On May 8, 2013, the Mayor and City Commission approved the issuance of Request for Proposals ( RFP) 177-2013ME, seeking proposals from qualified providers of pay-by-phone systems that enabled parking payments for the City's on-street and off-street metered facilities via phone, mobile applications, or text. The pay-by-phone system was intended to supplement the existing payment options and have the capability of providing discounted rates and service fees to residents.

The RFP resulted in responses from five firms, including Pango USA, LLC, Passport Parking, LLC, QuickPay Corp., PayByPhone Technologies, Inc. (PayByPhone), and Park Mobile USA, Inc. (ParkMobile). The RFP was awarded to ParkMobile, in part, because they were the only bidder able to waive the convenience fee for residents.

The Agreement with ParkMobile was initially scheduled to expire on February 23, 2023.

On October 26, 2022, pursuant to Resolution 2022-32423 (See Attachment 1), the City Commission directed the administration to issue a competitive solicitation for a replacement contract for mobile parking payment solutions.

On December 14, 2022, via agenda item C2 A, the City Commission approved the issuance of RFP 2023-051-WG for a mobile parking payment services provider and extended the current agreement with ParkMobile on a month-to-month basis until such time as a new agreement could be completed and implemented pursuant to the RFQ. The RFQ was issued on February 2, 2023.

On April 5, 2023, nine (9) proposals were received. Proposals will be evaluated by an evaluation committee to be appointed by the City Manager, Following the evaluation committee process, the City Manager will submit an award recommendation to the City Commission for consideration.