FARE COLLECTION APPLICATION - REJECTION

Intergovernmental and Economic Impact Committee · 2026-06-10 · resolution

Miami-Dade County legislative item File Number 260623, a Resolution to reject all proposals received in response to Request for Proposals No. EVN0001148, Fare Collection Application, for the Department of Transportation and Public Works, was introduced on 4/8/2026. The item was deferred at the 5/13/2026 Intergovernmental and Economic Impact Committee meeting and withdrawn at the 6/10/2026 meeting. The administration requested withdrawal of its recommendation to reject all bids and instead return with a recommended vendor. The RFP was advertised on May 16, 2025, and nine proposals were received on August 29, 2025. The contract was intended to replace Contract No. L8481-0/27, valued at $31,671,329, expiring January 31, 2028. The anticipated contract term was six years with one four-year option to renew, for a total of ten years. The RFP stipulated that the top three highest-ranked firms would be invited for oral presentations, but five proposers were advanced. Cubic Transportation Systems, originally ranked fourth, jumped to first after oral presentations. The County Attorney's Office determined the RFP language required only three proposers to advance. The administration planned to return with a recommended vendor at the next IEIC meeting on July 15, 2026. Public comment and stakeholder sentiment included Commissioner Gonzalez expressing concern about flawed processes discouraging firms, Commissioner Cohen Higgins stating the County needed to improve its procurement process so business partners were not discouraged, and Senator García cautioning against rejecting the RFP and deferring to negotiate with a prior vendor, stating that companies invested significant resources in responding to RFPs and that such unpredictability discouraged businesses from working with the County. Commissioner Gonzalez also noted that the current vendor was not PCI compliant and that the County was operating under a waiver for PCI compliance. Cubic's Mr. Popat stated that Cubic maintained PCI compliance on its other projects and had been working with the County toward compliance, and that if compliance was not achieved within the permitted deferral period, the County would face assessed fees and lose access to the open payment system.