Florida Statute 337.164 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXVI
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Chapter 337
CONTRACTING; ACQUISITION, DISPOSAL, AND USE OF PROPERTY

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337.164 Legislative intent with respect to integrity of public contracting process.—Recognizing that the preservation of the integrity of the public contracting process of the department is vital to the development of a balanced and efficient transportation system and is a matter of interest to all the people of the state, the Legislature determines and declares that:

(1) The procedures of the department for bidding and qualification of bidders on department contracts exist to secure the public benefits of free and open competition and to secure the quality of public works.

(2) The opportunity to bid on department contracts or to supply goods or services to the department is a privilege, not a right.

(3) The privilege of transacting business with the department should be denied to persons or firms involved in contract crime in order to preserve the integrity of the public contracting process.

(4) Persons or firms involved in contract crime should be denied both the privilege of transacting business with the department and the opportunity of obtaining economic benefit through the transaction of business by their affiliates with the department.

To this end, it is the intent of the Legislature to provide sufficiently broad authority to the department to ensure the integrity of its public contracting process.

History.—s. 1, ch. 83-4; s. 151, ch. 84-309.

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Fairbanks, Inc. v. State, Dept. of Transp., 635 So. 2d 58 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994).

Cited 9 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS 453, 1994 WL 7465

...fest from several statutory provisions. E.g., §§ 255.29 (relating to state construction contracts generally), 287.001 (relating to public procurement generally), Fla. Stat. (1991). In fact, such an intent is found expressed in chapter 337, itself. Section 337.164, Florida Statutes (1991), "[r]ecogniz[es] that the preservation of the integrity of the public contracting process of the [D]epartment is vital to the development of a balanced and efficient transportation system and is a matter of in...

...The logical conclusion to be drawn from such allegations is that the Department has "acted *61 fraudulently, arbitrarily, illegally, or dishonestly." Id. Considering the general intent evident from a reading of chapter 337, and in particular the intent expressed in section 337.164, we believe that such allegations are sufficient to bring appellant within the zone of injury which the legislature meant to prevent by enactment of chapter 337....