MyFloridaMarketPlace Purchasing Opportunities. Doing Business with Florida Register with MFMP State Term Contracts Transparency Resources Page

MyFloridaMarketPlace


Purchasing Opportunities

Doing Business with Florida Register with MFMP State Term Contracts Transparency Resources

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Agenda

Doing Business with the State To conduct business in Florida a vendor must register/obtain licenses with some State agencies

Information about the specific registration requirements can be found on the MFMP Vendor website

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Getting StartedGetting Started

Doing Business with Florida Register with MFMP Business Opportunities with the State Transparency Resources

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MyFloridaMarketPlace (MFMP) is the state’s online purchasing system,

connecting state agencies with registered vendors

30+ state agencies and more than 130,000 vendors use MFMP

MFMP offers tools to help do business with the state:

Solicitation notification

Customer Service Desk (CSD)

eInvoicing (electronic invoicing)

Vendors doing business with the state are required to register with

MFMP

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https://vendor.myfloridamarketplace.com/

Information required:

Company Name

FEIN

Business Designation

Tax filing information

Address

Contact person

Commodity codes that describe your products and/or services

CBE information (Certified Business Enterprise) designation

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MyFloridaMarketPlace: Registration Requirements

Commodity Code Search in VIP

Vendors can search / add / update commodity codes within VIP

While public notification / posting continues to be available, it is to a vendor’s advantage to register for applicable commodity codes

Registration for commodity codes facilitates notification of available bid opportunities for vendors

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Commodity Code Search

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Account Registration / Account Maintenance

Vendors also have the opportunity to complete registration for additional State Solicitation Tools

If a vendor elects to participate in a State Solicitation tool the vendor will receive notifications of bids:

eQuote

Sourcing

Vendor Bid System (VBS)

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Solicitation Notification Tools

The following table displays VBS advertisements that trigger vendor notifications:

Yes No

Single source X

Agency decisions X

Grant opportunities X

Competitive solicitations X

Public Meeting Notices X

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The Division of State Purchasing strives to develop and implement sound procurement practices throughout the state Dedicated to building strong relationships with all state agencies, local

governments and vendors

State Purchasing also promotes fair and open competition in the state's procurement process

Division of State Purchasing maintains and develops State Term Contracts (STC), state purchasing agreements (SPA) and alternate contract sources (ACS) - Florida Statute Chapter 287.056

Mandatory for state agencies Optional for other eligible users (OEUs)

-Universities, cities, counties, water management districts, etc.

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State Purchasing Overview

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Currently State Purchasing administers several different types of agreements; today we’ll address the following types:

Division of State Purchasing

There are more than 60 STC, covering multiple categories including:

Energy & Transportation Institutional Furnishings &Supplies Law Enforcement Supplies Facility Services & Supplies Information Technology Communications Office Equipment &Services Insurance Consulting &Staffing Services Emergency Operations Supplies & Services

All contracts are listed online http://dms.myflorida.com/contracts

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State Term Contracts/Agreements

Let’s take a look at the contracts online:

http://dms.myflorida.com/contracts

Some information you might want to review:

Contract manager contact information Expiration date Vendor information

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You can search for active and closed advertisements (State Term Contract Opportunities, agency contract opportunities, etc.) and agency decisions through VBS

Now, let’s punch-out to VBS and perform a search. We’ll review:

Open DMS Division State Purchasing solicitationsEvent TimelineEvent Contact

DMS Division of State Purchasing Agency decisions Intent to AwardBid Tabulation

http://vbs.dms.state.fl.us/vbs/main_menu

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Business Opportunities with the State

Many agencies rely on MFMP as a source for vendors when issuing

competitive solicitations/informal quotes

Commodity codes selected in your MFMP account identify the

products/services you provide

Contact an agency purchasing officer

Through the myflorida.com portal you can find every state agency’s

website

An agency purchasing officer list is available at:

http://dms.myflorida.com/agencypurchasingofficers

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Business Opportunities with the State


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Transparency

Transparency is important to Florida

Governor Charlie Crist issued Executive Order 07-01, which created

the Office of Open Government and promotes transparency

Each agency has identified an Open Government contact

http://www.flgov.com/og_agency_contacts

An Open Government Contact will be able to assist you in conducting

public records requests

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Transparency

Transparency

SPURSView is an online

transparency resource to

locate purchase orders issued

by state agencies

SPURSView can be located at

http://www.myflorida.com/apps

/spurs/SPURS.po_search.crite

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Enter in the appropriate search

criteria and execute your

search

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Transparency: SPURSView

Department of Financial Services

DFS has an online tool which allows provides transparency into payments

issued by the state: http://www.myfloridacfo.com/Transparency/

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Transparency: Florida’s Checkbook


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Resources

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Resources: Contact Information

For technical questions concerning MFMP or the registration process, contact the MFMP CSD

[email protected] or 1-866-352-3776

If you have questions about a payment, contact the DFS Ombudsmen Section

(850) 413-5516

For questions about a minority certification through the Office of Supplier Diversity (OSD), contact OSD

[email protected] or http://dms.myflorida.com/osd

To verify registration information with the DOS, visit SunBiz

http://www.sunbiz.org

Vendor meetings are a great way to become more familiar with MFMP, responding to bids, searching for bids, or just staying updated with what’s new

Join us for monthly, online meetings via WebEx

Meetings are free of charge

Register at http://dms.myflorida.com/vendormeetings

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Resources: Vendor Meetings

Contact the MFMP CSD at 1-866-352-3776 or [email protected]

Contact Us

Team Member E-mail Phone Number

Communications Analyst

[email protected] (850) 294-3080

F&A Process Analyst [email protected] (850) 294-0739

Operations Manager [email protected] (850) 766-7670

Purchasing Process Analyst


Vendor Management Analyst


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Thank you for your participation today!

Questions?

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Documents

MyFloridaMarketPlace Purchasing Opportunities. Doing Business with Florida Register with MFMP State Term Contracts Transparency Resources Page