Florida Administrative Code (Last Updated: October 28, 2024) |
60. Department of Management Services |
60A. Division of Purchasing |
60A-1. General Regulations |
1(1) Agencies 3are authorized to 6use 7a Request For 10Information 11(RFI) for research 14to 15determine any or all of the following: 22whether to competitively procure 26particular commodities 28or contractual services; 31which 32solicitation process to use for a particular need; 40or general, special, or technical specifications 46to be included in 50a solicitation.
52(2) An RFI is not a solicitation. An agency issuing an RFI is not required to utilize any information gathered from the RFI, nor is a vendor who responds to an RFI excluded from participating in any resulting solicitation.
91(3) Agencies must use MyFloridaMarketPlace (MFMP) Sourcing or the Vendor Bid System for issuing an RFI. A vendor must be registered in MFMP in order to respond to an RFI conducted using MFMP Sourcing. See Rule 12760A-1.030, 128F.A.C., for MFMP vendor registration.
133Rulemaking Authority 135287.032(2), 136287.042(12) FS. 138Law Implemented 140287.012(22), 141287.042(3)(g), 142287.057(17) FS. 144History–New 7-11-04, Amended 4-14-16.