63G-6a-703. Request for proposals — Requirements — Publication of request.
| (1) |
A procurement unit that intends to award a contract for a procurement item using the request for proposals process shall issue a request for proposals. |
Terms Used In Utah Code 63G-6a-703
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Contract: means an agreement for a procurement. 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
- Procurement item: means an item of personal property, a technology, a service, or a construction project. 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
- Request for proposals process: means the procurement process described in 7. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
| (2) |
A procurement unit shall include in a request for proposals:
| (a) |
a description of the procurement item that the procurement unit seeks; |
| (b) |
instructions for submitting a proposal, including the deadline for submitting a proposal; |
| (c) |
the objective criteria, including, if applicable, cost, and subjective criteria that the procurement unit will use to evaluate proposals; |
| (d) |
information about the time and manner of opening proposals; and |
| (e) |
terms and conditions that the procurement unit intends to include in a contract resulting from the request for proposals process. |
|
| (3) |
A procurement unit shall publish a request for proposals in accordance with the requirements of Section 63G-6a-112. |
Amended by Chapter 257, 2020 General Session
