The Florida Municipal Procurement Playbook: Foundations, Operations, and Excellence for City County Purchasing Departments

Every dollar a Florida municipality spends passes through a decision about how to spend it. This book is about getting that decision right - every time, on the record. Written by a practitioner who has run procurement from both sides of the table, The Florida Municipal Procurement Playbook walks purchasing professionals, finance directors, city managers, and elected officials through the entire discipline: the legal framework and home-rule autonomy; department structure, roles, and hiring profiles; every solicitation method; the CCNA, CMAR, and public construction; cooperative purchasing; contract administration; grants and federal-aid compliance; technology, automation, and AI; vendor outreach and local business participation; the cone of silence; and the complete law of bid protests. Includes 19 chapters and 8 working appendices: the eight-domain self-assessment your department can run this quarter, a model intake form, a core KPI set, a 25-point red-flag checklist, an annual compliance calendar, and a 66-term statutory glossary - all current through the 2024-2025 legislative changes most references still miss, including the new CCNA continuing-contract caps, E-Verify, the human-trafficking affidavit, ESG neutrality, and Rule 6A-1.012 for school districts. Procurement is protection - for the budget, the project, and the public trust. This is the manual for doing it right.