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RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING POLICY THAT IN SOLICITATIONS FOR COUNTY CONTRACTS THAT REQUIRE A MINIMUM YEARS OF PRIOR EXPERIENCE OR MINIMUM NUMBER OF COMPLETION OF SIMILAR PROJECTS THAT THE EXPERIENCE OF THE BIDDING OR PROPOSING VENDORS� KEY PERSONNEL BE CONSIDERED IN ASSESSING VENDORS� EXPERIENCE; AND DIRECTING THE COUNTY MAYOR OR COUNTY MAYOR�S DESIGNEE TO PREPARE SPECIFICATIONS IN SOLICITATIONS FOR COUNTY CONTRACTS CONSISTENT WITH SUCH POLICY AND TO PREPARE A REPORT

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WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County (the �County�) commonly issues solicitations for construction contracts and for the purchase of goods and services; and
WHEREAS, many such County solicitations include specifications that the bidding vendor have a minimum number of years of prior experience or have constructed a minimum number of projects similar to the project that the County is seeking to construct; and
WHEREAS, most bidding vendors are legal entities such as corporations or joint ventures; and
WHEREAS, ultimately, however, entities like corporations and joint ventures are comprised of people and when assessing the prior experience of vendors, the County should assess the prior experience of the vendors� key personnel; and



WHEREAS, this Board desires to establish a policy that in solicitations for construction contracts or the purchase of goods or services, excluding professional services whose procurement procedures are governed by section 287.055 of the Florida Statutes, the experience of a vendor�s key personnel be considered when evaluating if a vendor meets a solicitation�s minimum experience requirements,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
Section 1. The foregoing recitals are hereby incorporated as true and correct.
Section 2. This Board establishes a policy that in any solicitations for construction contracts or the purchase of goods and services, excluding professional services governed by section 287.055 of the Florida Statutes, that include specifications that the bidding or proposing vendor have a minimum number of years of prior experience or completed a minimum number of previous projects similar to the project that the County soliciting for, that the prior experience of the vendor�s key personnel be considered in meeting such minimum experience specifications.
Section 3. This Board directs that in solicitations for the County contracts and purchases described above in section 2 the County Mayor or County Mayor�s designee prepare specifications ensuring that the experience and qualifications of bidding vendors� key personnel are considered in assessing whether the vendor complies with the solicitation�s minimum experience requirements.
Section 4. This Board directs the County Mayor or County Mayor�s designee to prepare a written report to this Board within 60 days of the effective date of this resolution detailing the actions taken to implement the policy set forth in this resolution, and to place the completed report on an agenda of the Board pursuant to Ordinance No. 14-65.