| 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 is |
| 5 | required to make purchases of commodities or contractual |
| 6 | services through competitive solicitation must provide |
| 7 | vendors the option to submit competitive sealed bids |
| 8 | through a uniform secure electronic interactive Internet |
| 9 | system; requiring specified notification in invitations to |
| 10 | bid; requiring the Department of Management Services to |
| 11 | adopt rules establishing procedures and requirements for |
| 12 | the electronic submission, receipt, and processing of |
| 13 | competitive sealed bids; providing exemptions; providing |
| 14 | an effective date. |
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| 16 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
| 17 | |
| 18 | Section 1. Section 287.05705, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 19 | to read: |
| 20 | 287.05705 Online submission of competitive sealed bids.- |
| 21 | (1) Except as provided in subsections (4) and (5), an |
| 22 | agency, county, or municipality that is required to make |
| 23 | purchases of commodities or contractual services through |
| 24 | competitive solicitation must provide vendors the option to |
| 25 | submit competitive sealed bids through a uniform secure |
| 26 | electronic interactive Internet system. |
| 27 | (2) Agencies, counties, and municipalities must include in |
| 28 | invitations to bid notification to vendors apprising them of the |
| 29 | option to submit sealed bids electronically and of any special |
| 30 | conditions, requirements, or procedures particular to electronic |
| 31 | submissions of competitive sealed bids. |
| 32 | (3) The department shall adopt rules establishing |
| 33 | procedures and requirements for the electronic submission, |
| 34 | receipt, and processing of competitive sealed bids under this |
| 35 | section. |
| 36 | (4) A county or municipality that is without available |
| 37 | high-speed Internet access is exempt from the requirements of |
| 38 | subsections (1) and (2) until such time as high-speed Internet |
| 39 | access becomes available to the county or municipality. |
| 40 | (5) A county or municipality with a population of less |
| 41 | than 25,000 is exempt from the requirements of subsections (1) |
| 42 | and (2). |
| 43 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010. |