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INVITATION TO BID The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida
PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES
1450 NE 2nd Avenue, Ste. 650, Miami, Florida 33132
305-995-4288
Bidder Qualification Form
(ITB)
DUE DATE: Bids due on or before Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at ITB NO.:
RELEASE DATE:
PURCHASING AGENT:
1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) via Euna OpenBids (formerly
DemandStar).
ITB-25-031-MF April 22,2026
Margret Fley, Buyer F
PH: 305-995-2339
Fley.m@dadeschools.net
*PLEASE REFER TO ATTACHMENT 14 FOR
BID TITLE:
BID OPENING INFORMATION*
Check Addenda for any revised opening dates before submitting your SECURITY CAMERA/VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS –
bid. Bid(s) received after the date and time stated above shall not FURNISH AND INSTALL
be considered for award. Hard copy, faxed and/or emailed bids are
not allowed and will not be considered for award.
SECTION 1 - BIDDER ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
THIS SECTION MUST BE COMPLETED IN ITS ENTIRETY INCLUDING THE SIGNATURE OF AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE WHERE INDICATED BELOW AND
SUBMITTED WITH THE BID. FAILURE TO PROVIDE THIS DOCUMENT, WITH THE BID, WILL RESULT IN BID BEING CONSIDERED NON-RESPONSIVE.
Bidder’s Name and state “Doing Business As”, where applicable:
“REMIT TO” ADDRESS FOR PAYMENT: If payment(s) is/are to be mailed
to address other than as stated on left, please complete section below.
Check this box if address is the same as stated on the left.
Address:
P.O. Box:
City:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
State:
Zip Code:
Telephone Number:
Sales Contact:
Sales E-Mail Address:
E-mail Address to Send Purchase Orders:
Federal Tax Identification Number:
A. I hereby certify that I am submitting the following information as my firm's (Bidder) bid
and I am authorized by Bidder to do so. Bidder agrees to complete an unconditional
acceptance of the contents of all pages in this Invitation to Bid (ITB), and all
appendices and the contents of any Addenda released hereto; Bidder agrees to be
bound to any and all specifications, terms and conditions contained in the ITB, and
any released Addenda and understand that the following are requirements of this ITB
and failure to comply will result in disqualification of bid submitted; Bidder has not
divulged, discussed, or compared the bid with other Bidders and has not colluded with
any other Bidder or party to any other bid.
________________________________________________________________
Signature of Authorized Representative (Manual)
B. I certify that this bid is made without prior understanding, agreement, or connection
with any corporation, firm, or person submitting a bid for the same materials, supplies,
or equipment, and is in all respects fair and without collusion or fraud. I agree to abide
by all conditions of this bid; and I certify that I am authorized to sign this bid for the
bidder.
________________________________________________________________
Name of Authorized Representative (Typed or Printed)
C. I certify that my Bidder satisfies all necessary legal requirements as an entity to do
business with The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida.
D. I certify agreement with the School Board of Miami-Dade County Business Code of
Ethics and agree to comply with this Code and all applicable School Board contracting
and procurement policies and procedures.
________________________________________________________________
Title of Authorized Representative
E. I certify that neither I, my company, its principals, or any wholly owned subsidiary are
currently debarred or in default of any bid, purchase order, or contract with the School
Board or any other private or governmental entity.
