(a) A contract may be awarded for goods, services, or construction without competition when the head of a purchasing agency determines in writing that there is only one source for the required good, service, or construction, the determination is reviewed and approved by the chief procurement officer, the written determination is posted in the manner described in rules adopted by the policy board, a review of past performance, if available, has been conducted, and no objection is outstanding. The written determination, any objection, past performance evaluations relied upon, and a written summary of the disposition of any objection shall be included in the contract file.

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-306

  • Construction: means the process of building, altering, repairing, improving, or demolishing any public structure or building, or other public improvements of any kind to any public real property. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-104
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Contract: means all types of agreements, regardless of what they may be called, for the procurement or disposal of goods or services, or for construction. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-104
  • Data: means recorded information, regardless of form or characteristic. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-104
  • Goods: means all property, including but not limited to equipment, equipment leases, materials, supplies, printing, insurance, and processes, including computer systems and software, excluding land or a permanent interest in land, leases of real property, and office rentals. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-104
  • Past performance: means available recent and relevant performance of a contractor, including positive, negative, or lack of previous experience, on contracts that shall be considered in a responsibility determination within the relevance of the current solicitation, including the considerations of section 103D-702(b). See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-104
  • Policy board: means the procurement policy board created in § 103D-201. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-104
  • Procurement: means buying, purchasing, renting, leasing, or otherwise acquiring any good, service, or construction. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-104
  • Purchasing agency: means any governmental body which is authorized by this chapter or its implementing rules and procedures, or by way of delegation, to enter into contracts for the procurement of goods, services, or construction. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-104
  • Services: means the furnishing of labor, time, or effort by a contractor, not involving the delivery of a specific end product other than reports which are merely incidental to the required performance. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-104
(b) The written determination shall contain such information as the rules of the policy board require. Persons may file written objections to the issuance of a contract pursuant to this section. Rules of the policy board shall provide for the disposition of objections, including a written summary of the disposition.
(c) The rules of the policy board shall include a non-exhaustive list of procurements which constitute sole source procurements and criteria for determining when a particular procurement may be determined to be a sole source. The rules shall also prescribe when cost or pricing data must be considered and how they are to be used in establishing the price, terms, and conditions, if any, for a contract awarded pursuant to this section.