SPECIAL TASK FORCE TO REDUCE INEFFICIENCIES IN PROCUREMENT

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

This legislative item, an ordinance, is in committee and proposes significant changes to Miami-Dade County's procurement processes based on recommendations from a Special Task Force. Key changes include amending the 'Cone of Silence' to allow closed recorded oral presentations, establishing new requirements for competitive selection committee appointments, composition, scoring, training, and conflict checks. It also creates a 'Large Local Employer' category for professional services acquisitions, modifies committee sizes based on contract value (3 members for under $20M, 5 members for $20M or more), eliminates the practice of dropping the lowest score in architectural and engineering procurements, and restricts technology use during oral presentations for contracts under $5 million. An AI-driven system will be implemented for selection committee candidate identification and tracking, and self-guided training modules will replace workshops. The ordinance also mandates standardized instructions for committee members to articulate scoring rationale and presentation advancement bases. Public comment is not stated in this document.