Conn. Agencies Regs. § 4a-52-1

Current through August 9, 2024

Section 4a-52-1 - Definitions

As used in sections 4a-52-1 to 4a-52-22, inclusive:

(a) "Agency" includes any officer, department, board, council, commission, institution or other agency of the executive department of the state government.

(b) "Bid" means an offer, submitted in response to an invitation to bid, to furnish supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services to the State under certain prescribed conditions at a stated price.

(c) "Bidder" means any person, firm or corporation submitting a bid on an invitation to bid or a solicitation, oral or written, issued by the Commissioner.

(d) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Administrative Services, State of Connecticut.

(e) "Competitive negotiation" means a method for contracting for supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services, whereby proposals are solicited from qualified suppliers, following submission of which changes in proposals and prices are allowed, and the proposal deemed by the awarding authority to be most advantageous in terms of criteria as designated in the Request for Proposals is accepted.

(f) "Contract" means the agreement reached when the State accepts an offer of a bidder to furnish supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services at a stated price in response to an invitation to bid or competitive negotiation.

(g) "Contractor" means any person, firm or corporation to whom a contract is awarded against a bid submitted.

(h) "Direct purchase authority" means an authority granted by the Commissioner to permit State agencies to make direct purchases of the supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services listed from the sources specified without prior approval of the Commissioner.

(i) "Invitation to bid" means the communication which states, for the information of prospective suppliers, the terms and conditions under which a specified procurement will be made in a particular instance.

(j) "Minor irregularities" means informalities that are matters of form rather than substance evident from the bid document, or insignificant mistakes that can be waived or corrected without prejudice to other bidders; that is, the effect on price, quantity, quality, delivery, or contractual conditions is negligible.

(k) "Proposer" means any person firm or corporation submitting a proposal in response to a request for proposal, oral or written, issued by the Commissioner.

(l) "Purchasing agency" means a State agency acquiring or attempting to acquire supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services.

(m) "Request for proposal" means the solicitation communication used in the competitive negotiation process.

(n) "State" means the State of Connecticut.

(o) "Term contract" means the agreement reached when the State accepts a proposal of a bidder to furnish supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services at a stated price for a specific period of time in response to an invitation to bid.

Conn. Agencies Regs. § 4a-52-1

Effective September 1, 1992