Florida Senate - 2015                              CS for SB 574
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability;
       and Senator Montford
       
       
       
       
       585-02128-15                                           2015574c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to electronic auction services;
    3         amending s. 1001.42, F.S.; revising the powers and
    4         duties of the district school board to authorize the
    5         adoption of rules regarding procurement practices;
    6         defining the term “electronic auction services”;
    7         amending s. 1006.27, F.S.; authorizing a district
    8         school board’s use of electronic auction services in
    9         conjunction with bid pooling for school buses and
   10         related purchases; providing an effective date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Paragraph (i) of subsection (12) of section
   15  1001.42, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   16         1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board.—The
   17  district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all
   18  powers and perform all duties listed below:
   19         (12) FINANCE.—Take steps to assure students adequate
   20  educational facilities through the financial procedure
   21  authorized in chapters 1010 and 1011 and as prescribed below:
   22         (i) Contracts for materials, supplies, and services.
   23  Contract for materials, supplies, and services needed for the
   24  district school system. No contract for supplying these needs
   25  shall be made with any member of the district school board, with
   26  the district school superintendent, or with any business
   27  organization in which any district school board member or the
   28  district school superintendent has any financial interest
   29  whatsoever. The district school board may adopt rules to
   30  facilitate the efficient and effective procurement of materials,
   31  supplies, and services, including the use of online procurement
   32  and electronic auction services. For purposes of this paragraph,
   33  the term “electronic auction services” means a competitive
   34  procurement conducted on a centralized website using third-party
   35  software, jointly managed by an approved vendor and the district
   36  school board, for the purpose of obtaining competitive prices in
   37  an auction environment.
   38         Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 1006.27, Florida
   39  Statutes, is amended to read:
   40         1006.27 Pooling of school buses and related purchases by
   41  district school boards; transportation services contracts.—
   42         (1) The department shall assist district school boards in
   43  securing school buses, contractual needs, equipment, and
   44  supplies at as reasonable prices as possible by providing a plan
   45  under which district school boards may voluntarily pool their
   46  bids for such purchases. The department shall prepare bid forms
   47  and specifications, obtain quotations of prices and make such
   48  information available to district school boards in order to
   49  facilitate this service and use electronic auction services, as
   50  defined in s. 1001.42(12)(i), or other efficient procurement
   51  tools. District schools may also use electronic auction services
   52  or other efficient procurement tools for such purchases.
   53  District school boards from time to time, as prescribed by State
   54  Board of Education rule, shall furnish the department with
   55  information concerning the prices paid for such items and the
   56  department shall furnish to district school boards periodic
   57  information concerning the lowest prices at which school buses,
   58  equipment, and related supplies are available based upon
   59  comparable specifications.
   60         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.