Bids and RFP's Solicitation :

• Sealed bids for categories of items listed below will be received, at the address listed, on the designated date. Said bids will be publicly opened and read at the Miami-Dade County School Board Administration Building. Bids are to be placed in the 'BID BOX' in Room 351, by 2:00 P.M., on the date designated. Bid forms on which the bids must be submitted are available upon request from the Division of Procurement Management Services web-site at http://procurement.dadeschools.net or Room 351, address above, telephone (305) 995-1380. Award recommendations will be available on the Friday preceding the scheduled Board meeting award. The results of bids awarded at the official School Board meetings will be available on the web or in the Division of Procurement Management Services on the Monday following the meetings. The Board reserves the right to waive informalities and to reject any and all bids.  
   
• The School Board shall provide notice of intended action concerning a bid solicitation or a contract award as follows:
  For a bid solicitation or request for proposal, notice shall be given by United States Mail, hand delivery or via the Internet.
   
• For intended award decisions, notice shall be given either by posting the bid tabulation at the location where the bid was opened or via the internet.
   
• Failure to file a protest within the time prescribed in FL. Stat. 120.57 - Florida Statutes, shall constitute a waiver of the proceedings.
   
• Minority owned and operated business participation: The M/WBE bids are limited to those individuals and businesses classified as African-American / women owned and operated, which shall be so certified by The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, prior to contract award.