Days: means calendar days, unless expressly provided otherwise. 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
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
“Administrative law judge” means the same as that term is defined in Section 63A-17-701.
(b)
“Administrative law judge service” means service provided by an administrative law judge.
(2)
A procurement unit shall use a standard procurement process under this chapter for the procurement of administrative law judge service.
(3)
For a procurement of administrative law judge service, an evaluation committee shall consist of:
(a)
the head of the conducting procurement unit, or the head’s designee;
(b)
the head of an executive branch procurement unit other than the conducting procurement unit, appointed by the director of the Division of Human Resource Management, or the head’s designee; and
(c)
the director of the Division of Human Resource Management, or the director’s designee.
(4)
Within 30 days after the day on which a conducting procurement unit awards a contract for administrative law judge service, the conducting procurement unit shall give written notice to the Division of Human Resource Management that states:
(a)
that the conducting procurement unit awarded a contract for administrative law judge service;
(b)
the name of the conducting procurement unit; and
(c)
the expected term of the contract.
(5)
A procurement of administrative law judge service using a small purchase process is subject to rules made pursuant to Subsection 63G-6a-506(2)(c).