Senate Bill sb2386

    Florida Senate - 2004        (NP)                      SB 2386

    By Senators Sebesta, Miller and Crist





    16-1079-04                                              See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Hillsborough County;

  3         providing definitions; providing purpose;

  4         authorizing purchases of goods and services by

  5         the county and other public bodies operating in

  6         the county under bids submitted to other

  7         federal, state, and local governmental

  8         entities; providing conditions; providing

  9         construction; providing an effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  As used in this act:

14         (1)  "Public body" means any entity created by the

15  Florida Constitution, by general or special law, or by

16  ordinance and operating within the geographic boundaries of

17  Hillsborough County.

18         (2)  "Publicly advertised competitive sealed bidding

19  process" means a process of receiving two or more sealed bids

20  submitted by vendors in response to an invitation to bid made

21  available simultaneously to all vendors by publication in a

22  newspaper of general circulation. The invitation to bid must

23  include a detailed description of the goods and services

24  sought, the time and date for the receipt of bids and of the

25  public opening, and the contractual terms and conditions

26  applicable to the procurement, including the criteria to be

27  used in determining acceptability of the bid.

28         Section 2.  The purpose of this act is to facilitate

29  the purchase of goods and services by a public body by

30  enabling a public body to engage in cooperative purchasing

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    Florida Senate - 2004        (NP)                      SB 2386
    16-1079-04                                              See HB




 1  practices with other federal, state, and local governmental

 2  entities.

 3         Section 3.  A public body may purchase goods and

 4  services under the terms of a bid submitted to and accepted by

 5  any other federal, state, or local governmental entity and

 6  under the terms of a contract with such other governmental

 7  entity, provided that such bid or contract results from a

 8  publicly advertised competitive sealed bidding process.

 9         Section 4.  Any cooperative purchase made under the

10  provisions of this act is exempt from the requirements for

11  advertising for bids and for competitive sealed bidding

12  otherwise applicable to such purchases, provided that the

13  governmental entity that acts as a purchasing partner to a

14  public body has complied with the requirements of a publicly

15  advertised competitive sealed bidding process.

16         Section 5.  This act provides a supplemental,

17  additional, and alternative method of purchasing and is not in

18  derogation of any purchasing powers now existing, including

19  the powers provided for in chapter 69-1119, Laws of Florida.

20         Section 6.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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