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The State Purchasing Commission, under the Department of General Services, was comprised of members of the Cabinet: Governor, Secretary of State, Comptroller, Commissioner of Agriculture, Treasurer, Attorney General and the Superintendent of Public Instruction. The Department of General Services, a predecessor to the Department of Management Services, was created in 1969 (Ch. 69-106, Laws) to provide support services for state government including the building and maintenance of state buildings; bond financing; and the administration of purchasing, communications, security, and other services for state agencies. In 1992, the Department of General Services was renamed the Department of Management Services (Ch. 92-299, Laws).
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This series consists of minutes and memoranda documenting discussions and decisions made by the Cabinet sitting as the State Purchasing Commission from the time of the Commission's organizational meeting on April 10, 1957 to its final meeting in June 1970. On July 23, 1957, the Commission developed rules and regulations governing the commission meetings. On September 15, 1959, the Commission discussed development of a centralized purchasing program. The records further discuss annual approval of contracts and bids; operating budgets for the Commission; bidding processes; purchasing requests; recommended actions and approvals of regulations covering state purchases; emergency purchases; sole source purchases; and renewal of annual price agreements. The State Purchasing Commission reviewed and approved or disapproved purchasing and bidding requests for a vast array of items used by the various state agencies, among them: airplanes; boats; trailers; automobiles; outboard motors; hospital medical supplies and equipment; pharmaceutical drugs and supplies; heavy-duty lawn mowers and yard equipment; construction vehicles; tires and tubes; food products; canned Lisa (mullet); meat and meat products; envelopes; flexible straws; paper (bond, mimeograph and duplicator); cleaning and maintenance products; toilet paper and paper towels; and batteries.
Particularly prominent in the records is discussion of vehicle purchases. On October 15, 1962, the Commission revised and adopted the general regulation(s) covering the purchase of passenger vehicles, limiting the purchases to the compact class, with exceptions made where compacts could not be used. On April 29, 1963, the Commission was requested to adopt and approve moving expenses of state employees. In addition, the records document a 1966 investigation of alleged improper practices by the State Purchasing Director.
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Kirk, Claude R., 1926- Burns, Haydon, 1912-1989 Bryant, Farris, 1914- Collins, LeRoy, 1909-
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