CHAPTE  2024-284

Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 793
An act relating to the Coral Springs Improvement District, Broward County; amending chapter 2004-469, Laws of Florida; prohibiting the board of supervisors of the district from receiving bids on certain contracts; providing an exception; requiring the board to comply with certain statutory bidding procedures; authorizing the board to reject all bids if such rejection is in the best interests of the district; providing that competitive bidding for certain contracts is subject to certain statutory provisions; requiring the district to adopt rules; authorizing the district to apply to the Department of Management Services to purchase certain commodities and contractual services; providing an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
Section 1.	Section 47 of section 3 of chapter 2004-469, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
Section 47.	Bids required.—
No contract shall be let by the board for the construction or maintenance of any project authorized by this act, nor shall any goods, supplies, or materials to be purchased when the amount thereof to be paid by the said district exceeds the amount provided in section 287.017, Florida Statutes, for category two shall exceed $4,000, unless notice of bids is shall be advertised once a week for 2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper in published in Broward County and of general circulation in the county and in the district. The board, if seeking to construct or improve a public building, structure, or other public works, shall comply with the bidding procedures of section 255.20, Florida Statutes, and other applicable general law., and In each case, the bid of the lowest responsive and responsible bidder shall be accepted, unless all bids are rejected because the bids are too high or the board determines it is in the best interests of the district to reject all bids. The board may require the bidders to furnish bonds bond with a responsible surety to be approved by the board. Nothing in this section shall prevent the board from undertaking and performing the construction, operation, and maintenance of any project or facility authorized by this act, by the employment of labor, material, and machinery.
 ​ The provisions of the Consultants’ Competitive Negotiation Act, section 287.055, Florida Statutes, apply to contracts for engineering, architecture, landscape architecture, or registered surveying and mapping services let by the board.
 ​ Contracts for maintenance services for any district facility or project shall be subject to competitive bidding requirements when the amount thereof to be paid by the district exceeds the amount provided in section

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287.017, Florida Statutes, for category two. The district shall adopt rules, policies, or procedures establishing competitive bidding procedures for maintenance services. Contracts for other services shall not be subject to competitive bidding unless the district adopts a rule, policy, or procedure applying competitive bidding procedures to such contracts.
 ​ The district may apply to the Department of Management Services, or the entity succeeding to the duties of such department, to purchase commodities and contractual services from purchasing agreements estab-lished and state term contracts procured pursuant to section 287.057, Florida Statutes, by such department, as provided in section 287.056, Florida Statutes.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. Approved by the Governor May 16, 2024.
Filed in Office Secretary of State May 16, 2024.