F. I agree that this bid cannot be withdrawn within 90 days from date due.
________________________________________________________________
E-Mail Address of Authorized Representative
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SECTIONS
SECTION 2 - TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Bidder Acknowledgement…………………………………………… 1
2 Table of Contents………………………………………….…………. 2
3 Calendar………………………………………………….….….….…. 3
4 Instructions to Bidders………………………………………………... 4
5 Special Conditions……………………………………………….….… 14
6 Scope of Work…………………………………………………………. 19
7 Bid Summary Excel Spreadsheet……………………………………. 37
8 Forms and Attachments……………………………………….….…… 38
Attachment 1
Attachment 2
Attachment 3
Attachment 4
Attachment 5
Attachment 6
Attachment 7
Attachment 8
Attachment 9
Attachment 10
Attachment 11
Attachment 12
Attachment 13
Attachment 14
Attachment 15
Attachment 16
Attachment 17
Attachment 18
Attachment 19
Cover Page
Statement of “No Bid”
Acknowledgement of Amendments
Conflict of Interest
Debarment (must be notarized)
Instructions
Bidder’s Preference (must be notarized)
Drug-Free Workplace (must be notarized)
Local Business Affidavit of Eligibility (must be notarized)
Anti-Collusion Statement
Bidder Experience
Submitted Bid Document Verification Form
Florida Statutes on Public Entity Crimes (must be notarized)
Bid Opening Instructions
Registration Instructions for Euna OpenBids (formerly
DemandStar)
Statement of Intent to Perform as a Certified Subcontractor/
Subconsultant
Certification of Compliance 6465 – Commercial Anti-
Discrimination in Business Operations and Practices (must be
notarized)
Foreign Country of Concern Attestation (PUR 1355)
Vendor Affidavit Regarding the Use of Coercion for Labor and
Services
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SECTION 3 - CALENDAR
ITB Release Date
Pre-Bid Conference*
Pre-Bid Conference Location
Deadline for Questions
Bid Due Date/Time
Virtual Bid Opening Meeting:
Bid Opening Location
Projected Board Approval of Contract
Contact Person for this ITB:
Email Address:
Telephone:
Fax:
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 10:00AM
Via Google Meet at:
https://meet.google.com/vcs-xxra-dgq
Or dial: +1 234-575-2768
PIN: 537 016 344#
Thursday, April 30, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. ET
Tuesday, May 19, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. ET
Tuesday, May 19, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. ET
Via Google Meet at:
Meeting ID
meet.google.com/waw-ugae-vid
Phone Numbers
(US)+1 319-449-
2716
PIN: 479 372 469#
(See instructions on Attachment 14)
June/July 2026
Margret Fley
fley.m@dadeschools.net
(305) 995-2339
(305) 995-2307
*Pre-Bid Conference attendance is not required. In compliance with Florida Statutes, Chapter 119, commonly known as the
Florida Sunshine law this meeting will be recorded in its entirety.
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SECTION 4 - INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS
Board policies may be accessed at: http://www.dadeschools.net/schoolboard/rules/
CONE OF SILENCE
The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida (“Board”) enacts a Cone of Silence
from issuance of a solicitation and shall terminate at the time when the agenda is
published for the upcoming School Board meeting, wherein the Superintendent: (1)
recommends an award or approves a contract; (2) rejects all bids or responses; or (3)
takes any other action that ends the solicitation and review process.. All provisions of
School Board Policy 6325 apply.
A.
"Cone of silence" means a prohibition on any communication regarding a
particular Request for Proposals (RFP), bid, invitation to bid, or other
competitive solicitation between:
1. any person who seeks an award, including a potential vendor or
vendor’s representative, an employee, partner, director, or officer
of a potential vendor, or consultant, lobbyist, or actual or potential
subcontractor or sub-consultant of a vendor, or any other individual
acting through or on behalf of any person seeking an award; and
2. any School Board member or the member’s staff, the
Superintendent, deputy superintendent and their respective
support staff, or any person appointed by the Board to evaluate or
recommend selection in the competitive procurement process.
B.
A cone of silence shall be applicable to each RFP, bid, invitation to bid,
or other competitive solicitation during the solicitation, review, and
proposed Board action of bid proposals as appropriate. At the time of
issuance of the solicitation, the Superintendent shall provide public notice
of the cone of silence and written notice, including electronic
communication, to the Board, District staff and any other person involved
in the review, evaluation, recommendation, approval, rejection, or award
of the responses as appropriate. The Superintendent shall include in any
advertisement and public solicitation for goods and services a statement
disclosing the requirements of this section.
C.
For unsolicited public-private partnership proposals, the cone of silence
shall be in accordance with Policy 6327, Public-Private Partnerships and
Unsolicited Proposals, Competitive Solicitations, and Direct Negotiations
Regarding Board-Owned Property and Resources.
II.
D.
The cone of silence shall terminate at the time when the agenda is
published for the upcoming School Board meeting, wherein the
Superintendent:
1. Recommends an award or approves a contract;
2. Rejects all bids or responses; or
3. Takes any other action that ends the solicitation and review
process.
I.
PREPARATION OF BIDS
A. BIDDER QUALIFICATION FORM qualifies the Bidder and the bid
and must be completed and submitted as page 1 of the bid.
1. PERFORMANCE SECURITY shall not be submitted with the
bid. The form of performance security the Bidder will submit
when required to do so, must be furnished and shall be made to
The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida.
2. BIDDER CERTIFICATION AND IDENTIFICATION: Bid must
contain an original manual signature from an authorized
representative. An unsigned bid will be considered non-
responsive.
B. INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS: Defines conditions of the bid.
1. ORDER OF PRECEDENCE: Any inconsistency in this bid shall
be resolved by giving precedence in the following order:
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A. Specifications
B. Special Conditions
C. Instructions to Bidders
C. BID PROPOSAL FORM: Defines requirement of items to be
purchased and must be completed and submitted. The Bidder
should indicate his/her name in the appropriate space on each
page.
1. ITEM SPECIFICATIONS: Describes technical, performance,
and packaging requirements for every bid line item. Specifying
a certain brand, make or manufacturer is to denote the quality,
type, and standard of the article desired. Articles offered must
be new merchandise only, of equal or superior grade. On blank
lines provided, the Bidder is requested to insert the brand name,
manufacturer’s number and other information necessary to
sufficiently identify article offered. Failure to do so may prevent
consideration of the item. Also, refer to paragraph X. Packaging.
2. PRICES are requested in units of quantity specified in the bid
specifications. In case of a discrepancy in computing the total
amount of bid, UNIT PRICE quoted will govern. All prices bid
shall include delivery F.O.B. destination, freight prepaid (Bidder
pays and freight charges. Bidder own goods in transit and files
any claims) and shall include all cartage, drayage, packing, etc.,
delivered to and unloaded at the receiving station at the site
designated in bid and there received by the designated agent of
the Board.
3. TAXES: The Board does not pay Federal Excise and State
taxes on direct purchases of tangible personal property. The
applicable tax exemption number is shown on the purchase
order. This exemption does not apply to purchases of tangible
personal property made by Bidder who use the tangible
personal property in the performance of contracts for the
improvement of Board-owned real property as defined in
Chapter 192 of the Florida Statutes.
SUBMITTING OF BIDS
A. Bids must be submitted on forms furnished by the Board, in
compliance with the bid submission requirements set forth under
Section 5.4. Bid submissions must be clearly marked with bid
number, bid title and bid opening date.
B. ERASURES OR CORRECTIONS: When filling out the bid proposal
form, Bidders are required to complete bid proposal in ink.
1. Use of pencil is prohibited.
2. All changes must be crossed out and initialed in ink.
Those bids for individual items that do not comply with items 1 and
2 above will be considered non-responsive for that item(s).
C. PLACE, DATE AND HOUR: Electronic submission ONLY, in
accordance with the bid submittal requirements set forth under
Section 5.4 and Attachment 14. Bids received after the date and
hour specified in the BIDDER QUALIFICATION FORM will not be
considered.
D. PUBLIC ENTITY CRIMES: Section 287.133(2)(a) Florida Statute,
as currently enacted or as amended from time to time, states that
a person or affiliate who has been placed on the convicted vendor
list following a conviction for a public entity crime may not submit a
bid on a contract to provide any goods or services to a public entity,
may not submit a bid on a contract with a public entity for the
construction or repair of a public building or public work, may not
submit bids on leases of real property to a public entity, may not be
awarded or perform work as a contractor, supplier, subcontractor,
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or consultant under a contract with any public entity, and may not
transact business with any public entity in excess of the threshold
amount provided in Section 287.017, for CATEGORY TWO
[currently $25,000] for a period of 36 months from the date of being
placed on the convicted vendor list.
IV.
E. SUBMITTING A “NO BID”: If not submitting a bid at this time,
return the form entitled statement of “No Bid”. Failure to respond,
either by submitting a bid or the statement of “No Bid” form for three
consecutive times, may result in the company being removed from
the School Board’s bid list.
F. AVAILABILITY OF BID INFORMATION: Immediately following
the public opening, bids may be read, upon request, and then
compiled in a tabular form, a copy of which will be available for
examination in Procurement Management Services.
G. TYPE OF BUSINESS ORGANIZATION AND AUTHORITY OF
SIGNATORY: Indicate type of business organization: For example,
Partnership, Limited Partnership, Limited Liability Company,
V.
Corporation, etc. If a bid is submitted by a corporation, provide
documentation that the corporation is active and authorized to do
business in the State of Florida, and that its corporate status shall
remain active and unchanged at the time of award of bid. As to
other types of business organizations, please provide any and all
documentation relating thereto, including without limitation,
verification that the party signing this Bid is fully authorized and
empowered to do so on behalf of Bidder. In addition, set forth
name(s) and title of any and all parties who are authorized to
contract on behalf of Bidder. If Bidder is not registered to transact
business in the State of Florida, Bidder must provide a copy of
Bidder’s current registration in their state of incorporation/
organization, along with the applicable exemption to this
requirement as set forth in Section 607.1501, Florida Statutes.
