Terms Used In California Codes > Public Contract Code > Division 2 > Part 2 > Chapter 2 > Article 1 - Definitions

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: means the Department of General Services. See California Public Contract Code 10290
• Director: means the Director of General Services. See California Public Contract Code 10290
• Enrollee: means a person who is enrolled in a plan and who is a recipient of services from the plan. See California Health and Safety Code 1345
• 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.
• Goods: means all types of tangible personal property, including materials, supplies, and equipment. See California Public Contract Code 10290
• licensed: refers to , a license as a plan pursuant to Section 1353. See California Health and Safety Code 1345
• Multiple award: means a contract of indefinite quantity for one or more similar goods, information technology, or services to more than one supplier. See California Public Contract Code 10290
• Office: means the Office of Procurement in the Department of General Services. See California Public Contract Code 10290
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• plan: refers to health care service plans and specialized health care service plans. See California Health and Safety Code 1345
• Plan contract: means a contract between a plan and its subscribers or enrollees or a person contracting on their behalf pursuant to which health care services, including basic health care services, are furnished. See California Health and Safety Code 1345
• Provider: means any professional person, organization, health facility, or other person or institution licensed by the state to deliver or furnish health care services. See California Health and Safety Code 1345
• specialized health care service plan: means either of the following:

  California Health and Safety Code 1345

• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
• Statewide contract: means a contract awarded by the Office of Procurement to one or more suppliers for the acquisition of specified goods for a period of time, at a price, and in an amount set forth in the contract. See California Public Contract Code 10290