| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to the Coral Springs Improvement 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | District, Broward County; amending chapter 2004 -469, 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | Laws of Florida; prohibiting the board of supervisors 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | of the district from receiving bids on certain 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | contracts; providing an exception; requiring the board 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | to comply with certain statutory bidding procedures; 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | authorizing the board to reject all bids if such 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | rejection is in the best interests of the district; 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | providing that competitive bidding for certain 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | contracts is subject to certain statutory provisions; 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | requiring the district to adopt rules; authorizing the 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | district to apply to the Department of Management 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Services to purchase certain commodities and 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | contractual services; providing an effective date. 15 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 17 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Section 1. Section 47 of section 3 of chapter 2004 -469, 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Laws of Florida, is amended to read: 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Section 47. Bids required. — 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (1) No contract shall be let by the board for the 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | construction or maintenance of any project authorized by this 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | act, nor shall any goods, supplies, or materials to be purchased 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | when the amount thereof to be paid by the said district exceeds 25 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 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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| 51 | 51 | | the amount provided in section 28 7.017, Florida Statutes, for 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | category two shall exceed $4,000, unless notice of bids is shall 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | be advertised once a week for 2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | in published in Broward County and of general circulation in the 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | county and in the district. The board, if seeking to construct 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | or improve a public building, structure, or other public works, 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | shall comply with the bidding procedures of section 255.20, 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | Florida Statutes, and other applicable general law. , and In each 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | case, the bid of the lowest responsive and responsible bidder 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | shall be accepted, unless all bids are rejected because the bids 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | are too high or the board determines it is in the best interests 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | of the district to reject all bids . The board may require the 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | bidders to furnish bonds bond with a responsible surety to be 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | approved by the board. Nothing in this section shall prevent the 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | board from undertaking and performing the construction, 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | operation, and maintenance of any project or facility authorized 41 |
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| 67 | 67 | | by this act, by the employment of labor, mater ial, and 42 |
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| 68 | 68 | | machinery. 43 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (2) The provisions of the Consultants' Competitive 44 |
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| 70 | 70 | | Negotiation Act, section 287.055, Florida Statutes, apply to 45 |
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| 71 | 71 | | contracts for engineering, architecture, landscape architecture, 46 |
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| 72 | 72 | | or registered surveying and mapping services let by the b oard. 47 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (3) Contracts for maintenance services for any district 48 |
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| 74 | 74 | | facility or project shall be subject to competitive bidding 49 |
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| 75 | 75 | | requirements when the amount thereof to be paid by the district 50 |
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| 84 | 84 | | 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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| 88 | 88 | | exceeds the amount provided in section 287.017, Florida 51 |
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| 89 | 89 | | Statutes, for category two. The district shall adopt rules, 52 |
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| 90 | 90 | | policies, or procedures establishing competitive bidding 53 |
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| 91 | 91 | | procedures for maintenance services. Contracts for other 54 |
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| 92 | 92 | | services shall not be subject to competitive bidding unless the 55 |
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| 93 | 93 | | district adopts a rule, policy , or procedure applying 56 |
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| 94 | 94 | | competitive bidding procedures to such contracts. 57 |
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| 95 | 95 | | (4) The district may apply to the Department of Management 58 |
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| 96 | 96 | | Services, or the entity succeeding to the duties of such 59 |
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| 97 | 97 | | department, to purchase commodities and contractual services 60 |
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| 98 | 98 | | from purchasing agreements established and state term contracts 61 |
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| 99 | 99 | | procured pursuant to section 287.057, Florida Statutes, by such 62 |
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| 100 | 100 | | department, as provided in section 287.056, Florida Statutes. 63 |
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| 101 | 101 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 64 |
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