Procurement Bids in Florida

There are 321 open procurement opportunities in Florida from 25 state, county, city, school, hospital, and university agencies as of October 8, 2026. 43 of them close within the next seven days.

The top agencies posting bids in Florida right now are Florida MyFloridaMarketPlace, Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, Nassau County, University of Florida Procurement, City of Cocoa Beach. Each maintains its own vendor portal and posting schedule.

Register on MyFloridaMarketPlace (Vendor Bid System) (https://vendor.myfloridamarketplace.com/) for state-level opportunities. Register on MyFloridaMarketPlace for access to state-issued solicitations. For federal contracts, register on SAM.gov (free; assigns a UEI). For local agencies, registration is on the platform they use — Bonfire, PlanetBids, BidNet Direct, DemandStar — typically one registration per platform covers all agencies using it.

The most-active industries in Florida government procurement right now are Information Technology, Professional Services, Construction. Browse each by industry to see current opportunities filtered to Florida.

Florida operates the following preference and set-aside programs: Office of Supplier Diversity certifications (Minority, Women, Veteran Business Enterprise). Each has its own certification process; check the state procurement office for eligibility details.

Florida procurement is governed by Chapter 287 Florida Statutes (State Procurement Process). This includes bid solicitation, contract award, and vendor protest procedures. The state procurement office publishes implementing regulations and manuals.

Save a search on ProcureTap filtered to Florida to receive email alerts when new bids match your criteria. You can also subscribe to the state's official portal notifications. Larger agencies (state DOT, department of general services) publish quarterly forecasts of upcoming solicitations.

Every six hours. ProcureTap re-scrapes the Florida state procurement portal plus every county, city, school district, hospital, and university procurement system in the state on a six-hour cadence, so new postings appear here within hours of being published.

Florida generally does not restrict bidding to in-state vendors, but many agencies offer local-preference points or ties-broken-in-favor-of-local scoring, and some contracts under specific dollar thresholds may be limited to registered Florida vendors or certified Florida small businesses. Read each solicitation's evaluation criteria carefully.

Register on MyFloridaMarketPlace (vendor.myfloridamarketplace.com) — mandatory for state contract awards. Annual MFMP transaction fees apply based on total state business volume. Certified Business Enterprise (MBE, WBE, VBE) certification is through the Office of Supplier Diversity at osd.dms.myflorida.com. FDOT construction bidders need additional Contractor Prequalification. Local governments (Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Jacksonville, Tampa, Orlando) each require separate registrations on their own platforms.

MyFloridaMarketPlace (MFMP) is Florida's mandatory procurement platform for executive-branch state agencies, running on SAP Ariba. All state solicitations flow through MFMP; vendor registration is required to bid. MFMP charges annual transaction fees based on total state business volume — a percentage of contract dollars invoiced. Non-executive-branch agencies (universities, water management districts, court system) may use MFMP or their own systems.

The Florida Department of Transportation publishes lettings monthly through the FDOT Contracts Administration Portal. Bidders must complete FDOT Contractor Prequalification (financial capacity, past performance, equipment) before bidding projects over $250,000. Bids are sealed unit-price on a bill of quantities. Federal-aid projects carry Davis-Bacon wages, Buy America iron/steel (49 CFR 661), and DBE subcontracting goals typically 10–13%. State-funded projects do not carry state prevailing wages.

No. Florida repealed its state prevailing-wage law for public works. State-funded construction contracts do not carry a state prevailing-wage schedule, which distinguishes Florida from Georgia and North Carolina. Federal Davis-Bacon rates still apply on federal-aid highway, transit, aviation, and infrastructure work. Some Florida local governments (Miami-Dade, Broward) have independently adopted local living-wage ordinances that apply within their jurisdictions.

Miami-Dade County (population 2.7M) runs one of the largest local procurement operations in the Southeast. The Internal Services Department operates the Vendor Assistance Program and uses BidSync and Public Purchase for solicitation notification. Miami-Dade County Public Schools (350K+ students) runs separately. Miami-Dade's Small Business Enterprise (SBE) program targets local participation on county contracts. Miami-Dade International Airport (MIA) and Port of Miami operate independently with distinct procurement rules.

Florida has 67 K-12 school districts (organized on a county basis). Miami-Dade, Broward, Hillsborough (Tampa), Palm Beach, Orange (Orlando), and Duval (Jacksonville) are among the largest districts in the US. Each publishes RFPs independently for food services, transportation, construction, IT, and curriculum. Common platforms include Bonfire, DemandStar, and district-specific portals. Florida Cooperative Purchasing (Florida's Piggyback network) allows districts to piggyback on other districts' RFP awards.

ProcureTap re-scrapes MyFloridaMarketPlace, FDOT lettings, Florida universities, Miami-Dade County, Miami-Dade Public Schools, Broward County, Palm Beach County, Jacksonville, Tampa, Orlando, and every Florida county, city, school district, hospital, and university procurement system on a 6-hour cadence. New Florida bids appear within hours of publication.