(1) This part applies to each public entity.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 63G-6a-2403

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Contract: means an agreement for a procurement. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
  • Contract administration: means all functions, duties, and responsibilities associated with managing, overseeing, and carrying out a contract between a procurement unit and a contractor, including:
         (16)(a) implementing the contract;
         (16)(b) ensuring compliance with the contract terms and conditions by the conducting procurement unit and the contractor;
         (16)(c) executing change orders;
         (16)(d) processing contract amendments;
         (16)(e) resolving, to the extent practicable, contract disputes;
         (16)(f) curing contract errors and deficiencies;
         (16)(g) terminating a contract;
         (16)(h) measuring or evaluating completed work and contractor performance;
         (16)(i) computing payments under the contract; and
         (16)(j) closing out a contract. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
  • Grant: means an expenditure of public funds or other assistance, or an agreement to expend public funds or other assistance, for a public purpose authorized by law, without acquiring a procurement item in exchange. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
  • Interlocal entity: means a separate political subdivision created under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation 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
  • Public entity: means the state or any other government entity within the state that expends public funds. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
(2) A procurement professional is subject to this part at all times during:

     (2)(a) the procurement process; and
     (2)(b) the administration of a contract or grant.
(3) A contract administration professional is subject to this part at all times during the period the contract administration professional is:

     (3)(a) under contract with a procurement unit; and
     (3)(b) involved in:

          (3)(b)(i) the procurement process; or
          (3)(b)(ii) the administration of a contract or grant.
(4) This part does not apply to:

     (4)(a) an individual described in Subsection 63G-6a-2402(9)(b);
     (4)(b) any individual other than a procurement professional or contract administration professional; or
     (4)(c) a taxed interlocal entity, as defined in Section 11-13-602, or a director, officer, or employee of a taxed interlocal entity.
(5) The other subsections of this section do not affect the applicability or effect of any other ethics, bribery, or other law.