Summary
The changes include: refining the definitions, modifying competitive solicitation preferences to remove Bid Equalization, allowing for the waiver or deferring of goals in certain solicitations and work order proposals, decertifying an SBE if the SBE is in material breach of its contract or if SBE causes its prime contractor to be in material breach, adding registration requirement with the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations, clarifying the documentation required to demonstrate certification eligibility, enhancing the process for certification and recertification review, providing that any District SBE certified as a result of reciprocity with another Florida government agency is certified for a 3-year period.