Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 63G > Chapter 6a > Part 2 - Utah State Procurement Policy Board

• Board: means the Utah State Procurement Policy Board, created in Section 63G-6a-202. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
• Chief procurement officer: means the individual appointed under Section 63A-2-102. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Contract: means an agreement for a procurement. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
• Design professional: means :
       (24)(a) an individual licensed as an architect under Title 58, Chapter 3a, Architects Licensing Act;
       (24)(b) an individual licensed as a professional engineer or professional land surveyor under Title 58, Chapter 22, Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors Licensing Act;
       (24)(c) an individual licensed under Title 58, Chapter 53, Landscape Architects Licensing Act, to engage in the practice of landscape architecture, as defined in Section 58-53-102; or
       (24)(d) an individual certified as a commercial interior designer under Title 58, Chapter 86, State Certification of Commercial Interior Designers Act. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
• Design professional services: means :
       (26)(a) professional services within the scope of the practice of architecture as defined in Section 58-3a-102;
       (26)(b) professional engineering as defined in Section 58-22-102;
       (26)(c) master planning and programming services;
       (26)(d) professional services within the scope of the practice of landscape architecture, as defined in Section 58-53-102; or
       (26)(e) services within the scope of the practice of commercial interior design, as defined in Section 58-86-102. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
• Division: means the Division of Purchasing and General Services, created in Section 63A-2-101. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
• Facilities division: means the Division of Facilities Construction and Management, created in Section 63A-5b-301. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
• Independent procurement unit: means :
       (39)(a)

            (39)(a)(i) a legislative procurement unit;

            (39)(a)(ii) a judicial branch procurement unit;

            (39)(a)(iii) an educational procurement unit;

            (39)(a)(iv) a local government procurement unit;

            (39)(a)(v) a conservation district;

            (39)(a)(vi) a local building authority;

            (39)(a)(vii) a special district;

            (39)(a)(viii) a public corporation;

            (39)(a)(ix) a special service district; or

            (39)(a)(x) the Utah Communications Authority, established in Section 63H-7a-201;
       (39)(b) the facilities division, but only to the extent of the procurement authority provided under Title 63A, Chapter 5b, Administration of State Facilities;
       (39)(c) the attorney general, but only to the extent of the procurement authority provided under Title 67, Chapter 5, Attorney General;
       (39)(d) the Department of Transportation, but only to the extent of the procurement authority provided under Title 72, Transportation Code;
       (39)(e) the Department of Health and Human Services, but only for the procurement of a human services procurement item; or
       (39)(f) any other executive branch department, division, office, or entity that has statutory procurement authority outside this chapter, but only to the extent of that statutory procurement authority. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Person: means :
       (24)(a) an individual;
       (24)(b) an association;
       (24)(c) an institution;
       (24)(d) a corporation;
       (24)(e) a company;
       (24)(f) a trust;
       (24)(g) a limited liability company;
       (24)(h) a partnership;
       (24)(i) a political subdivision;
       (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
       (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Procurement: means the acquisition of a procurement item through an expenditure of public funds, or an agreement to expend public funds, including an acquisition through a public-private partnership. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
• Rulemaking authority: means :
       (78)(a) for a legislative procurement unit, the Legislative Management Committee;
       (78)(b) for a judicial procurement unit, the Judicial Council;
       (78)(c)

            (78)(c)(i) only to the extent of the procurement authority expressly granted to the procurement unit by statute:

                 (78)(c)(i)(A) for the facilities division, the facilities division;

                 (78)(c)(i)(B) for the Office of the Attorney General, the attorney general;

                 (78)(c)(i)(C) for the Department of Transportation created in Section 72-1-201, the executive director of the Department of Transportation;

                 (78)(c)(i)(D) for the Department of Health and Human Services, the executive director of the Department of Health and Human Services; and

                 (78)(c)(i)(E) for any other executive branch department, division, office, or entity that has statutory procurement authority outside this chapter, the governing authority of the department, division, office, or entity; and

            (78)(c)(ii) for each other executive branch procurement unit, the board;
       (78)(d) for a local government procurement unit:

            (78)(d)(i) the governing body of the local government unit; or

            (78)(d)(ii) an individual or body designated by the local government procurement unit;
       (78)(e) for a school district or a public school, the board, except to the extent of a school district's own nonadministrative rules that do not conflict with the provisions of this chapter;
       (78)(f) for a state institution of higher education, the Utah Board of Higher Education;
       (78)(g) for the State Board of Education or the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, the State Board of Education;
       (78)(h) for a public transit district, the chief executive of the public transit district;
       (78)(i) for a special district other than a public transit district or for a special service district, the board, except to the extent that the board of trustees of the special district or the governing body of the special service district makes its own rules:

            (78)(i)(i) with respect to a subject addressed by board rules; or

            (78)(i)(ii) that are in addition to board rules;
       (78)(j) for the Utah Educational Savings Plan, created in Section 53B-8a-103, the Utah Board of Higher Education;
       (78)(k) for the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, created in Section 53C-1-201, the School and Institutional Trust Lands Board of Trustees;
       (78)(l) for the School and Institutional Trust Fund Office, created in Section 53D-1-201, the School and Institutional Trust Fund Board of Trustees;
       (78)(m) for the Utah Communications Authority, established in Section 63H-7a-201, the Utah Communications Authority board, created in Section 63H-7a-203; or
       (78)(n) for any other procurement unit, the board. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Technology: means the same as "information technology" as defined in Section 63A-16-102. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
• Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5