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| 10 | 10 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to acquisition of professional 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | services; amending s. 287.055, F.S.; removing language 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | requiring that an agency, when determining whether a 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | firm is qualified to perform certain services, operate 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | with the object of effecting an equitable distribution 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | of contracts among qualified firms; providing an 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | effective date. 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 287.055, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 287.055 Acquisition of professional architectural, 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | engineering, landscape architectural, or surveying and mapping 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | services; definitions; procedures; contingent fees p rohibited; 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | penalties.— 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (4) COMPETITIVE SELECTION. — 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (b) The agency shall select in order of preference no 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | fewer than three firms deemed to be the most highly qualified to 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | perform the required services. In determining whether a firm is 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | qualified, the agency shall consider such factors as the ability 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | of professional personnel; whether a firm is a certified 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | minority business enterprise; past performance; willingness to 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | meet time and budget requirements; location; recent, current, 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | and projected workloads of the firms; and the volume of work 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | previously awarded to each firm by the agency , with the object 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | of effecting an equitable distribution of contracts among 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | qualified firms, provided such distribution does not violate the 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | principle of selection of the most h ighly qualified firms . The 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | agency may request, accept, and consider proposals for the 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | compensation to be paid under the contract only during 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | competitive negotiations under subsection (5). 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 34 |
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