Senate Bill sb2092

    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 2092

    By Senator Mitchell





    4-1701-02                                          See HB 1151

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to preferential public contract

  3         awards; requiring agencies to give preference

  4         to certain companies based in this state in

  5         awarding services contracts; providing

  6         criteria, requirements, and exceptions;

  7         providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Agencies shall give preference in the award

12  of any contract for services to any proposed contract vendor

13  that has its principal place of employment and operations in

14  this state, hereinafter called a Florida-based company.  Such

15  preference shall cause a contract for services to be awarded

16  to a Florida-based company if that company is the only

17  Florida-based company proposing to offer the services

18  requested. If more than one Florida-based company has proposed

19  to offer the services requested, the preference shall apply

20  equally to each Florida-based company and the award shall be

21  made to one of the Florida-based companies prior to making any

22  award to a company that does not meet that criteria. Any

23  request for proposals or invitations to bid between an agency

24  of this state and contract vendors shall include a stated

25  preference for awarding contracts to Florida-based companies.

26  A company is deemed to have its principal base of employment

27  and operations in this state if the company employs more

28  workers in this state than the company employs in any other

29  state.  A company seeking to provide services to the state

30  that does not meet this criteria shall be given the same

31  preference for contract awards as a Florida-based company if

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    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 2092
    4-1701-02                                          See HB 1151




  1  that company enters into a joint venture relationship with a

  2  Florida-based corporate partner to offer the services

  3  requested.  This preference in contract awards for

  4  Florida-based companies or joint ventures including

  5  Florida-based companies may only be waived by an agency if

  6  there are no contract vendors proposing to offer the services

  7  requested that meet the criteria as a Florida-based company

  8  and there are no joint ventures proposing to offer the

  9  services that have a Florida-based company as one of the joint

10  venture partners.

11         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

12  law.

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      Requires agencies to give preference in the award of
17    service contracts to proposed contract vendors that have
      their principal place of employment and operations in
18    this state. Provides criteria, requirements, and
      exceptions. See bill for details.
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