Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 333 - Purchasing: State

• Administrator: means the Administrator of the Purchasing Division. See Nevada Revised Statutes 333.020
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• 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.
• Best value: means the greatest possible economy consistent with grades or qualities of supplies, materials, equipment and services that are adapted to the purposes to be served. See Nevada Revised Statutes 333.020
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• confidential business information: means any information relating to the amount or source of any income, profits, losses or expenditures of a person, including data relating to cost or price submitted in support of a bid or proposal. See Nevada Revised Statutes 333.020
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Director: means the Director of the Department of Administration. See Nevada Revised Statutes 333.020
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Foreign registered limited-liability limited partnership: means a foreign limited-liability limited partnership:

  (a) Formed pursuant to an agreement governed by the laws of another state; and

  (b) Registered pursuant to and complying with NRS 88. See Nevada Revised Statutes 88.315

• General partner: means a person who has been admitted to a limited partnership as a general partner in accordance with the partnership agreement and named in the certificate of limited partnership as a general partner. See Nevada Revised Statutes 88.315
• Germane: On the subject of the pending bill or other business; a strict standard of relevance.
• Invitation to bid: means a written statement which sets forth the requirements and specifications of a contract to be awarded by competitive selection. See Nevada Revised Statutes 333.020
• Limited partner: means a person who has been admitted to a limited partnership as a limited partner in accordance with the partnership agreement. See Nevada Revised Statutes 88.315
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Partner: means a limited or general partner. See Nevada Revised Statutes 88.315
• 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.
• Partnership agreement: means any valid agreement, written or oral, of the partners as to the affairs of a limited partnership and the conduct of its business. See Nevada Revised Statutes 88.315
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• 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.
• Proprietary information: means :

  (a) Any trade secret or confidential business information that is contained in a bid or proposal submitted on a particular contract; or

  (b) Any other trade secret or confidential business information submitted in a bid or proposal and designated as proprietary by the Administrator. See Nevada Revised Statutes 333.020

• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Purchasing Division: means the Purchasing Division of the Department of Administration. See Nevada Revised Statutes 333.020
• Purchasing officer: means a person who is authorized by the Administrator or a using agency to facilitate:

  (a) The evaluation of bids or proposals for a contract;

  (b) Any negotiations concerning a contract; or

  (c) The development, review or approval of a contract. See Nevada Revised Statutes 333.020

• Registered limited-liability limited partnership: means a limited partnership:

  (a) Formed pursuant to an agreement governed by this chapter; and

  (b) Registered pursuant to and complying with NRS 88. See Nevada Revised Statutes 88.315

• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Request for proposals: means a written statement which sets forth the requirements and specifications of a contract to be awarded by competitive selection. See Nevada Revised Statutes 333.020
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• State: means a state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Nevada Revised Statutes 88.315
• Trade secret: has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 600A. See Nevada Revised Statutes 333.020
• Using agencies: means all officers, departments, divisions, institutions, boards, commissions and other agencies in the Executive Department of the State Government which derive their support from public money in whole or in part, whether the money is provided by the State of Nevada, received from the Federal Government or any branch, bureau or agency thereof, or derived from private or other sources. See Nevada Revised Statutes 333.020
• Volunteer fire department: means a volunteer fire department which pays premiums for industrial insurance pursuant to the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS. See Nevada Revised Statutes 333.020