decision in Michael Weinstein v. County of Los Angeles, the California Court of Appeal reversed a trial decision that had struck down a municipal sole-source contract award for health care support services. The Court of Appeal found that the trial court failed to apply appropriate deference to the sole-source decision since government procurement decisions should only be reversed where they are “arbitrary, capricious or entirely lacking in evidentiary support” or where they are “contrary to established public policy or unlawful or procedurally unfair.” The Court of Appeal found that the municipality had adequately documented the reasons behind its sole-source decision and upheld the award.
