that, on June 30, 1998, had at least one fully functioning office in Florida with a minimum of five employees. The vendor must demonstrate successful implementation of a training and education program with a total budget of at least $500,000 over a twelve month period within the last three years.” Must every vendor meet both requirements in the above statements, or may a team of vendors be used to meet these requirements?

Answer –Under the guidelines of the ITN, a team approach is permissible. This allowance in no way affects the contractual requirement of having a primary contractor who assumes overall responsibility for the project.

12. Page 4, Section 1, paragraph 2 states that the purpose of the ITN is to select a vendor who is capable of developing a comprehensive training and education program that can be used to educate, inform and train tobacco retailers in complying with Florida’s tobacco laws.  This implies that the training or education program will be used by (administered by) the DBPR.  Is that correct?  If not, who (what entity) does the DPBR envision adminis