Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 63G > Chapter 6a > Part 17 - Procurement Appeals Board

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appointing officer: means :
       (1)(a) the chair of the board; or
       (1)(b) a designee of the chair who is not employed by the procurement unit responsible for the solicitation, contract award, or other action that is the subject of the protestor's protest. See Utah Code 63G-6a-1701.5
• Board: means the Utah State Procurement Policy Board, created in Section 63G-6a-202. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• 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
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Judicial procurement unit: means :
       (43)(a) the Utah Supreme Court;
       (43)(b) the Utah Court of Appeals;
       (43)(c) the Judicial Council;
       (43)(d) a state judicial district; or
       (43)(e) an office, committee, subcommittee, or other organization within the state judicial branch. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
• Legislative procurement unit: means :
       (45)(a) the Legislature;
       (45)(b) the Senate;
       (45)(c) the House of Representatives;
       (45)(d) a staff office of the Legislature, the Senate, or the House of Representatives; or
       (45)(e) a committee, subcommittee, commission, or other organization:

            (45)(e)(i) within the state legislative branch; or

            (45)(e)(ii)

                 (45)(e)(ii)(A) that is created by statute to advise or make recommendations to the Legislature;

                 (45)(e)(ii)(B) the membership of which includes legislators; and

                 (45)(e)(ii)(C) for which the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel provides staff support. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
• Local government procurement unit: means :
       (47)(a) a county, municipality, interlocal entity, or project entity, and each office of the county, municipality, interlocal entity, or project entity, unless:

            (47)(a)(i) the county or municipality adopts a procurement code by ordinance;

            (47)(a)(ii) the interlocal entity adopts procurement rules or policies as provided in Subsection 11-13-226(2); or

            (47)(a)(iii) the project entity adopts a procurement code through the process described in Section 11-13-316;
       (47)(b)

            (47)(b)(i) a county or municipality that has adopted this entire chapter by ordinance, and each office or agency of that county or municipality; and

            (47)(b)(ii) a project entity that has adopted this entire chapter through the process described in Subsection 11-13-316; or
       (47)(c) a county, municipality, or project entity, and each office of the county, municipality, or project entity that has adopted a portion of this chapter to the extent that:

            (47)(c)(i) a term in the ordinance is used in the adopted chapter; or

            (47)(c)(ii) a term in the ordinance is used in the language a project entity adopts in its procurement code through the process described in Section 11-13-316. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
• 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
• 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
• Protest appeal record: means the same as that term is defined in Section Utah Code 63G-6a-1701.5
• Protest officer: means :
       (61)(a) for the division or an independent procurement unit:

            (61)(a)(i) the procurement official;

            (61)(a)(ii) the procurement official's designee who is an employee of the procurement unit; or

            (61)(a)(iii) a person designated by rule made by the rulemaking authority; or
       (61)(b) for a procurement unit other than an independent procurement unit, the chief procurement officer or the chief procurement officer's designee who is an employee of the division . See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
• Protestor: means the same as that term is defined in Section Utah Code 63G-6a-1701.5
• Public transit district: means a public transit district organized under Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 8, Public Transit District Act. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
• Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
• 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
• Responsible: means being capable, in all respects, of:
       (75)(a) meeting all the requirements of a solicitation; and
       (75)(b) fully performing all the requirements of the contract resulting from the solicitation, including being financially solvent with sufficient financial resources to perform the contract. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
• Responsive: means conforming in all material respects to the requirements of a solicitation. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
• Solicitation: means an invitation for bids, request for proposals, or request for statement of qualifications. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
• Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.