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Notice: 23380024

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS

Division:

South Florida Water Management District

Chapter:

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Overview

RULE:

40E-7.668	Policy
40E-7.669	Definitions
40E-7.670	Competitive Solicitation Preferences
40E-7.672	Compliance
40E-7.673	Certification Eligibility - Small Business Enterprise
40E-7.674	Certification Review Procedures
40E-7.675	Recertification Review Procedures
40E-7.676	Decertification
40E-7.677	Reciprocity
40E-7.678	Administrative Hearings

PURPOSE:

The purpose of this amendment is to further clarify and define the District's Small Business Enterprise Contracting Program, which supports small businesses.

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.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

373.044, 373.113 Florida Statutes

LAW:

373.1135 Florida Statutes

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

6/26/2020 Vol. 46/125

COMMENTS:

From 6/26/2020 To 7/17/2020 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

Ref-03066 Subcontractor Participation Schedule - Form 0956 - 08-2013
Ref-03067 Revised Subcontractor Participation Schedule - Form 1373 - 08-2013
Ref-12034 Statement of Intent to Perform as a Small Business Enterprise Subcontractor

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