Senate Bill 1584

    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 1584

    By Senator Laurent





    17-1094-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to government purchasing;

  3         amending s. 229.79, F.S.; requiring the

  4         Department of Education to provide certain

  5         bid-pooling assistance to school boards;

  6         providing for the department to assist other

  7         agencies and nonprofit organizations in

  8         purchasing; providing an effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Section 229.79, Florida Statutes, is

13  amended to read:

14         229.79  Special services of the department; pooling of

15  purchases by school boards.--The Department of Education shall

16  render such special services as will be of benefit to the

17  schools of the state.  As one phase of these services it shall

18  assist school boards in securing school buses, services,

19  contractual needs, equipment, and supplies at as reasonable

20  prices as possible by providing a plan under which school

21  boards may voluntarily pool their bids for such purchases. The

22  Department of Education shall prepare bid forms and

23  specifications, obtain quotations of prices and make such

24  information available to school boards in order to facilitate

25  this service.  School boards from time to time, as prescribed

26  by the state board, shall furnish the Department of Education

27  with information concerning the prices paid for such items and

28  the Department of Education shall furnish to school boards

29  periodic information concerning the lowest prices at which

30  school buses, services, equipment, and school supplies are

31  available based upon comparable specifications. Suppliers may

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 1584
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  1  make such commodities and services available to other

  2  governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations under

  3  contracts approved by the department. If the department

  4  determines that it is in the best interest of the school

  5  boards, contracts authorized under this section may be awarded

  6  to multiple suppliers.

  7         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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11    Requires the Department of Education to assist school
      boards in securing services by providing a plan to pool
12    their bids. Allows suppliers to make commodities and
      services available to other agencies and nonprofit
13    organizations under contracts approved by the department.

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