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Terms Used In Utah Code 63G-6a-116

  • Conducting procurement unit: means a procurement unit that conducts all aspects of a procurement:
         (10)(a) except:
              (10)(a)(i) reviewing a solicitation to verify that it is in proper form; and
              (10)(a)(ii) causing the publication of a notice of a solicitation; and
         (10)(b) including:
              (10)(b)(i) preparing any solicitation document;
              (10)(b)(ii) appointing an evaluation committee;
              (10)(b)(iii) conducting the evaluation process, except the process relating to scores calculated for costs of proposals;
              (10)(b)(iv) selecting and recommending the person to be awarded a contract;
              (10)(b)(v) negotiating the terms and conditions of a contract, subject to the issuing procurement unit's approval; and
              (10)(b)(vi) contract administration. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Contract: means an agreement for a procurement. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
  • Days: means calendar days, unless expressly provided otherwise. 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
  • Executive branch procurement unit: means a department, division, office, bureau, agency, or other organization within the state executive branch. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
  • 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
  • Small purchase process: means the procurement process described in Section 63G-6a-506. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
  • Standard procurement process: means :
         (88)(a) the bidding process;
         (88)(b) the request for proposals process;
         (88)(c) the approved vendor list process;
         (88)(d) the small purchase process; or
         (88)(e) the design professional procurement process. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
     (1)(a) “Administrative law judge” means the same as that term is defined in Section 63A-17-701.
     (1)(b) “Administrative law judge service” means service provided by an administrative law judge.
(2) A procurement unit shall use a standard procurement process under this chapter for the procurement of administrative law judge service.
(3) For a procurement of administrative law judge service, an evaluation committee shall consist of:

     (3)(a) the head of the conducting procurement unit, or the head’s designee;
     (3)(b) the head of an executive branch procurement unit other than the conducting procurement unit, appointed by the director of the Division of Human Resource Management, or the head’s designee; and
     (3)(c) the director of the Division of Human Resource Management, or the director’s designee.
(4) Within 30 days after the day on which a conducting procurement unit awards a contract for administrative law judge service, the conducting procurement unit shall give written notice to the Division of Human Resource Management that states:

     (4)(a) that the conducting procurement unit awarded a contract for administrative law judge service;
     (4)(b) the name of the conducting procurement unit; and
     (4)(c) the expected term of the contract.
(5) A procurement of administrative law judge service using a small purchase process is subject to rules made pursuant to Subsection 63G-6a-506(2)(c).