To update the rule identified to reflect current purchasing practices and procedures to allow District School Boards to purchase goods and services more efficiently and effectively.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
State Board of Education

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
6A-1.012: Purchasing Policies
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To update the rule identified to reflect current purchasing practices and procedures to allow District School Boards to purchase goods and services more efficiently and effectively.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: The purchasing practices of District School Boards are being revised to assist districts in determining what goods and services must be competitively bid, the types of competitive procurements allowed, when goods and services are not subject to competitive solicitation, and the procedudres to follow for bids that are not required to be competitively procured.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 1001.02(1), 1006.27, 1010.04 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1006.27, 1001.42(4)(j), 1010.04 FS.
IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE NOTICED IN THE NEXT AVAILABLE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE WEEKLY.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Steven S. Ferst, Deputy General Counsel, Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Suite 1244, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400, [phone], [e-mail]

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE FROM THE CONTACT PERSON LISTED ABOVE.