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A Miami-Dade County hearing examiner recommended officials deny protest bids by Cubic and moovel to the proposed contract award of a $40 million-plus back-office deal for rival Masabi. The two vendors continued to argue that officials bungled the procurement, which each contended it should have won.
• Document: Report and recommendation, Miami-Dade County hearing examiner, Oct. 2026
• Miami-Dade County
• Cubic
• moovel
• Masabi
• Miami-Dade Transit
• Strategic Mapping
• InComm Payments
• INIT
A Miami-Dade County-appointed hearing examiner recommended officials deny protests filed by Cubic Transportation Systems and moovel North America to a proposed $42.6 million contract award for rival vendor Masabi for an account-based ticketing upgrade for Miami-Dade Transit.
Hearing examiner Patricia Ann Ash, a veteran Miami attorney, appeared to hew closely to the positions taken by the county attorney’s office during a protest hearing Oct. 21, as she recommended dismissing all arguments by Cubic and moovel in their respective protests. (Download the hearing examiner’s recommendation below.)


