Bill Summary

by Albritton  CS Sponsors: Government Operations Subcommittee

State Contracting: Requires agreements funded with state or federal financial assistance to include performance measure for each deliverable to be reviewed & approved in accordance with rules adopted by DFS; requires contracting entity to assign grants manager for enforcing performance of agreement; revises provisions relating to CFO's intergovernmental contract tracking system under Transparency Florida Act; specifies entities that are included in tracking system; requires that exempt or confidential information be redacted from contracts & procurement documents posted on system; divides responsibilities of DMS with DFS; limits duties of DMS to procurement of commodities & contractual services; directs DMS to develop list of interested vendors; deletes provisions requiring DMS to perform duties relating to procurement & contracting policies & procedures; assigns duties relating to procurement & contracting policies & procedures to DFS; requires DFS to develop list of vendors not allowed to do business with state; requires review & approval of contracts in accordance with rules adopted by DFS; revises list of contractual services & commodities that are exempt from competitive solicitation to delete certain services from exemption; requires contracts to include performance measure for each deliverable; requires certification of contract managers by DFS for contracts of more than certain amount; requires training program; revises definition of "department" to mean DFS rather than DMS with respect to provisions governing public entity crimes & placement on convicted vendor list; provides state procurement policies & requires CFO to conduct study of current laws with respect to such policies. Effective Date: July 1, 2012

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