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JUN 61984
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<br />(13) Except as otherwise provided herein, to adopt rules necessary to carry
<br />out the purposes of this section, including the authority to delegate to any state
<br />agency any and all of the responsibility conferred by this section, retaining to
<br />the division any and all authority for supervision thereof. Such purchasing of
<br />commodities and procurement of contractual services by state agencies shall be in
<br />strict accordance with the rules and procedures prescribed by the Department of
<br />General Services.
<br />History. --s. 22, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 70-150; s. 1, ch. 79-92; s. 3, ch. 80-374;
<br />s. 179, ch. 81-259; ss. 4, 8, ch. 82-196.
<br />lNote.--The words "Minority-owned firms or companies or minority persons" were
<br />substituted by the editors for the words "minority owned firms, companies, or
<br />individuals."
<br />287.043 Printing or reproduction facilities; cost records. --If any of the funds
<br />appropriated to any agency are to be expended for equipping, operating, or main-
<br />taining printing, duplicating, or reproduction services or facilities, -then each
<br />such agency shall furnish such cost records to the division as may be prescribed
<br />by the division. Nothing herein shall authorize the purchase of any printing,
<br />duplicating, or reproduction equipment except under such rules and regulations as
<br />are adopted by the division. All such equipment shall be used for efficient and
<br />economical production of printed material directly related to business of the
<br />state.
<br />History. --s. 22, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 77-345.
<br />287.052 Contracts for acquisition or purchase of commodities. --Commodities
<br />shall not be acquired by any agency pursuant to any contract for services or
<br />incidental to the services performed thereunder. Any contract providing for the
<br />acquisition of both services and commodities shall be deemed to be a contract for
<br />the acquisition or purchase of commodities, except that service contracts may
<br />provide for purchase of reports on the findings of consultants engaged thereunder.
<br />History. --s. 22, ch. 69-106.
<br />287.055 Acquisition of professional architectural, engineering, landscape
<br />architectural, or land -surveying services; definitions; procedures; contingent
<br />fees prohibited; penalties. --
<br />(1) SHORT TITLE. --This section shall be known as the "Consultants' Competitive
<br />Negotiation Act."
<br />(2) DEFINITIONS. --For purposes of this section:
<br />(a) "Professional services" shall mean those services within the scope of the
<br />practice of architecture, professional engineering, landscape architecture, or
<br />registered land surveying, as defined by the laws of the state, or those performed
<br />by any architect, professional engineer, landscape architect, or registered land
<br />surveyor in connection with his professional employment or practice.
<br />(b) "Agency" means the state or a state agency, municipality, or political
<br />subdivision, a school district or a school board.
<br />(c) "Firm" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association,
<br />or other legal entity permitted by law to practice architecture, engineering, or
<br />land surveying in the state.
<br />(d) "Compensation" means the total amount paid by the agency for professional
<br />services.
<br />(e) "Agency official" means any elected or appointed officeholder, employee,
<br />consultant, person in the category of other personal service or any other.person
<br />receiving compensation from the state, a state agency, municipality, or political
<br />subdivision, a school district or a school board.
<br />(f) "Project" means that fixed capital outlay study or planning activity
<br />described in the public notice of the state or a state agency pursuant to paragraph
<br />(3)(a). An agency shall prescribe by administrative rule procedures for the
<br />determination of a project under its jurisdiction. Such procedures may include:
<br />1. Determination of a project which constitutes a grouping of minor construction,
<br />rehabilitation, or renovation activities.
<br />2. Determination of a project which constitutes a grouping of substantially
<br />similar construction, rehabilitation, or renovation activities.
<br />(g) A "continuing contract" is a contract for professional services entered
<br />into in accordance with all the procedures of this act between an agency and a
<br />firm whereby the firm provides professional services to the agency for work of a
<br />specified nature as outlined in the contract required by the agency with no time
<br />limitation except that the contract shall provide a termination clause.
<br />(3) PUBLIC &NNOUNCEMENT AND QUALIFICATION PROCEDURES. --
<br />"(a) Each agency shall publicly announce, in a uniform and consistent manner,
<br />each occasion when professional services are required to be purchased for a
<br />project whose basic construction cost is estimated by the agency to be more than
<br />$100,000 or for a planning or study activity when the fee for professional services
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