# Florida — counties, municipalities and special districts — Competitive bid thresholds for local government by US state — the dollar amount at which a city, county or school district must formally bid, with statutory citations

For Florida, state and entity type is Florida — counties, municipalities and special districts; entity type is counties, municipalities, special districts and other political subdivisions; spending category is public construction works (higher figure); electrical work (lower figure); formal bid threshold (as stated in statute) is estimated to cost more than $300,000; threshold (normalised) is $300,000 for construction; $75,000 for electrical work, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

- **State and entity type:** Florida — counties, municipalities and special districts _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State:** Florida _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Entity type:** counties, municipalities, special districts and other political subdivisions _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Spending category:** public construction works (higher figure); electrical work (lower figure) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Formal bid threshold (as stated in statute):** estimated to cost more than $300,000 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Threshold (normalised):** $300,000 for construction; $75,000 for electrical work _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Informal quote tier:** none stated in this section _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Indexation:** adjusted by the change in the Engineering News-Record Building Cost Index from January 1, 2009 to January 1 of the year the project is scheduled to begin _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statutory citation:** Fla. Stat. § 255.20(1) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> A county, municipality, special district as defined in chapter 189, or other political subdivision of the state seeking to construct or improve a public building, structure, or other public construction works must competitively award to an appropriately licensed contractor each project that is estimated to cost more than $300,000. For electrical work, the local government must competitively award to an appropriately licensed contractor each project that is estimated to cost more than $75,000.

## Source

- https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0200-0299/0255/Sections/0255.20.html

Last verified: 2026-08-19. Review by: 2027-08-19.
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