Title: State Contracting

Summary: Requires certain agencies to require any vendor awarded competitively solicited contract for commodities or contractual services to use certified minority, woman-owned, or veteran-owned business enterprises as subcontractors or subvendors for specified portion of contract value; requires vendor to identify subcontractors or subvendors when bidding for such contract; requires vendor to report certain information regarding subcontractors or subvendors upon performance or completion of contract.

Full Text:
An act relating to state contracting; amending s. 287.057, F.S.; requiring an agency subject to ch. 287, F.S., to require any vendor awarded a competitively solicited contract for commodities or contractual services to use certified minority, woman-owned, or veteran-owned business enterprises as subcontractors or subvendors for a specified portion of the contract value; requiring a vendor to identify subcontra ctors or subvendors when bidding for such a contract; requiring the vendor to report certain information regarding subcontractors or subvendors upon performance or completion of the contract; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislatu re of the State of Florida: Section 1. Subsection (8) of section 287.057, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 287.057 Procurement of commodities or contractual services.-(8) An agency shall require that may reserve any contract for competitive solicitation may be awarded only to only among vendors who agree to use certified minority business enterprises,woman-owned business enterprises, or veteran-owned HB 1187 2021 business enterprises as subcontractors or subvendors for at least percent of the value of the contract.The percentage of funds, in terms of gross contract amount and revenues, which must be expended with such the certified minority business enterprise subcontractors and subvendors shall be determined by the agency before the contract is made available for bidding such contracts may be reserved.In order to bid on a contract so reserved,the vendor must shall identify those certified minority business enterprises,woman-owned business enterprises, or veteran-owned business enterprises that which will be used utilized as subcontractors or subvendors by sworn statement. At the time of performance or project completion, the contractor shall report by sworn statement the payments and completion of work for all certified minority business enterprises,woman-owned business enterprises, or veteran-owned business enterprises used in the contract. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.