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Bilzin Sumberg's Government Contracting attorneys have a strong track record of assisting public and private clients throughout the entire procurement and contracting cycle, including administrative and judicial bid protests. Our experience includes defending and prosecuting bid protests at all levels of government, including the U.S. Federal Government, the State of Florida, Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, and various other counties and cities throughout Florida. We also routinely represent contractors in all manners of contract-compliance disputes and enforcement proceedings, subcontractor disputes, and in negotiating change orders and contract extensions.

EXPERIENCE
Experience
Negotiation of economic development incentive programs for major corporate clients, as well as representation of developers and contractors in complying with the government procurement procedures of the United States Department of Defense, Postal Service, General Services Administration, and various...
Experience
Lead counsel to AnsaldoBreda, Inc., an Italian global transportation company, in securing a $300 million contract award by Miami-Dade County for the procurement of 136 heavy rail (Metrorail) vehicles. This is the largest procurement by Miami-Dade County Transit outside of the construction contracts ...
Experience
Represented RUDG, LLC in connection with an 18-acre, approximately $250 million mixed-use affordable housing development on city-owned land in Tampa, Florida that includes affordable housing, workforce housing, and commercial space. Advised client throughout the RFP process, including bid preparatio...
Experience
Representation of Our Kids, a non-profit organization dedicated to serving approximately 3,000 foster children in Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties, in connection with a $500 million, 5-year state contract bid protest under Chapter 120, Florida Statutes.
Experience
Representation of Corvel Corporation, a publicly traded, national provider of healthcare and insurance management services, in connection with a bid protest in the City of Fort Lauderdale. Corvel had been ranked first and recommended for award of a Third-Party Workers' Compensation Administration co...
Experience
Representation of the City of Ocala, Florida, in connection with a bid protest for a design-build contract for a new community center. Successfully negotiated with the protestor, resulting in a withdrawal of the bid protest without impacting the contract award, and assisted the City in drafting revi...
INSIGHTS
Blog October 2, 2023
Under the leadership of a new administration and a new generation of Board of County Commissioners (“Board”), for the past few years, Miami-Dade County (“County”) has been updating its procurement procedures to increase efficiency and accelerate the timeline for completion of...
Speaking Engagement November 13, 2019
Albert E. Dotson, Jr. moderates a panel focusing a Spotlight on Aventura & Coconut Grove at ULI SE Florida/Caribbean – 2019 ULI Miami Symposium.
Press Release August 16, 2019
Bilzin Sumberg is proud to announce 60% of the Firm's partners were recognized in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. This is the ninth consecutive year that more than half of the Firm's Partners made this prestigious list.
New Miami Blog April 19, 2018
Last week, the Rand Corporation, which just completed an analysis of the federal bid-protest system, announced that one thing the federal government has been doing particularly well is resolving bid protests quickly–the majority within 30 days. As we’ve explained in a prior post, a bid p...
Client Alert November 15, 2016
Recent amendments to Florida's Public Records Act both clarify and alter a contractor's responsibilities under the Act. The 2016 amendment to the Act applies to contracts with a public agency entered into or amended on or afterJuly 1, 2016.
Publication September 23, 2016
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