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Home My WebLink AboutLegislation FR/SRCity of Miami Legislation Ordinance City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com File Number: 14-00044 Final Action Date: AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI COMMISSIONAMENDING CHAPTER 18/ARTICLE III OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "FINANCE/ CITY OF MIAMI PROCUREMENT ORDINANCE", MORE PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING SECTION 18-74, CONE OF SILENCE, TO RECOGNIZE THE EXEMPTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 286.0113, FLORIDA STATUTES, AND TO EXCLUDE FROM THE CONE OF SILENCE PORTIONS OF MEETINGS HELD FULLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS THEREOF; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, Section 286.0113, Florida Statutes (F.S.), provides for general exemptions from the public meeting requirements of Section 286.011, F.S., and Section 24(b), Article I of the State Constitution; and WHEREAS, the purpose of this Ordinance is to ensure that there is no conflict between these statutory exemptions and the requirements of Section 18-74 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Code"); NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Ordinance are adopted and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section. Section 2. Chapter 18/Article III/ of the City Code, as amended, entitled "Finance/City of Miami Procurement Ordinance", is further amended in the following particulars:{1} "CHAPTER 18 FINANCE ARTICLE III. CITY OF MIAMI PROCUREMENT ORDINANCE * * * Sec. 18-74. Cone of silence. (a) The requirements of subsection 2-11.1(t) ("Cone of Silence Ordinances") of the Code of Miami -Dade County, Florida, as amended, shall not be applicable to the city. (b) Cone of silence. The cone of silence shall be applicable only to contracts for the provision of goods and services and public works or improvements for amounts greater than $200,000.00; City of Miami Page 1 of 5 File Id: 14-00044 (Version: 1) Printed On: 2/6/2014 File Number: 14-00044 provided, however, that the cone of silence shall not be applicable to the city attorney's office nor to the office of the independent auditor general. (c) "Cone of silence" is defined to mean a prohibition on: (1) Any communication regarding a particular request for proposals ("RFP"), request for qualifications ("RFQ"), request for letters of interest ("RFLI"), invitation for bids ("IFB") or any other advertised solicitation between a potential proposer, offeror, respondent, bidder, lobbyist, or consultant and the city's professional staff including, but not limited to, the city manager and his or her staff; (2) Any communication regarding a particular RFP, RFQ, RFLI, IFB or any other advertised solicitation between the mayor, city commissioners or their respective staffs and any member of the city's professional staff including, but not limited to, the city manager and his or her staff; (3) Any communication regarding a particular RFP, RFQ, RFLI, IFB or any other advertised solicitation between a potential proposer, offeror, respondent, bidder, lobbyist, or consultant and any member of the selection/evaluation committee therefor; (4) Any communication regarding a particular RFP, RFQ, RFLI, IFB or any other advertised solicitation between the mayor, city commissioners or their respective staffs and any member of the selection/evaluation committee therefor; and (5) Any communication regarding a particular RFP, RFQ, RFLI, IFB or any other advertised solicitation between a potential proposer, offeror, respondent, bidder, lobbyist, or consultant and the mayor, city commissioners, and their respective staffs; and (6) Any communication regarding a particular RFP, RFQ, RFLI, IFB or any other advertised solicitation between any member of the city's professional staff, including but not limited to the city manager and his or her staff, and any member of the selection/evaluation committee therefor. The city manager and the chairperson of the selection/evaluation committee may communicate about a particular selection/evaluation committee's recommendation but only after the committee has submitted its written recommendation to the city manager and provided that should any change occur in the committee recommendation, the content of the communication and of the corresponding change shall be described in writing and filed by the city manager with the city clerk and be included in any recommendation memorandum submitted by the city manager to the city commission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Cone of Silence shall not apply to: a. Competitive processes for the award of CDBG, HOME, SHIP, HOPWA, and ESG (emergency shelter grants), Funds issued and administered by the city department of community development, and Law Enforcement Trust Fund (LETF) grants administered by the city police department; b. Communications between a potential proposer, offeror, respondent, bidder, consultant or lobbyist and city purchasing staff regarding minority/women business and local vendor outreach programs; c. Duly noticed pre-bid/proposal conferences and site inspections; d. Duly noticed site visits to determine the competency of bidders/proposers regarding a particular solicitation during the time period between the opening of bids/receipt of proposals and the time the city manager makes his or her written recommendation to the city commission; City of Miami Page 2 of 5 File Id: 14-00044 (Version: 1) Printed On: 2/6/2014 File Number: 14-00044 e. Emergency procurements; f. Communications with the city attorney and his or her