Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 63G > Chapter 6a > Part 17 - Procurement Appeals Board

• 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.
• Appointing officer: means :Utah Code 63G-6a-1701.5
• Board: means the Utah State Procurement Policy Board, created in Section 63G-6a-202. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Contract: means an agreement for a procurement. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
• Days: means calendar days, unless expressly provided otherwise. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Judicial procurement unit: means :

  (a)	the Utah Supreme Court;

  (b)	the Utah Court of Appeals;

  (c)	the Judicial Council;

  (d)	a state judicial district; or

  (e)

  an office, committee, subcommittee, or other organization within the state judicial branch. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Legislative procurement unit: means : (a)  the Legislature; (b)  the Senate; (c)  the House of Representatives; (d)  a staff office of the Legislature, the Senate, or the House of Representatives; or (e)  a committee, subcommittee, commission, or other organization: (i)  within the state legislative branch; or (ii)  (A)  that is created by statute to advise or make recommendations to the Legislature; (B)  the membership of which includes legislators; and (C)  for which the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel provides staff support. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Local government procurement unit: means : (a)  a county, municipality, or project entity, and each office of the county, municipality, or project entity, unless: (i)  the county or municipality adopts a procurement code by ordinance; or (ii)  the project entity adopts a procurement code through the process described in Section 11-13-316; (b)  (i)  a county or municipality that has adopted this entire chapter by ordinance, and each office or agency of that county or municipality; and (ii)  a project entity that has adopted this entire chapter through the process described in Subsection 11-13-316; or (c)  a county, municipality, or project entity, and each office of the county, municipality, or project entity that has adopted a portion of this chapter to the extent that: (i)  a term in the ordinance is used in the adopted chapter; or (ii)  a term in the ordinance is used in the language a project entity adopts in its procurement code through the process described in Section 11-13-316. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 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 Protest appeal record: means the same as that term is defined in Section 63G-6a-1601. See Utah Code 63G-6a-1701.5 Protest officer: means : (a)  for the division or an independent procurement unit: (i)  the procurement official; (ii)  the procurement official's designee who is an employee of the procurement unit; or (iii)  a person designated by rule made by the rulemaking authority; or (b)  for a procurement unit other than an independent procurement unit, the chief procurement officer or the chief procurement officer's designee who is an employee of the division . See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Protestor: means the same as that term is defined in Section 63G-6a-1601. See Utah Code 63G-6a-1701.5 Public transit district: means a public transit district organized under 8. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings. 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 Responsible: means being capable, in all respects, of: (a)  meeting all the requirements of a solicitation; and (b)  fully performing all the requirements of the contract resulting from the solicitation, including being financially solvent with sufficient financial resources to perform the contract. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Responsive: means conforming in all material respects to the requirements of a solicitation. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Solicitation: means an invitation for bids, request for proposals, or request for statement of qualifications. 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 Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.