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a bidder in preparing or producing its bid or for any work performed before the Contract is effective. 1.20 Notice of Award: The Department shall issue a notice of award, if any, to successful bidders, who shall be responsible for reproducing and distributing copies of the notice and Contract documents to all of the dealers or resellers identified in the bid as authorized to accept purchase orders and complete deliveries and to all authorized service centers. 1.21 Contract Overlao: Bidders shall identify any products covered by this solicitation that they are currently authorized to furnish under any other contract with the Department. By entering into the Contract, a Contractor authorizes the State to eliminate duplication between agreements in the manner the State deems to be in its best interest. 1.22 Purchasine: Card Proe:ram: The State has implemented a purchasing card program through NationsBank, using the Visa network. Contractors will receive payment from the purchasing card in the same manner as other Visa purchases. Accordingly, bidders must presently have the ability to accept Visa or take whatever steps essary to implement the ability before the start of the Contract tenn. The State reserves the right to revise this program in conjunction with implementation of an on-line procurement system. 1.23 Public Records: The Department does not intend to solicit confidential or proprietary information in response to this solicitation. Bidders are cautioned that Florida law generously defines what constitutes a public record; see, for example, section 119.07 of the Florida Statutes. If a bidder believes that its bid contains information that should not be a public record, the bidder shall clearly segregate and mark that inforn1ation (for example, stamp each page "Confidential" and place it in an envelope marked "Confidential") and briefly describe in writing the grounds for claiming exemption from the public records law. The Department will not independently evaluate the bidder's claim of exemption. If the Department receives a public records request related to the bid, the Department shall notify the bidder in writing at least seven days before making the information available for review by the requester. The bidder shall be solely responsible for taking whatever action it deems appropriate to legally protect its claim of exemption from the public records law. If the bidder fails to do so, the Department shall make the infom1ation available for review. In no event shall the Department or any of its employees or agents be liable for disclosing, or otherwise failing to protect the confidentiality of, information submitted in response to this solicitation. 1.24 Bid Protests: Any protest concerning this solicitation shall be made in accordance with sections 120.57(3) and 287.042(2) of the Florida Statutes and chapter 28-1 J.O of the Florida Administrative Code. Failure to comply with the law shall constitute a waiver of the protest.