staff; g. Communications regarding a particular RFP, RFQ, RFLI, IFB or any other advertised solicitation between a potential proposer, offeror, respondent, bidder, lobbyist or consultant and the chief procurement officer, its staff, or any city purchasing agent, or its staff, responsible for administering the procurement process for such solicitation, prior to bid opening date or receipt of proposals, provided the communication is limited strictly to matters of process or procedure already contained in the corresponding solicitation; h. Communications regarding a particular RFP, RFQ, RFLI, IFB or any other advertised solicitation between the chief procurement officer, its staff, or any city purchasing agent, or its staff responsible for administering the procurement process for such solicitation and a member of the corresponding selection/evaluation committee, provided the communication is limited strictly to matters of process or procedure already contained in the corresponding solicitation; i. Sole source procurements; j. Bid waivers; k. Oral presentations before selection/evaluation committees and communications occurring during duly noticed meetings of selection/evaluation committees; I. Competitive negotiations; m. Public presentations made to the city commission and communications occurring during any duly noticed public meeting; n. Communications in writing or by e-mail at any time with any city employee, official, mayor, or member of the city commission unless specifically prohibited by the applicable RFP, RFQ, RFLI, IFB or other advertised solicitation. The city shall file a copy of any written communications with the city clerk; o. Communications in connection with the collection of industry comments or the performance of market research regarding a particular RFP, RFQ, RFLI, IFB or any other advertised solicitation by the chief procurement officer or its staff; p. Contract negotiations. q. On-line procurements pursuant to section 18-114 r. The downtown development authority, the department of off-street parking, the Liberty City Community Revitalization Trust Model City Homeowners Trust, the Civilian Investigative Panel, and the Miami Sports and Exhibition Authority. s. Any portion of meetings that are exempted by and held fully in accordance with the provisions of Section 286.0113, Florida Statutes. (d) Procedure. (1) Imposition. A cone of silence shall be imposed upon each RFP, RFQ, RFLI, IFB or any other advertised solicitation when the solicitation is advertised in a newspaper of general circulation. At the time of imposition of the cone of silence, the city manager or his or her designee shall provide for public notice of the cone of silence. The city manager or his or her designee shall issue a notice City of Miami Page 3 of 5 File Id: 14-00044 (Version: 1) Printed On: 2/6/2014 File Number: 14-00044 thereof to the affected department(s), the city clerk, each commissioner and to the mayor and shall include in any advertised solicitation a statement disclosing that the solicitation is subject to the cone of silence. (2) Termination. Except as otherwise provided herein, the cone of silence shall terminate at the time the city manager's approval of the award or the city manager's written recommendation to the city commission, as may be applicable, is received by the city clerk, or at such time that bids or proposals are rejected by the city commission or the city manager; provided, however, that if the city commission refers the recommendation back to the city manager for further review, the cone of silence shall be reimposed until such time as the city manager's subsequent written recommendation is received by the city clerk. (e) Penalties. Violation of the cone of silence by a particular bidder or proposer shall render the award to said bidder or proposer voidable by the city commission. Any person who violates a provision of this ordinance shall be prohibited from serving on a city competitive selection/evaluation committee unless such appointment is approved by a 4/5 vote of the city commission. A violation of this section by a particular bidder, proposer, offeror, respondent, lobbyist or consultant shall subject said bidder, proposer, offeror, respondent, lobbyist or consultant to potential debarment pursuant to this Code. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, violation of any provision of this article by a city employee shall subject said employee to disciplinary action up to and including dismissal. * Section 3. If any section, part of a section, paragraph, clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance is declared invalid, the remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall not be affected. Section 4. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after final reading and adoption thereof.{2} APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: VICTORI MENDEZ CITY ATTORNEY City of Miami Page 4 of 5 File Id: 14-00044 (Version: 1) Printed On: 2/6/2014 File Number: 14-00044 Footnotes: {1} Words/and or figures stricken through shall be deleted. Underscored words and/or figures shall be added. The remaining provisions are now in effect and remain unchanged. Asterisks indicate omitted and unchanged material. {2} This Ordinance shall become effective as specified herein unless vetoed by the Mayor within ten days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Ordinance, it shall become effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission or upon override of the veto by the City Commission or upon the effective dte state herein, whichever is later. City of Miami Page 5 of 5 File Id: 14-00044 (Version: 1) Printed On: 2/6/2014