60D-15.001. Definitions and Incidental Policies

(1) “Activation” means an agency negotiation for a specific project with a construction management entity under continuing contract with the Department, which results in an agency contract. (2) “Agency contract” means a proprietary construction project contract between a state agency and a construction management entity under continuing contract with the Department. (3) “Agency Project Manager” means a full-time-equivalent state employee who is currently licensed by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation as an architect, engineer, or a general contractor (as defined in Section 489.105(3)(a), F.S.). (4) “Competitive negotiation standards” means the methodology established in Rule 60D-5.0091, F.A.C., for determining fair, competitive and reasonable costs and the process of successive negotiations with the next most qualified continuing contract entity. (5) “Continuing contract entity” means a construction management entity under a Department contract. (6) “Continuing contract type” means any general, distinctive or specialized construction, renovation or repair activity identified by the Department as a state need. (7) “Department” means the Department of Management Services. (8) “Department contract” means a continuing contract between the Department and a construction management entity established under Section 255.32, F.S. (9) On or before 3/17/2027, the Department shall initiate a review of this rule to determine if it is duplicative, outdated, obsolete, overly burdensome, or imposes excessive costs, and thereafter amend the rule as necessary.