Fort Pierce adopts revised procurement code after debate over protest timelines and evaluation committees

Jul 20, 2026

On second reading the Fort Pierce City Commission approved revisions to procurement rules including a new protest-timing clarification (calendar-day calculations), allowing electronic protest filing with signature requirements, and removal of a leave-forfeiture sanction. Commissioners asked staff to produce a procedures manual with detailed evaluation-committee rules.

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The Fort Pierce City Commission adopted revisions to the city's procurement code (chapter 2, article 6) on second reading after an extended question-and-answer period about protest timelines and evaluation committees.

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