Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 63G > Chapter 6a > Part 7 - Request for Proposals

• Approved vendor: means a person who has been approved for inclusion on an approved vendor list through the approved vendor list process. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
• Approved vendor list: means a list of approved vendors established under Section 63G-6a-507. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
• Approved vendor list process: means the procurement process described in Section 63G-6a-507. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
• 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
• Contractor: means a person who is awarded a contract with a procurement unit. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
• 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
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Offeror: means a person who submits a proposal in response to a request for proposals. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• 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
• Procurement official: means :
       (57)(a) for a procurement unit other than an independent procurement unit, the chief procurement officer;
       (57)(b) for a legislative procurement unit, the individual, individuals, or body designated in a policy adopted by the Legislative Management Committee;
       (57)(c) for a judicial procurement unit, the Judicial Council or an individual or body designated by the Judicial Council by rule;
       (57)(d) for a local government procurement unit:

            (57)(d)(i) the legislative body of the local government procurement unit; or

            (57)(d)(ii) an individual or body designated by the local government procurement unit;
       (57)(e) for a special district, the board of trustees of the special district or the board of trustees' designee;
       (57)(f) for a special service district, the governing body of the special service district or the governing body's designee;
       (57)(g) for a local building authority, the board of directors of the local building authority or the board of directors' designee;
       (57)(h) for a conservation district, the board of supervisors of the conservation district or the board of supervisors' designee;
       (57)(i) for a public corporation, the board of directors of the public corporation or the board of directors' designee;
       (57)(j) for a school district or any school or entity within a school district, the board of the school district or the board's designee;
       (57)(k) for a charter school, the individual or body with executive authority over the charter school or the designee of the individual or body;
       (57)(l) for an institution of higher education described in Section 53B-2-101, the president of the institution of higher education or the president's designee;
       (57)(m) for the State Board of Education, the State Board of Education or the State Board of Education's designee;
       (57)(n) for the Utah Board of Higher Education, the Commissioner of Higher Education or the designee of the Commissioner of Higher Education;
       (57)(o) for the Utah Communications Authority, established in Section 63H-7a-201, the executive director of the Utah Communications Authority or the executive director's designee; or
       (57)(p)

            (57)(p)(i) for the facilities division, and only to the extent of procurement activities of the facilities division as an independent procurement unit under the procurement authority provided under Title 63A, Chapter 5b, Administration of State Facilities, the director of the facilities division or the director's designee;

            (57)(p)(ii) for the attorney general, and only to the extent of procurement activities of the attorney general as an independent procurement unit under the procurement authority provided under Title 67, Chapter 5, Attorney General, the attorney general or the attorney general's designee;

            (57)(p)(iii) for the Department of Transportation created in Section 72-1-201, and only to the extent of procurement activities of the Department of Transportation as an independent procurement unit under the procurement authority provided under Title 72, Transportation Code, the executive director of the Department of Transportation or the executive director's designee;

            (57)(p)(iv) for the Department of Health and Human Services, and only to the extent of the procurement activities of the Department of Health and Human Services as an independent procurement unit, the executive director of the Department of Health and Human Services or the executive director's designee; or

            (57)(p)(v) for any other executive branch department, division, office, or entity that has statutory procurement authority outside this chapter, and only to the extent of the procurement activities of the department, division, office, or entity as an independent procurement unit under the procurement authority provided outside this chapter for the department, division, office, or entity, the chief executive officer of the department, division, office, or entity or the chief executive officer's designee. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
• Public-private partnership: means an arrangement or agreement, occurring on or after January 1, 2017, between a procurement unit and one or more contractors to provide for a public need through the development or operation of a project in which the contractor or contractors share with the procurement unit the responsibility or risk of developing, owning, maintaining, financing, or operating the 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
• Request for proposals process: means the procurement process described in Part 7, Request for Proposals. 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
• 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
• Solicitation: means an invitation for bids, request for proposals, or request for statement of qualifications. 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
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5