(1) With respect to competitive solicitations for the procurement of contractual services that are limited to the classes of work for which the Department of Transportation issues certificates of qualification pursuant to s. 337.14, and which services do not involve the construction, remodeling, repair, or improvement of any building, a governmental entity procuring such services may not prohibit a response from a vendor possessing a valid certificate of qualification under s. 337.14 or license under chapter 489 corresponding to the contractual services being procured.
(2) This section applies to all competitive solicitations issued by a governmental entity on or after October 1, 2021.
History.—s. 2, ch. 2021-188.
Structure Florida Statutes
Chapter 287 - Procurement of Personal Property and Services
Part I - Commodities, Insurance, and Contractual Services (Ss. 287.001-287.137)
287.017 - Purchasing categories, threshold amounts.
287.022 - Purchase of insurance.
287.032 - Purpose of department.
287.042 - Powers, duties, and functions.
287.056 - Purchases from purchasing agreements and state term contracts; vendor disqualification.
287.057 - Procurement of commodities or contractual services.
287.05705 - Procurements of road, bridge, and other specified public construction services.
287.0571 - Business case to outsource; applicability.
287.0572 - Present-value methodology.
287.0575 - Coordination of contracted services.
287.05805 - Contract requirement for use of state funds to purchase or improve real property.
287.0582 - Contracts which require annual appropriation; contingency statement.
287.0585 - Late payments by contractors to subcontractors and suppliers; penalty.
287.059 - Private attorney services.
287.0591 - Information technology; vendor disqualification.
287.0595 - Pollution response action contracts; department rules.
287.063 - Deferred-payment commodity contracts; preaudit review.
287.064 - Consolidated financing of deferred-payment purchases.
287.0641 - Agreement not debt or pledge of faith or credit of state.
287.0731 - Team for contract negotiations.
287.074 - Prohibited actions by contractor personnel.
287.075 - Materially interested contractor; prohibition on certain activities.
287.082 - Commodities manufactured, grown, or produced in state given preference.
287.0821 - All American and Genuine Florida meat or meat products.
287.0822 - Beef and pork; prohibition on purchase; bid specifications; penalty.
287.083 - Purchase of commodities.
287.0831 - Limitation on purchases to replace damaged state agency equipment; assessment protocols.
287.0834 - Motor vehicles; energy-saving equipment and additives.
287.084 - Preference to Florida businesses.
287.087 - Preference to businesses with drug-free workplace programs.
287.092 - Preference to certain foreign manufacturers.
287.0931 - Minority business enterprises; participation in bond underwriting.
287.0935 - Surety bond insurers.
287.0943 - Certification of minority business enterprises.
287.09451 - Office of Supplier Diversity; powers, duties, and functions.
287.095 - Department of Corrections; prison industry programs.
287.131 - Assistance of Department of Financial Services.
287.132 - Legislative intent with respect to integrity of public contracting and purchasing process.
287.135 - Prohibition against contracting with scrutinized companies.
287.1351 - Suspended vendors; state contracts.