Third party contracts

Third party contracts. (1) A county may not use aids allocated under this chapter to purchase service from, nor make grants to third parties without a contract, agreement, purchase of service order or other legal equivalent. Grants or purchases of services costing $100 or less per occurrence and expense reimbursement arrangements for volunteers are exempt from this requirement. Third-party contracts shall be available for inspection by the department upon request. (2) No third-party contract for transportation services purchased by a county with allocated aids may include a prohibition against further subcontracting for the provision of the services unless the contract is awarded through a competitive, public procurement process established in full accordance with s. Trans 1.05 (8) or the total amount of the contract is $500 or less. (3) A third party contract for transportation services purchased by a county with allocated aids shall, at least once every 5 years, be subject to and awarded through a competitive, public procurement process established in full accordance with s. Trans 1.05 (8) when the total amount of the contract is $10,000 or more.