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