63G-6a-1506. Restrictions on procurement of design professional services.
(1)
Except as provided in Subsection (2), if the division or an independent procurement unit, in accordance with Section 63G-6a-1502, issues a request for statement of qualifications to procuredesign professional services and provides public notice of the request for statement of qualifications:
the Department of Transportation, but only to the extent of the procurement authority provided under Title 72, Transportation Code; or
(e)
any other executive branch department, division, office, or entity that has statutory procurement authority outside this chapter, but only to the extent of that statutory procurement authority. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
Procure: means to acquire a procurement item through a procurement. 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
Public entity: means the state or any other government entity within the state that expends public funds. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
Request for statement of qualifications: means a document used to solicit information about the qualifications of a person interested in responding to a potential procurement, including all other documents attached to that document or incorporated in that document by reference. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
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
Statement of qualifications: means a written statement submitted to a procurement unit in response to a request for statement of qualifications. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
a public entity inside or outside the state may not submit a proposal in response to the procurement unit’s request for statement of qualifications; and
(b)
the procurement unit may not award a contract to a public entity inside or outside the state to perform the design professional services solicited in the request for statement of qualifications.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply when the procurement unit is procuring design professional services for contracts related to research activities and technology transfer.
