To modify the rule to make a good faith deposit from a bidder mandatory and remove the option for the Deputy Commissioner for Finance and Operations to waive the deposit requirement.

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.: RULE TITLE:

6A-3.006: Pool Purchase Plan for Purchase of Equipment and Contractual Needs; Department of Management Services, Division of Purchasing Authorized to Negotiate Contracts

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To modify the rule to make a good faith deposit from a bidder mandatory and remove the option for the Deputy Commissioner for Finance and Operations to waive the deposit requirement.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Pool Purchase Plan for Purchase of Equipment and Contractual Needs, good faith deposit requirement from bidders.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02(1), 1002.42(15)(f), 1006.27, FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1002.42, 1006.27, 1010.04(1), 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 REGISTER.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Mark Eggers, Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Finance and Operations, Florida Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Room 814, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, [phone]. To request a rule development workshop, please contact: Cathy Schroeder, Director, Office of Executive Management, Department of Education, [phone] or email [e-mail] or go to https://app1.fldoe.org/rules/default.aspx.

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS:

Available at https://app1.fldoe.org/rules/default.aspx.