PROCUREMENT TASK FORCE, BID PROTESTS

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

This is a Miami-Dade County legislative item, File Number 261345, an ordinance relating to county procurement and bid protests. It implements recommendations from the Special Task Force to Reduce Inefficiencies in Procurement, amending Section 2-8.4 of the Code of Miami-Dade County and Implementing Order 3-21. The ordinance was adopted on first reading on 7/21/2026, with a public hearing and second reading scheduled for 9/1/2026 before the Board of County Commissioners and a Policy Committee hearing on 9/8/2026. The ordinance is sponsored by Anthony Rodriguez. It does not describe a physical construction project, site, or land use change. The business opportunity is for contractors and trades involved in county procurement, as the ordinance changes bid protest procedures, including a 5-day objection period after the first step in two-step qualification-based procurements, recovery of attorney's fees for frivolous protests on procurements over $25,000,000, motions to dismiss, raising the informal protest threshold from $250,000 to $5,000,000, and creating a centralized online portal for filing protests. No public comment or stakeholder sentiment is stated in the document.