Q: Why would my company want to do business with the City of Miami?A: One word, opportunity! The City of Miami (City) is the largest municipality in South Florida. In

FY2016, the City’s Procurement Department purchased approximately $180 million in volume of a variety of goods and services ($110 million), plus construction and design services ($70 million), and approximately a total of $750 million over the past 5 fiscal years.

Q: Does the City offer any advantages to businesses located within its limits?A: Yes. The policies of the City’s Procurement Department include Local Preference, Local

Workforce and Responsible Wages, which all benefits the local economy. The procurement policies also allow for ease of doing business, as well as efficiency, transparency and fairness throughout the process with publically disclosed procedures for soliciting and awarding business. Plus winning City business provides local companies a powerful tool to attract additional prospective business. Have you ever been asked, “Does your company work with any other local organizations”?

Q: How do I start competing for City business?A: The first step is to visit the Procurement Department’s website and register as a vendor with

the City. Registering allows companies to receive notifications about solicitations pertaining to any of the good/services selected during the registration process. The City’s iMiami Oracle system and Procurement website provides access to current, future, and past solicitations, related attachments, issued purchase orders, delivery information, payment status and much more.

Q: How do I respond to solicitations and how are Contracts awarded?A: We encourage you to visit our website below and review all of our Procurement policies.

Knowledge of the policies and rules that govern our procurement process is an essential tool that will help you to successfully compete for and secure business with the City.

http://www.miamigov.com/Procurement/pages/Policies/default.asp

Q: Are there any recommendations for increasing my company’s ability to compete for business?

A: (1) Frequently visit our website to check for current solicitations. (2) Always keep all Company profile information for iMiami portal current and updated. (3) Read all bid documents thoroughly. (4) Follow all instructions and conditions in the solicitation. (5) Submit all necessary documentation required with proposal/bid/quote. (6) Submit at the proper location, by the date and time specified in the solicitation. (7) Communicate frequently with the Procurement Department.

Attend one of our workshops or register as a supplier today!

COME JOIN US!WORKSHOP INFORMATION:Please visit our website below to register for attendance and to see more information about our Workshops including dates, times, and locations for all Districts.www.miamigov.com/procurement

MISSION STATEMENT:The City of Miami Procurement Department’s mission is to ethically procure quality goods and services, design, construction and construction management services at the best value for the City, while providing excellent customer service, process efficiency, transparency, fairness, competition, accountability, and maintaining public trust.

GOODS/SERVICES PURCHASE THRESHOLDS:• Up to $5,000 Requires single written quote.• $5,000 up to $10,000 Require at least three (3) written

quotes.• $10,000 up to $25,000 Requires at least five (5) written

quotes.• $25,000 and up Requires issuance of a formal

competitive sealed bid or proposal.

PROFESSIONAL & PERSONAL SERVICES THRESHOLD:• Up to $25,000 Requires single written proposals.

Director of Procurement awards.

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS PREQUALIFICATION POOL:• Up to $2,000,000 Expedited, competitive sealed

bidding process among only pre-qualified vendors. City Manager awards.• $2,000,000 up to $20,000,000 Expedited, competitive sealed

bidding process among only pre-qualified vendors. City Commission awards.

Doing Business

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1. Go to the following website address: http://www.miamigov.com/procurement2. Select “iSUPPLIER INFORMATION” on the left and then click “Supplier Registration.”3. Enter all of your company’s information as requested on the page. 4. When finished, click “Continue” to add the company’s address, contacts and to

select the Products and Services (i.e. “Commodity Codes”) applicable to the line(s) of business and capabilities of the company.

5. Visit our website and view resources to help, including the iSupplier User Guide, our procurement policies, and the City of Miami Ordinances.