PROCUREMENT TASK FORCE, BID PROTESTS

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

This is a legislative item, an ordinance relating to county procurement and bid protest procedures in Miami-Dade County. It does not describe a specific development project, site, or construction work. The ordinance 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. Key changes include a 5-day objection period after the first step in two-step qualification-based procurements, allowing recovery of attorney's fees for frivolous protests in procurements over $25,000,000, allowing motions to dismiss, raising the informal protest threshold from $250,000 to $5,000,000, and creating a centralized automated online portal for filing protests. 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 public hearing before the Policy Committee on 9/8/2026. The prime sponsor is Anthony Rodriguez. The file number is 261345. No public comment or stakeholder sentiment is stated in the document.