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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to state contracting; amending s. 2
287.057, F.S.; requiring an agency subject to ch. 287, 3
F.S., to require any vendor awarded a competitively 4
solicited contract for commodities or contractual 5
services to use certified minority, woman -owned, or 6
veteran-owned business enterprises as subcontractors 7
or subvendors for at least a specified minimum 8
percentage of the contract value; requiring a vendor 9
to identify subcontractors or subvendors when bidding 10
for such a contract; requiring the vendor to report 11
certain information regarding subcontractors or 12
subvendors upon performance or completion of the 13
contract; requiring the Office of Supplier Diversity 14
to commission a disparity study to review and evaluate 15
the use of minority, women -owned, and veteran-owned 16
business enterprises within this state by a specified 17
date; requiring the study results to be presented to 18
the Legislature by a specified date; provid ing an 19
appropriation; providing an effective date. 20
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 22
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Section 1. Subsection (9) of section 287.057, Florida 24
Statutes, is amended to read: 25
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287.057 Procurement of commodities or contractual 26
services.— 27
(9) An agency shall require that may reserve any contract 28
for competitive solicitation may be awarded only to only among 29
vendors who agree to use certified minority business 30
enterprises, woman-owned business enterprises, or veteran -owned 31
business enterprises as subcontractors or subvendors for at 32
least 30 percent of the value of the contract . The percentage of 33
funds, in terms of gross contract amount and revenues, which 34
must be expended with such the certified minority business 35
enterprise subcontractors and subvendors must shall be 36
determined by the agency before the contract is made available 37
for bidding such contracts may be reserved . In order to bid on a 38
contract so reserved, the vendor must shall identify in a sworn 39
statement those certified minority business enterprises , woman-40
owned business enterprises, or veteran -owned business 41
enterprises that which will be used utilized as subcontractors 42
or subvendors by sworn statement. At the time of performance or 43
project completion, the contractor sh all report by sworn 44
statement the payments and completion of work for all certified 45
minority business enterprises , woman-owned business enterprises, 46
or veteran-owned business enterprises used in the contract. 47
Section 2. In order to ensure that the requ irement 48
established under s. 287.057(9), Florida Statutes, for 49
contracting with minority, woman -owned, or veteran-owned 50
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enterprises is met, the Office of Supplier Diversity shall 51
commission a disparity study to review and evaluate the 52
statistical data indi cating the availability of, and disparity 53
in the use of, minority, woman -owned, and veteran-owned business 54
enterprises within this state. The study results must be 55
presented to the Legislature no later than December 1, 2023. 56
Section 3. For the 2022-2023 fiscal year, the nonrecurring 57
sum of $500,000 is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to 58
the Office of Supplier Diversity within the Department of 59
Management Services for the purpose of conducting the disparity 60
study required by this act. Funds rem aining unexpended or 61
unencumbered from this appropriation as of June 30, 2023, shall 62
revert to the General Revenue Fund. 63
Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 64