Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-801

  • Construction: means the process of building, altering, repairing, improving, or demolishing any public structure or building, or other public improvements of any kind to any public real property. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-104
  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • External procurement unit: means any buying organization not located in this State which, if located in this State, would qualify as a public procurement unit. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-801
  • Goods: means all property, including but not limited to equipment, equipment leases, materials, supplies, printing, insurance, and processes, including computer systems and software, excluding land or a permanent interest in land, leases of real property, and office rentals. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-104
  • Local public procurement unit: means any county of the State or public agency of any county, public authority, educational, health, or other institution, and to the extent provided by law, any other entity which expends public funds for the procurement of goods, services, and construction. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-801
  • Procurement: means buying, purchasing, renting, leasing, or otherwise acquiring any good, service, or construction. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-104
  • Procurement officer: means any person authorized to enter into and administer contracts and make written determinations with respect thereto. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-104
  • Public procurement unit: means either a local public procurement unit or a state public procurement unit. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-801
  • Purchasing agency: means any governmental body which is authorized by this chapter or its implementing rules and procedures, or by way of delegation, to enter into contracts for the procurement of goods, services, or construction. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-104
  • Services: means the furnishing of labor, time, or effort by a contractor, not involving the delivery of a specific end product other than reports which are merely incidental to the required performance. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-104
  • State public procurement unit: means the office of the chief procurement officer and any other purchasing agency of this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-801

As used in this part, unless the context requires otherwise:

“Cooperative purchasing” means procurement conducted by a public or external procurement unit with one or more public procurement units, external procurement units, or nonprofit private procurement units, pursuant to this chapter.

“External procurement unit” means any buying organization not located in this State which, if located in this State, would qualify as a public procurement unit. An agency of the United States is an external procurement unit.

“Local public procurement unit” means any county of the State or public agency of any county, public authority, educational, health, or other institution, and to the extent provided by law, any other entity which expends public funds for the procurement of goods, services, and construction.

“Nonprofit private procurement unit” means a nonprofit health or human services organization that receives public funds to provide services to the public.

“Public procurement unit” means either a local public procurement unit or a state public procurement unit.

“State public procurement unit” means the office of the chief procurement officer and any other purchasing agency of this State.