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JUN G 1994 CHAPTER 287 DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES; DUTIES PART I PURCHASING PART III COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS AND SERVICES PART I PURCHASING Boa 57 FA -UE -336 I 287.001 Legislative intent. 287.012 Definitions. 287.022 Purchase of insurance. 287.025 Prohibition against certain insurance coverage on specified state property or insurable subjects. 287.032 Purpose of division. 287.042 Powers, duties, and functions. 287.043 Printing or reproduction facilities; cost records. 287.052 Contracts for acquisition or purchase of commodities. 287.055 Acquisition of professional architectural, engineering, landscape architectural, or land -surveying services; definitions; procedures; contingent fees prohibited; penalties. 287.057 Procurement of contractual services. 287.058 Contract document. 287.059 Private legal services. 287.072 Delegation of authority to purchase. 287.082 Commodities manufactured in state given preference. 287.083 Purchase of commodities. 287.0834 Motor vehicles; energy-saving equipment and additives. 287.084 Preference to Florida businesses. 287.092 Preference to certain foreign manufacturers. 287.094 Minority business enterprise programs; penalty for false representation. 287.095 Department of Corrections; prison industry programs. 287.102 Class B printing. 287.114 Duties of the Auditor General. 287.115 Comptroller; quarterly reports. 287.121 Assistance of Department of Legal Affairs. 287.131 Assistance of Department of Insurance. 287.001 Legislative intent.-- The Legislature recognizes that fair and open competition is a basic tenet of public procurement; that such competition reduces the appearance and opportunity for favoritism and inspires public confidence that contracts are awarded equitably and economically; and that documentation of.the acts taken and effective monitoring mechanisms are important means of curbing any improprieties and establishing public confidence in the process by which contractual services are procured. It is essential to the effective and ethical procurement of contractual services that there be a system of uniform procedures to be utilized by state agencies in managing and procuring contractual services; that detailed justification of agency decisions in the procurement of contractual services be maintained; and that adherence by the agency and the consultant to specific ethical considerations be required. History. --s. 3, ch. 82-196. 287.012 Definitions.-- The following definitions shall apply in part I of this chapter: (1) "Agency" means any of the various state officers, departments, boards, commissions, divisions, bureaus, and councils and any other unit of organization, however designated, of the executive branch of state government. (2) "Commodity" means any of the various supplies, materials, goods, merchandise, class B printing, equipment, and other personal property purchased, leased, or otherwise contracted for by the state and its agencies. However, commodities purchased for resale except class B printing are excluded from this definition. (3)(a) "Contractual service" means the rendering by a contractor of its time and dffort rather than the furnishing of specific commodities. Such services may include, but are not limited to, evaluations; consultations; maintenance;