(1) A procurement unit may award a contract for a procurement item by the request for proposals process, in accordance with:

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Terms Used In Utah Code 63G-6a-702

  • 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
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. 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
  • Procurement item: means an item of personal property, a technology, a service, or a construction project. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
  • Request for proposals: means a document used to solicit proposals to provide a procurement item to a procurement unit, including all other documents that are attached to that document or incorporated in that document by reference. 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
     (1)(a) rulemaking authority rules; and
     (1)(b) if applicable, the requirements under Section 63G-6a-121, Specific procurement restrictions relating to forced labor and restricted foreign entities.
(2) The procurement of architect-engineer services is governed by Part 15, Design Professional Services.