H. MISSING INFORMATION. Respondents who do not meet all the
documentation requirements for the ITB may be contacted to
submit the missing information within 2 business days. If the
District requests missing documentation and does not receive the
documents within the stated deadline, incomplete or noncompliant
bids may be disqualified.
III.
CANCELLATION OF BIDS OR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
An invitation for bids may be canceled, in whole or in part, as may be
specified in the solicitation, when it is in the best interest of the Board.
The reasons shall be made a part of the master bid file.
A. Prior to opening, a solicitation may be canceled in whole or in part,
prior to the date and hour specified in the Bidder Qualification Form
for receipt of bids, when the Chief Procurement Officer,
Procurement Management Services, determines in writing, that
such action is in the best interest of the Board for reasons including,
but not limited to:
1. The Board no longer requires the supplies, services, or
construction;
2. The Board no longer can reasonably expect to fund the
procurement;
3. A review of a valid protest filed by a Bidder as may be
determined by the administrative staff; or
4. Proposed amendments to the solicitation would be of such
magnitude that a new solicitation is desirable.
B. When a solicitation is canceled prior to opening, notice of
cancellation shall be posted on the Board’s website. Any bids or
proposals received for the canceled solicitation shall be returned to
the Bidder unopened.
The notice of cancellation shall:
1. Identify the solicitation;
2. Briefly explain the reason for cancellation; and
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3. Where appropriate, explain that an opportunity will be given to
compete on any future re-solicitation for procurements of similar
supplies, services, or construction.
CHANGE OR WITHDRAWAL OF BIDS
A. PRIOR TO BID OPENING: Should the Bidder desire to change or
withdraw his/her bid, he/she shall do so in writing. This
communication is to be received by the District Director, of
Procurement Management, Room 650, Perla Tabares Hantman
School Board Administration Building, prior to date and hour of bid
opening. The Bidders name, the bid number, the bid title and the
date the bid is due must appear on the envelope.
B. AFTER BID OPENING: After bids are opened, they may not be
changed, nor withdrawn, for 90 days after the determined opening
date, unless otherwise specified on the “BIDDER QUALIFICATION
FORM.”
PROTESTS
A Bidder, who wishes to file a bid protest, must file such notice and follow
procedures prescribed by F.S. 120.57(3) and Bylaw 0133, for resolution.
Protest of Specifications
Any notice of protest of the specifications contained in an Invitation to Bid
(ITB) or Request for Proposal (RFP) or Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) shall
be filed accordance with Board Rule 6320, Bylaw 0133 and/or F.S.
120.57.
For a protest of the specifications contained in an Invitation to Bid (ITB)
or in a Request for Proposals (RFP) or Invitation to Negotiate (ITN), the
Notice of Protest shall be filed in writing within seventy-two (72) hours
after the posting of a solicitation. The Formal Written Protest shall be filed
within ten (10) calendar days after the date the notice of protest is filed.
Failure to file a Notice of Protest or failure to file a Formal Written Protest
shall constitute a waiver of proceedings under this rule. The Formal
Written Protest shall state with particularity the facts and law upon which
the protest is based. Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays shall be
excluded in the computation of the seventy-two (72) hour time period
provided by this paragraph.
Posting the Bond
The protesting party shall post a bond in a form consistent with F.A.C.
Rule 28-110.005(2). A notice of decision or intended decision shall
contain this statement: "Failure to file a protest within the time prescribed
in F.S. 120.57(3), or failure to post the bond or other security required by
law within the time allowed for filing a bond shall constitute a waiver of
proceeding under F.S. Chapter 120."
A. Bond: Commodities (Other than Lease of Space) and Contractual
Services (Including Professional Services and Insurance) –
Pursuant to F.S. 287.042(2)(c), any person who files an action
protesting a decision or intended decision pertaining to a
solicitation or contract award shall post with the Board, at the time
of filing the formal written protest, a bond secured by an acceptable
surety company in Florida, payable to The School Board of Miami-
Dade County, Florida, in an amount equal to one percent (1%) of
the Board’s estimate of the dollar value of the proposed contract.
1. The Board shall provide the estimated contract amount to the
protestor within seventy-two (72) hours (excluding Saturdays,
Sundays, and holidays when the Board administrative office is
closed) after the filing of the Notice of Protest. The estimated
contract amount is not subject to protest under this policy or F.S.
120.57(3). In lieu of a bond, the Board may accept a cashier’s
check or money order in the amount of the bond.
2. The bond shall be conditioned upon the payment of all costs and
charges which may be levied against the protestor in the
administrative hearing in which the action is brought and in any
subsequent appellate court proceeding.
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