PROCUREMENT TASK FORCE, BID PROTESTS

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

This is a Miami-Dade County ordinance (File Number 261345) that implements recommendations from the Special Task Force to Reduce Inefficiencies in Procurement relating to bid protests. It amends Section 2-8.4 of the Code of Miami-Dade County and Implementing Order 3-21. Key changes include adding a 5-day objection period after the first step in two-step qualification-based competitive procurements, allowing recovery of attorney's fees for frivolous protests in procurements valued over $25,000,000, allowing motions to dismiss in bid protest proceedings, raising the informal protest threshold from $250,000 to $5,000,000, and directing the creation of a centralized, automated online portal for filing protests with strict electronic filing deadlines. The ordinance was introduced on 7/20/2026, adopted on first reading on 7/21/2026, and is scheduled for a public hearing and second reading on 9/1/2026. The prime sponsor is Anthony Rodriguez. No specific project site, address, parcel, or size is stated.