287.0595 Pollution response action contracts; department rules.— (1) The Department of Environmental Protection shall establish, by adopting administrative rules as provided in chapter 120: (a) Procedures for determining the qualifications of responsible potential vendors prior to advertisement for and receipt of bids, proposals, or replies for pollution response action contracts, including procedures for the rejection of unqualified vendors. […]
287.063 Deferred-payment commodity contracts; preaudit review.— (1)(a) When any commodity contract requires deferred payments and the payment of interest, such contract shall be submitted to the Chief Financial Officer for the purpose of preaudit review and approval prior to acceptance by the state. (b) Contracts executed pursuant to this subsection may bear interest at a rate not to […]
287.064 Consolidated financing of deferred-payment purchases.— (1) The Division of Bond Finance of the State Board of Administration and the Chief Financial Officer shall plan and coordinate deferred-payment purchases made by or on behalf of the state or its agencies or by or on behalf of state universities or Florida College System institutions participating under this section […]
287.0641 Agreement not debt or pledge of faith or credit of state.—No agreement entered into pursuant to s. 287.064 shall establish a debt of the state or shall be a pledge of the faith and credit of the state; nor shall any agreement be a liability or obligation of the state except from appropriated funds. All […]
287.0731 Team for contract negotiations.—Contingent upon funding in the General Appropriations Act, the department shall establish a team that includes a chief negotiator to specialize in conducting negotiations for the procurement of information technology with an invitation to negotiate. History.—s. 28, ch. 94-340; s. 5, ch. 2001-278; s. 21, ch. 2002-207.
287.074 Prohibited actions by contractor personnel.— (1) Only a public officer or a public employee upon whom the public officer has delegated authority shall, consistent with law, take actions, including, but not limited to: (a) Selecting state employees; (b) Approving position descriptions, performance standards, or salary adjustments for state employees; and (c) Hiring, promoting, disciplining, demoting, and dismissing a state […]
287.075 Materially interested contractor; prohibition on certain activities.—A contractor, as defined in this chapter, or its employees, agents, or subcontractors, may not knowingly participate, through decision, approval, disapproval, or preparation of any part of a purchase request, investigation, or audit, in the procurement of commodities or contractual services by a state agency from an entity in […]
287.076 Project Management Professionals training for personnel involved in managing outsourcings and negotiations; funding.—The department may implement a program to train state agency employees who are involved in managing outsourcings as Project Management Professionals, as certified by the Project Management Institute. Subject to annual appropriations, the department, in consultation with entities subject to this part, shall […]
287.082 Commodities manufactured, grown, or produced in state given preference.—Whenever two or more competitive sealed bids are received, one or more of which relates to commodities manufactured, grown, or produced within this state, and whenever all things stated in such received bids are equal with respect to price, quality, and service, the commodities manufactured, grown, or […]
287.0821 All American and Genuine Florida meat or meat products.—As allowed by the United States Department of Agriculture, each slaughterhouse or meatpacking or processing plant in the state or other person vending any meat or meat product, the meat of which is entirely produced in the United States, may label such meat or meat product “All […]
287.0822 Beef and pork; prohibition on purchase; bid specifications; penalty.— (1) Fresh or frozen beef or pork that has not been inspected by the United States Department of Agriculture or by another state’s inspection program which has been approved by the United States Department of Agriculture shall not be purchased, or caused to be purchased, by any […]
287.083 Purchase of commodities.— (1) It shall be the policy of the state for the Department of Management Services to consider the life-cycle cost of commodities purchased by the state, when applicable and feasible as determined by the department. (2) Definitions.—For the purpose of this section: (a) “Major energy-consuming product” means any article so designated by the department. (b) “Energy-efficiency […]
287.0831 Limitation on purchases to replace damaged state agency equipment; assessment protocols.— (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that purchases of new equipment, machinery, or inventory by any state agency as a result of damage from fire, smoke, water, or any other similar incident be limited to purchases that are absolutely necessary because the damaged […]
287.0834 Motor vehicles; energy-saving equipment and additives.—Each motor vehicle purchased by the state and each motor vehicle leased by the state for a period in excess of 1 year shall use devices, equipment, and additives that have been certified as energy-saving and approved for use by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and that have been […]
287.084 Preference to Florida businesses.— (1)(a) When an agency, university, college, school district, or other political subdivision of the state is required to make purchases of personal property through competitive solicitation and the lowest responsible and responsive bid, proposal, or reply is by a vendor whose principal place of business is in a state or political subdivision […]
287.087 Preference to businesses with drug-free workplace programs.—Whenever two or more bids, proposals, or replies that are equal with respect to price, quality, and service are received by the state or by any political subdivision for the procurement of commodities or contractual services, a bid, proposal, or reply received from a business that certifies that it […]
287.092 Preference to certain foreign manufacturers.—Any foreign manufacturing company with a factory in the state and employing over 200 employees working in the state shall have preference over any other foreign company when price, quality, and service are the same, regardless of where the product is manufactured. History.—s. 22, ch. 69-106.
287.093 Minority business enterprises; procurement of personal property and services from funds set aside for such purpose.—Any county, municipality, community college, or district school board may set aside up to 10 percent or more of the total amount of funds allocated for the procurement of personal property and services for the purpose of entering into contracts […]
287.0931 Minority business enterprises; participation in bond underwriting.— (1) Any state or local government agency, or political subdivision thereof, issuing bonds or other tax-exempt obligations through one or more underwriters is encouraged to offer not less than 20 percent participation to minority firms. (2) To meet such participation requirement, the minority firm must have full-time employees located in […]
287.0935 Surety bond insurers.—When the contract amount of a project does not exceed $500,000 and when public funds are utilized for the project, a person, the state, or a political subdivision shall not refuse, as surety for the project, bid bonds, performance bonds, labor and materials payment bonds, or any other surety bonds which are issued […]
