Section 15 – Tangible Supply; Disposition
Section 15. (a) A governmental body shall dispose of a tangible supply, no longer useful to the governmental body but having resale or salvage value, in accordance with this section. This section does not apply to the disposal of real property. (b) The governmental body shall offer such supply through competitive sealed bids, public auction, […]
Section 16 – Real Property; Disposition or Acquisition
Section 16. (a) If a governmental body duly authorized by general or special law to engage in such transaction determines that it shall rent, convey, or otherwise dispose of real property, the governmental body shall declare the property available for disposition and shall specify the restrictions, if any, that it will place on the subsequent […]
Section 3 – Procurement Contracts; Files
Section 3. A procurement officer who awards a contract in the amount of $10,000 or more shall maintain a file on each such contract and shall include in such file a copy of all written documents required by this chapter. Written documents required by this chapter shall be retained by the governmental body for at […]
Section 4 – Submission of Quotations
Section 4. (a) Except as permitted pursuant to this section and section 7, for the procurement of a supply or service in the amount of $10,000 or greater, but not more than $50,000, a procurement officer shall seek written quotations from no fewer than 3 persons customarily providing the supply or service. The procurement officer […]
Section 5 – Competitive Sealed Bidding Procedures
Section 5. (a) Except as permitted under section six or section eight, award of procurement contracts in the amount of more than $50,000, other than contracts for the procurement of real property, shall conform to the competitive sealed bidding procedures set forth in this section. (b) A procurement officer shall issue an invitation for bids […]
Section 6 – Competitive Sealed Proposals; Requests for Proposals; Additional Evaluation Criteria
Section 6. (a) A chief procurement officer may enter into procurement contracts in the amount of more than $50,000 utilizing competitive sealed proposals, in accordance with the provisions of this section. The chief procurement officer shall not solicit competitive sealed proposals unless he has determined in writing that selection of the most advantageous offer requires […]
Section 6a – Utilization of Reverse Auctions for the Acquisition of Supplies and Services
Section 6A. (a) A chief procurement officer may enter into procurement contracts for more than $50,000, utilizing reverse auctions for the acquisition of supplies and services. The reverse auction process shall include a specification of an opening date and time when real-time electronic bids shall be accepted and shall provide that the procedure remain open […]
Section 7 – Sole Source Procurements
Section 7. (a) A procurement officer may award a contract in an amount of not more than $50,000 or any contract for the procurement of library books, school textbooks, educational programs, educational courses, educational curricula in any media including educational software, newspapers, serials, periodicals, audiovisual materials or software maintenance without competition when, after reasonable investigation, […]
Section 8 – Emergency Procurements
Section 8. Whenever the time required to comply with a requirement of this chapter would endanger the health or safety of the people or their property a procurement officer may make an emergency procurement without following that requirement. An emergency procurement shall be limited to only supplies or services necessary to meet the emergency and […]
Section 18 – Definitions Applicable to Secs. 18 to 25
Section 18. As used in this section and sections 19 to 25, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings: ”Deliberation”, an oral or written communication through any medium, including electronic mail, between or among a quorum of a public body on any public business within its jurisdiction; […]