Senate Bill sb3132

    Florida Senate - 2004        (NP)                      SB 3132

    By Senator Sebesta





    16-2036-04                                         See HB 1669

  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 an

  9         exemption; providing construction; providing an

10         effective date.

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

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14         Section 1.  As used in this act:

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

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

17  ordinance and operating solely within the geographic

18  boundaries of Hillsborough County.

19         (2)  "Publicly advertised competitive sealed bidding

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

21  or proposals submitted by responsible vendors who respond to

22  an invitation to bid or request for proposals solicited in a

23  manner compliant with state law. The invitation to bid must

24  include a detailed description of the goods and services

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

26  public opening, and the contractual terms and conditions

27  applicable to the procurement, including the criteria to be

28  used in determining acceptability of the bid. Solicitations

29  for invitations to bid or requests for proposals include

30  solicitations that are electronically posted as authorized

31  under state law.

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    Florida Senate - 2004        (NP)                      SB 3132
    16-2036-04                                         See HB 1669




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

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

 3  enabling a public body to engage in cooperative purchasing

 4  practices with other federal, state, and local governmental

 5  entities.

 6         Section 3.  A public body may purchase goods and

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

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

 9  under the terms of a contract with such other governmental

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

11  publicly advertised competitive sealed bidding process.

12         Section 4.  Any cooperative purchase made under the

13  provisions of this act is exempt from the requirements for

14  advertising for bids and for competitive sealed bidding

15  otherwise applicable to such purchases, provided that the

16  governmental entity that acts as a purchasing partner to a

17  public body has complied with the requirements of a publicly

18  advertised competitive sealed bidding process.

19         Section 5.  This act provides a supplemental,

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

21  derogation of any purchasing powers now existing, including

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

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

24  law.

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