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Ordinance 14453
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 18888 Final Action Date: 4/9/2026
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER
18/ARTICLE III OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS
AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), TITLED "FINANCE/CITY OF MIAMI
PROCUREMENT ORDINANCE", BY AMENDING SECTION 18-119, TITLED
"UNSOLICITED PROPOSALS", TO CLARIFY THE PROCESS FOR
EVALUATING UNSOLICITED PROPOSALS RECEIVED BY THE CITY AND
PROVIDING FOR UNSOLICITED PROPOSALS TO BE PRESENTED TO THE
CITY COMMISSION; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Miguel Angel Gabela
WHEREAS, Chapter 18/Article III of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended
("City Code"), titled "Finance/City of Miami Procurement Ordinance," establishes requirements
and procedures governing City procurement, including the receipt and evaluation of unsolicited
proposals; and
WHEREAS, Section 18-119 of the City Code, titled "Unsolicited Proposals," provides, in
part, for public notice and the receipt of competing proposals when the City receives an
unsolicited proposal for a qualifying project; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that the existing wording in Section 18-119(e)
may be construed to require placement of an unsolicited proposal on a City Commission
agenda only when the City desires to enter into an agreement with the submitting private entity
or consortium; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission desires to clarify that, upon receipt of an unsolicited
proposal for a qualifying project pursuant to Section 18-119, the City Manager shall notify the
City Commission by placement of a discussion item on the next available City Commission
meeting agenda, prior to the City taking further action to proceed with the unsolicited proposal
process as set forth in Section 18-119(e); and
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 by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. Chapter 39/Article II of the City Code is amended in the following particulars:1
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.
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File ID: 18888 Enactment Number: 14453
"CHAPTER 18"
FINANCE
ARTICLE III. CITY OF MIAMI PROCUREMENT ORDINANCE
Sec. 18-119. — Unsolicited Proposals.
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(e) Public notice. If the city receives an unsolicited proposal for a qualifying project pursuant
to this section, and the city dcsires to enter into an agreement with the private entity or
consortium of private entities submitting same, the GCity Manager shall first notify the district
commissioner representing the commission district in which the qualifying project is located, as
identified in the unsolicited proposal, and brief the commissioner on the content of the
unsolicited proposal within 15 days of receipt of said proposal. If the qualifying project includes
real property located in more than one commission district, the City Manager shall notify and
brief each such district commissioner within 30 days of receipt of said proposal. If any such
district commissioner desires to further consider the unsolicited proposal, the City Manager
must notify the commission of the receipt of said unsolicited proposal by placement of a
discussion item on the next available commission meeting agenda. Upon the commission's
approval to proceed with said unsolicited proposal project, the city shall publish public notice in
the Florida Administrative Register, on the city's procurement website and/or via the on-line
procurement/bidding platform, and a newspaper of general circulation at least once a week for a
minimum of two weeks stating that the city has received an unsolicited proposal and that the city
will accept other proposals for the same qualifying project. The city shall additionally furnish a
copy of the same notice to any homeowners or neighborhood associations currently registered
with the city in the designated area. The city shall set forth in each such request for proposals
the criteria to be evaluated and how such private partner shall be selected from the proposals
submitted. The entity submitting the original unsolicited proposal may submit a more detailed
proposal in response to the city's notice. The timeframe for allowing other proposals shall be no
fewer than 21 days but no more than 120 days after the initial date of publication. A copy of the
notice must be mailed to each local government in the affected area of the qualifying project
which shall mean Miami -Dade County and/or any municipality and/or special district in which all
or a portion of the qualifying project is located.
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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 immediately upon final reading and
adoption thereof.2
2 This Ordinance shall become effective as specified herein unless vetoed by the Mayor within ten (10)
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 the effective date stated
herein, whichever is later.
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File ID: 18888
Enactment Number: 14453
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ge Wy j ng III, C y ttor
2/3/2026 e . ge Wy j ng III, C1ty -ttor ~y 3/12/2026
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