professional services within the scope of the practice of architecture as defined in Section 58-3a-102;
(b)
professional engineering as defined in Section 58-22-102;
(c)
master planning and programming services; or
(d)
services within the scope of the practice of commercial interior design, as defined in Section 58-86-102. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
Division: means the Division of Purchasing and General Services, created in Section 63A-2-101. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
Executive branch procurement unit: means a department, division, office, bureau, agency, or other organization within the state executive branch. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
Facilities division: means the Division of Facilities Construction and Management, created in Section 63A-5b-301. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
Issuing procurement unit: means a procurement unit that:
(a)
reviews a solicitation to verify that it is in proper form;
(b)
causes the notice of a solicitation to be published; and
(c)
negotiates and approves the terms and conditions of a contract. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
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
Public transit district: means a public transit district organized under 8. 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
Rulemaking authority: means :
(a)
for a legislative procurement unit, the Legislative Management Committee;
(b)
for a judicial procurement unit, the Judicial Council;
(c)
(i)
only to the extent of the procurement authority expressly granted to the procurement unit by statute:
(A)
for the facilities division, the facilities division;
(B)
for the Office of the Attorney General, the attorney general;
(C)
for the Department of Transportation created in Section 72-1-201, the executive director of the Department of Transportation; and
(D)
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
(ii)
for each other executive branch procurement unit, the board;
(d)
for a local government procurement unit:
(i)
the governing body of the local government unit; or
(ii)
an individual or body designated by the local government procurement unit;
(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;
(f)
for a state institution of higher education, the Utah Board of Higher Education;
(g)
for the State Board of Education or the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, the State Board of Education;
(h)
for a public transit district, the chief executive of the public transit district;
(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:
(i)
with respect to a subject addressed by board rules; or
(ii)
that are in addition to board rules;
(j)
for the Utah Educational Savings Plan, created in Section 53B-8a-103, the Utah Board of Higher Education;
(k)
for the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, created in Section 53C-1-201, the School and Institutional Trust Lands Board of Trustees;
(l)
for the School and Institutional Trust Fund Office, created in Section 53D-1-201, the School and Institutional Trust Fund Board of Trustees;
(m)
for the Utah Communications Authority, established in Section 63H-7a-201, the Utah Communications Authority board, created in Section 63H-7a-203; or
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
(a)
Subject to Subsection (1)(b), the rulemaking authority for a procurement unit shall make rules relating to the management and control of procurements and procurement procedures by the procurement unit.
(b)
Facilities division rules governing procurement of construction projects, design professional services, and leases apply to the procurement of construction projects, design professional services, and leases of real property, respectively, by the facilities division.
(2)
A rulemaking authority may not adopt rules, policies, or regulations that are inconsistent with this chapter.
(3)
An individual or body that makes rules as required or authorized in this chapter shall make the rules:
The rules of the rulemaking authority for the executive branch procurement unit shall require, for each contract and request for proposals, the inclusion of a clause that requires the issuing procurement unit, for the duration of the contract, to make available contact information of the winning contractor to the Department of Workforce Services in accordance with Section 35A-2-203. This requirement does not preclude a contractor from advertising job openings in other forums throughout the state.
(5)
The Department of Transportation may make rules governing the procurement of a highway construction project or highway improvement project.
(6)
The rulemaking authority for a public transit district may make rules governing the procurement of a transit construction project or a transit improvement project.
