PROCUREMENT TASK FORCE, BID PROTESTS

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

This is a legislative item for an ordinance relating to county procurement, specifically implementing recommendations from the Special Task Force to Reduce Inefficiencies in Procurement relating to bid protests. The ordinance amends Section 2-8.4 of the Code of Miami-Dade County, Florida, and Implementing Order 3-21. It 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 ordinance includes provisions for a 5-day objection period after the first step in two-step qualification-based competitive procurements, recovery of attorney's fees for frivolous bid protests in procurements valued over $25,000,000, motions to dismiss in bid protest proceedings, raising the informal protest threshold from $250,000 to $5,000,000, and creating a centralized, automated online portal for filing protests. No specific project site, address, or parcel is described.