(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 Fl. Admin. Code R. 60D-5.0091, 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 Florida Statutes § 255.32
    (9) On or before 3/17/2027, the Department shall initiate a review of this rule to determine if it is duplicative, outdated, obsolete, overly burdensome, or imposes excessive costs, and thereafter amend the rule as necessary.
Rulemaking Authority 255.32 FS. Law Implemented Florida Statutes § 255.32. History-New 5-30-10, Amended 3-17-22.