PUBLIC NOTICE

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS NO. PC26-026

SPECIAL MAGISTRATE SERVICES

The City of Panama City, Florida (the “City”), through the City’s Development Services Department, seeks Qualifications from qualified Florida licensed attorneys to provide services in accordance with City of Panama City Ordinance 2324 and Florida Statutes Chapter 162 as a Special Magistrate. The City is re-advertising a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for Special Magistrate Services. Multiple magistrates are needed. All references to Florida Statutes, City of Panama City and Panama City Codes, and other laws/regulations will be interpreted to include “as amended from time to time.”

The complete RFQ documents for this project are available upon email request to the City’s Purchasing Division at . Addenda, if any, will be posted on the City’s Purchasing Bid Requests webpage https://www.panamacity.gov/bids.aspx and on the City’s Bonfire Portal at https://panamacity.bonfirehub.com/portal/?tab=openOpportunities. It is the sole responsibility of Respondents to ensure the receipt of all addenda. Therefore, it is recommended that Respondents periodically check the City’s Purchasing Bid Requests webpage or the City’s Bonfire Portal for updates through the issuance of addenda.

The City’s Purchasing Division will receive Qualifications via the City’s Bonfire Portal at https://panamacity.bonfirehub.com/portal/?tab=openOpportunities until 2:00 p.m. CT on Wednesday, February 25, 2026 (the “Qualifications Due Date”). The Qualifications received will be opened publicly in City Hall, Lower-Level, Room 010, located at 501 Harrison Avenue, Panama City, FL 32401. For questions regarding registering with the Bonfire Portal or for assistance with Qualifications submission, please contact the Bid Specialist Johnnie Gallegos at . Qualifications received after this time will be automatically rejected. The responsibility for submitting Qualifications before the stated time and date is solely and strictly that of the Respondent. The City is not responsible for any delayed, late, lost, misdelivered, or non-delivered Qualifications, no matter the cause.

Neither the City of Panama City nor its representatives shall be liable for any cost incurred by any Respondent in the preparation of its response to this Request for Qualifications.

Information submitted in response to this RFQ will become the property of the City and is subject to Florida public records laws.

The City reserves the right to accept any Qualifications deemed to be in the best interest of the City, to waive any minor irregularities, scrivener’s errors, minor omissions, minor deviations, and/or technicalities in any Qualifications, or to reject any or all Qualifications with or without cause and to re-advertise for new Qualifications, in accordance with the applicable sections of the Florida Statutes, the City Charter and City Code, this RFQ, and the best interest of the City.

RESPONDENTS ARE ADVISED THAT QUALIFICATIONS SUBMITTED WITH IRREGULARITIES, DEFICIENCIES, AND/OR TECHNICALITIES THAT DEVIATE FROM THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, AND SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS OF A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (“RFQ”), REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (“RFP”), INVITATION TO BID (“ITB”), INVITATION FOR BIDS (“IFB”), INVITATION TO QUOTE (“ITQ”), REQUESTS FOR LETTERS OF INTEREST (“RFLI”), AND REQUEST FOR SPONSORSHIPS (“RFS”) SHALL RESULT IN A NON-RESPONSIVE DETERMINATION. ONLY MINOR IRREGULARITIES, DEFICIENCIES, AND TECHNICALITIES MAY BE ALLOWED TO BE TIMELY CURED BY RESPONDENTS AT THE SOLE DISCRETION OF THE CITY. MATERIAL IRREGULARITIES, DEFICIENCIES, AND TECHNICALITIES CANNOT BE CURED BY THE RESPONDENT, AND ARE NOT WAIVABLE BY THE CITY.