Florida Senate - 2021                                    SB 1226
       
       
        
       By Senator Jones
       
       
       
       
       
       35-00716-21                                           20211226__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to state contracting; amending s.
    3         287.057, F.S.; requiring an agency subject to ch. 287,
    4         F.S., to require any vendor awarded a competitively
    5         solicited contract for commodities or contractual
    6         services to use certified minority, woman-owned, or
    7         veteran-owned business enterprises as subcontractors
    8         or subvendors for a specified portion of the contract
    9         value; requiring a vendor to identify subcontractors
   10         or subvendors when bidding for such a contract;
   11         requiring the vendor to report certain information
   12         regarding subcontractors or subvendors upon
   13         performance or completion of the contract; providing
   14         an effective date.
   15          
   16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   18         Section 1. Subsection (8) of section 287.057, Florida
   19  Statutes, is amended to read:
   20         287.057 Procurement of commodities or contractual
   21  services.—
   22         (8) An agency shall require that may reserve any contract
   23  for competitive solicitation may be awarded only to only among
   24  vendors who agree to use certified minority business
   25  enterprises, woman-owned business enterprises, or veteran-owned
   26  business enterprises as subcontractors or subvendors for at
   27  least 30 percent of the value of the contract. The percentage of
   28  funds, in terms of gross contract amount and revenues, which
   29  must be expended with such the certified minority business
   30  enterprise subcontractors and subvendors shall be determined by
   31  the agency before the contract is made available for bidding
   32  such contracts may be reserved. In order to bid on a contract so
   33  reserved, the vendor must shall identify those certified
   34  minority business enterprises, woman-owned business enterprises,
   35  or veteran-owned business enterprises that which will be used
   36  utilized as subcontractors or subvendors by sworn statement. At
   37  the time of performance or project completion, the contractor
   38  shall report by sworn statement the payments and completion of
   39  work for all certified minority business enterprises, woman
   40  owned business enterprises, or veteran-owned business
   41  enterprises used in the contract.
   42         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.