Florida Senate - 2026                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 480
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/12/2026           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Harrell) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Between lines 1391 and 1392
    4  insert:
    5         (j) Develop and maintain standards, performance metrics,
    6  and evaluation tools to measure the performance of information
    7  technology vendors that provide information technology
    8  commodities or services to the state. The standards, metrics,
    9  and tools must:
   10         1. Be organized by vendor category, reflecting the
   11  different roles, services, and risk profiles of information
   12  technology vendors, including, but not limited to, software,
   13  cloud services, infrastructure, cybersecurity, systems
   14  integration, and professional services.
   15         2. Include objective, measurable criteria to assess vendor
   16  performance, which criteria may include timeliness, quality of
   17  deliverables, cost control, compliance with contract
   18  requirements, security and privacy practices, responsiveness,
   19  and customer satisfaction.
   20         3. Provide for the collection and analysis of performance
   21  data across state agencies to support consistent and comparable
   22  evaluations.
   23         4. Support a scoring mechanism that may be used in
   24  procurement and contract management processes, including the
   25  identification of vendors eligible for inclusion on a preferred
   26  vendors list established by DIGIT.
   27         5. Provide for the public availability of the preferred
   28  vendors list, including vendor rankings by category, in a manner
   29  determined by DIGIT.
   30         6. Require that, to the extent permitted by law, priority
   31  consideration in future procurements be given to vendors on the
   32  preferred vendors list based on performance ranking and cost, as
   33  applicable to the procurement method used.
   34         7. Be periodically reviewed and updated to reflect evolving
   35  technology, market conditions, and state needs.