60A-1.045. Alternative Purchasing Methods  


Effective on Monday, July 22, 2024
  • 1(1) Agencies intending to purchase Commodities or Contractual Services in excess of CATEGORY TWO from a single source shall electronically post Form PUR 7776 “Description of Intended Single Source Purchase,” revised 07/2022, 34which is incorporated herein by reference and available 42at 43http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-14517, 45or on the Department’s website at 51http://dms.myflorida.com/purforms. Form PUR 7776 requests that prospective vendors provide information regarding their ability to supply the Commodities or Contractual Services described.

    72(2) Agencies shall provide notice of their determination that the Commodities or Contractual Services are available only from a single source by electronically posting Form PUR 7778 “Notice of Intended Decision to Enter Into a Single Source Contract,” revised 07/2022, which is incorporated herein by reference and available 121at 122http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-14518, 124or on the Department’s website at 130http://dms.myflorida.com/purforms.

    131(3) Agencies shall report all single source action(s) quarterly by submitting Form PUR 7779, “Single Source Action Agency Report Form,” effective 07/2022, which is hereby incorporated by reference and available at 163http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-14519 165or on the Department’s website at http:dms.myflorida.com/purforms. All single source actions must be reported to the Department no later than ten (10) calendar days after the end of the quarter in which the action was completed, with the first quarter beginning on July 1 of each fiscal year.

    213(4) 214For 215emergency 216purchases 217of Commodities or 220Contractual 221Services 222made pursuant to section 226287.057(3)(a), F.S.,, 228Agencies must complete and furnish to the Department, Form PUR 7800 “Notice of Emergency Purchase,” revised 07/2022, which is hereby incorporated by reference 252and available 254at 255http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-14520, 257or on the Department’s website at 263http://dms.myflorida.com/purforms.

    264(5) Emergency 266purchases 267need not be posted electronically or by any other means.

    277(6) Agencies seeking approval to make purchases in excess of the threshold for Category Two pursuant to sections 295287.042(16) 296and 297287.057(3)(b), F.S., 299must submit Form PUR 7102, “Agency Request for Approval of Alternate Contract Source 312(ACS),” 314revised 07/24, 316which is hereby incorporated by reference and available at 325http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-16727, 327or 328on the Department’s website at 333http://dms.myflorida.com/purforms. 334This requirement does not apply to purchases off an Enterprise Alternate Contract Source.

    347(7) In addition, a list of current Enterprise Alternate Contract Sources for use by all Agencies is available at http://dms.myflorida.com/contracts.

    367(8) Agencies shall report all Agency actions to the Department pursuant to section 380287.057(6), F.S., 382by submitting Form PUR 7200, “Negotiation of Best Terms and Conditions Report Form,” 07/24, which is hereby incorporated by reference and available at 406http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-16726 408or on the Department’s website at https://www.dms.myflorida.com/purforms.

    415Rulemaking Authority 417287.032(2), 418287.042(12) FS. 420Law Implemented 422287.017, 423287.042(9), 424(16), 425287.057(3), 426(14) FS. History–New 2-6-68, Revised 5-20-71, Amended 8-6-81, 2-28-85, 12-17-85, Formerly 13A-1.10, Amended 11-3-88, 1-18-90, 4-10-91, Formerly 13A-1.010, Amended 1-9-95, 1-1-96, 9-23-96, 7-6-98, 1-2-00, 7-26-04, Formerly 60A-1.010, Amended 4-14-16, 3-2-17, 7-31-22, 7-22-24.