Terms Used In Florida Statutes 287.032

  • Commodity: means any of the various supplies, materials, goods, merchandise, food, equipment, information technology, and other personal property, including a mobile home, trailer, or other portable structure that has less than 5,000 square feet of floor space, purchased, leased, or otherwise contracted for by the state and its agencies. See Florida Statutes 287.012
  • Contractual service: means the rendering by a contractor of its time and effort rather than the furnishing of specific commodities. See Florida Statutes 287.012
  • Department: means the Department of Management Services. See Florida Statutes 287.012
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
It shall be the purpose of the Department of Management Services:

(1) To promote efficiency, economy, and the conservation of energy and to effect coordination in the purchase of commodities and contractual services for the state.
(2) To provide uniform commodity and contractual service procurement policies, rules, procedures, and forms for use by agencies and eligible users.
(3) To procure and distribute federal surplus tangible personal property allocated to the state by the Federal Government.