PROCUREMENT TASK FORCE, BID PROTESTS

Board of County Commissioners · 2026-07-21 · ordinance

This ordinance, File Number 261345, relates to county procurement and implements recommendations from a Special Task Force to reduce inefficiencies in bid protests. Key changes include establishing a 5-day objection period after the first step in two-step qualification-based procurements, allowing recovery of attorney's fees in frivolous bid protests (for procurements over $25 million), permitting motions to dismiss protests, raising the informal protest threshold to $5 million, and directing the creation of a centralized, automated online portal for the protest process. The ordinance amends Section 2-8.4 of the Code of Miami-Dade County and Implementing Order 3-21. It was introduced on 7/20/2026 and is scheduled for an agenda on 9/1/2026.