Bill Text: FL S1768 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Procurement of Commodities & Contractual Services [EPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Community Affairs [S1768 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S1768-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2010                                    SB 1768 
        
       By Senator Altman 
       24-01764-10                                           20101768__ 
    1                        A bill to be entitled                       
    2         An act relating to procurement of commodities and 
    3         contractual services; creating s. 287.05705, F.S.; 
    4         providing that an agency, county, or municipality that 
    5         is required to make purchases of commodities or 
    6         contractual services through competitive solicitation 
    7         must provide vendors the option to submit competitive 
    8         sealed bids through a uniform secure electronic 
    9         interactive Internet system; requiring specified 
   10         notification in invitations to bid; requiring the 
   11         Department of Management Services to adopt rules 
   12         establishing procedures and requirements for the 
   13         electronic submission, receipt, and processing of 
   14         competitive sealed bids; providing exemptions; 
   15         providing an effective date. 
   16   
   17  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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   19         Section 1. Section 287.05705, Florida Statutes, is created 
   20  to read: 
   21         287.05705 Online submission of competitive sealed bids.— 
   22         (1) Except as provided in subsections (4) and (5), an 
   23  agency, county, or municipality that is required to make 
   24  purchases of commodities or contractual services through 
   25  competitive solicitation must provide vendors the option to 
   26  submit competitive sealed bids through a uniform secure 
   27  electronic interactive Internet system. 
   28         (2) Agencies, counties, and municipalities must include in 
   29  invitations to bid notification to vendors apprising them of the 
   30  option to submit sealed bids electronically and of any special 
   31  conditions, requirements, or procedures particular to electronic 
   32  submissions of competitive sealed bids. 
   33         (3) The department shall adopt rules establishing 
   34  procedures and requirements for the electronic submission, 
   35  receipt, and processing of competitive sealed bids under this 
   36  section. 
   37         (4) A county or municipality that is without available 
   38  high-speed Internet access is exempt from the requirements of 
   39  subsections (1) and (2) until such time as high-speed Internet 
   40  access becomes available to the county or municipality. 
   41         (5) A county or municipality having a population of fewer 
   42  than 25,000 is exempt from the requirements of subsections (1) 
   43  and (2). 
   44         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.