Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 337.168 (2025)

Confidentiality of official estimates and bid analysis and monitoring system.

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337.168 Confidentiality of official estimates and bid analysis and monitoring system.—

(1) A document or electronic file revealing the official cost estimate of the department of a project is confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) until the contract for the project has been executed or until the project is no longer under active consideration.

(2) The bid analysis and monitoring system of the department is confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1). This exemption applies to all system documentation, input, computer processes and programs, electronic data files, and output, but does not apply to the actual source documents, unless otherwise exempted under other provisions of law.

History.—s. 5, ch. 83-4; s. 3, ch. 89-21; s. 108, ch. 90-360; s. 163, ch. 96-406; s. 11, ch. 2014-223; s. 12, ch. 2023-197.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1986–2005 · leading case: DOT v. Groves-Watkins Constructors, 530 So. 2d 912 (Fla. 1988).

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DOT v. Groves-Watkins Constructors, 530 So. 2d 912 (Fla. 1988). · cites it 2× “See § 337.168, Fla. Stat. (1985) (exempting the official cost estimate from inspection as a public record).”

Capeletti Bros., Inc. v. DOT, 499 So. 2d 855 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986). · cites it 2× “Section 337.168 expressly exempts DOT's official cost estimates, identities of potential bidders, and the bid analysis and monitoring systems from the public disclosure requirements of section 119.”

Fla. Soc of Newspaper Editors, Inc. v. Fla., Psc, 543 So. 2d 1262 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989). “" [8] In Capeletti Brothers, this court rejected a similar claim involving bid procedures, holding that when the Sunshine Act and a Public Records Act exemption conflict, the later, more specific expression of legislative intent prevails (there the exemptions under section 337.”

State, Dep't of Transp. v. Rosier Constr. Co., 899 So. 2d 1187 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005). · cites it 4× “DOT contends that information and materials sought by Rosiek’s requests for production and interrogatories are confidential under section 337.168(1), Florida Statutes (2004) (“A document or electronic file revealing the official cost estimate of the department of a project is…”

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State, Dep't of Transp. v. Rosier Constr. Co., 899 So. 2d 1187 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005). “DOT contends that information and materials sought by Rosiek’s requests for production and interrogatories are confidential under section 337.168(1), Florida Statutes (2004) (“A document or electronic file revealing the official cost estimate of the department of a project is…”

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