Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 63G > Chapter 6a > Part 24 - Unlawful Conduct and Penalties

• Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• Conducting procurement unit: means a procurement unit that conducts all aspects of a procurement:

  (a)	except: (i)  reviewing a solicitation to verify that it is in proper form; and (ii)  causing the publication of a notice of a solicitation; and

  (b)

  including: (i)  preparing any solicitation document; (ii)  appointing an evaluation committee; (iii)  conducting the evaluation process, except the process relating to scores calculated for costs of proposals; (iv)  selecting and recommending the person to be awarded a contract; (v)  negotiating the terms and conditions of a contract, subject to the issuing procurement unit's approval; and (vi)  contract administration. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. Contract: means an agreement for a procurement. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Contract administration: means all functions, duties, and responsibilities associated with managing, overseeing, and carrying out a contract between a procurement unit and a contractor, including: (a)  implementing the contract; (b)  ensuring compliance with the contract terms and conditions by the conducting procurement unit and the contractor; (c)  executing change orders; (d)  processing contract amendments; (e)  resolving, to the extent practicable, contract disputes; (f)  curing contract errors and deficiencies; (g)  terminating a contract; (h)  measuring or evaluating completed work and contractor performance; (i)  computing payments under the contract; and (j)  closing out a contract. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Contractor: means a person who is awarded a contract with a procurement unit. 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 Family member: means a father, mother, husband, wife, son, daughter, sister, brother, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, first cousin, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law. See Utah Code 63G-6a-2402 Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value. Governing body: means an administrative, advisory, executive, or legislative body of a public entity. See Utah Code 63G-6a-2402 Grant: means an expenditure of public funds or other assistance, or an agreement to expend public funds or other assistance, for a public purpose authorized by law, without acquiring a procurement item in exchange. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period. 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 Public entity: means the state or any other government entity within the state that expends public funds. 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 Special district: means the same as that term is defined in Section 17B-1-102. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Special service district: means the same as that term is defined in Section 17D-1-102. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Standard procurement process: means : (a)  the bidding process; (b)  the request for proposals process; (c)  the approved vendor list process; (d)  the small purchase process; or (e)  the design professional procurement process. 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