Procurement Office

Posted: January 26, 2024

In an effort to protect the information technology environment of the Florida Department of Transportation, we want to make our business partners aware of a serious vulnerability with the Ivanti/Pulse Secure VPN products. On Friday, January 19th, the Cybersecurity Infrastructure & Security Administration (CISA) issued an emergency directive of a zero-day cyber-attack targeting the Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure VPN appliances. Breaches of these devices could allow a malicious actor to compromise targets by moving to other devices in the network, exfiltrating data, and establishing permanent system access to allow future access and damage. This linked article from Volexity also provides a good overview of this issue. Because a compromise in one network can lead to compromises in other networks where people and devices interconnect, we are checking with our partners on their use of the Ivanti products.

If your company uses any Pulse Secure, or Ivanti Connect Secure (version 9.x.x or 22.x.x) VPN products, please make sure you have followed instructions and used the tools from Ivanti to test for breach on your system.

If a breach was indicated, we ask that you stop any connectivity to the FDOT network until the issue has been remediated. A system is considered remediated once you have followed the steps in the Ivanti Recover Article. Additional details and indicators of compromise (IOCs) that would be useful are: Active Exploitation of Two Zero-Day Vulnerabilities in Ivanti Connect Secure VPN and 1,700 Ivanti VPN devices compromised.

You may reach out to the FDOT Information Security Office at InfoSec@dot.state.fl.us for more information.

Posted: January 22, 2024

The Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (FTE) will host an in person and virtual Consultant Industry Forum at the Turkey Lake HQ Building on Tuesday, January 23, 2024, from 10:00AM to 12:00PM. The event will provide you with an opportunity to preview various elements of our exciting Tentative 5-Year Work Program, hear about upcoming Consultant Procurement Opportunities for FY 2025, and get updates from various departments at Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise. We will have time for a Q & A for both in-person and virtual attendees as well as a networking session for in-person attendees.

CLICK HERE to register for this event.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Posted: February 14, 2023

New Filtering Capability added to the All Ads - Planned, Current and Results Web Page, on the Procurement Internet site:
Effective February 17, 2023, new filtering capability will be available on the Procurement All Ads - Planned, Current and Results web page, enabling users to better customize their search results. Users may filter by: District number, Ad Status, Under-Utilized Work Groups, and Business Development Initiative contracts BDI (Small Bus Rsvd), Professional Services Work Types, and Description (Key Words). All of the filters added to the All Ads - Planned, Current and Results are optional for use.
If you have any questions concerning this update, please reach out to Robert Skoglund at 850-414-4486 or Robert.Skoglund@dot.state.fl.us.

Posted: June 9, 2022

Due to security reasons, FDOT has disabled zipped email attachments at this time. Please be mindful of this when submitting prequalification information, AFP, or other fee proposal information to the Department.

Posted: July 26, 2021

Fraudulent Email Notifications
In support of the Agency’s paperless initiative, FDOT began use of an electronic signature application in August 2016, for purposes of executing contract documents. While new technology offers opportunities for process improvements, it may inevitably also present opportunities for phishing scams. Click here for information on what to do when you receive notifications to electronically sign a contract document from FDOT, to avoid becoming the victim of a phishing scam.

Posted: June 25, 2021

Notice to Consultants That Have Reduced Indirect Cost Rates Due to PPP Loan Forgiveness