Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 63G > Chapter 6a > Part 9 - Cancellations, Rejections, and Debarment

• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• 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
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Days: means calendar days, unless expressly provided otherwise. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
• Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. ^{Source: OCC}
• 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.
• Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. ^{Source: OCC}
• 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
• Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
• Issuing procurement unit: means a procurement unit that:
       (42)(a) reviews a solicitation to verify that it is in proper form;
       (42)(b) causes the notice of a solicitation to be published; and
       (42)(c) negotiates and approves the terms and conditions of a contract. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• 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
• Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
• 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
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Writing: includes :
       (48)(a) printing;
       (48)(b) handwriting; and
       (48)(c) information stored in an electronic or other medium if the information is retrievable in a perceivable format. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5