Haw. Code R. § 3-120-2
Definitions are in section 103D-104, HRS. The following definitions are also applicable to terms used in subtitle 11:
"Administrator of the state procurement office", hereinafter referred to as "the administrator", means the administrator as provided in section 103D-204, HRS, or the administrator's designee.
"Bid" means the executed document submitted by a bidder in response to an invitation for bids, or a multi-step bidding procedure.
"Bidder" means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, joint venture, or other legal entity submitting, directly or through a duly authorized representative or agent, a bid for the good, service, or construction contemplated.
"Chief procurement officer" means the chief procurement officer for state entities and the several counties as provided in section 103D-203, HRS, or the officer's designee.
"Contractor" means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, joint venture, or other legal entity undertaking the execution of the work under the terms of the contract with the State, and acting directly or through its agents or employees.
"Cost analysis" means the evaluation of cost data for the purpose of arriving at costs actually incurred or estimates of costs to be incurred, prices to be paid, and costs to be reimbursed.
"Cost data" means information concerning the actual or estimated cost of labor, material, overhead, and other cost elements which have been actually incurred or which are expected to be incurred by the contractor in performing the contract.
"Days" means calendar days unless otherwise specified.
"Designee" means a person appointed by the head of a purchasing agency to act on its behalf with delegated authority.
"Established market price" means a current price, established in the usual and ordinary course of trade between buyers and sellers, which can be substantiated from sources which are independent of the manufacturer or supplier and which may be an indication of the reasonableness of price.
"Head of the purchasing agency" means the head of any agency with delegated procurement authority.
"Invitation for bids" means all documents, whether attached or incorporated by reference, utilized for soliciting bids under the competitive sealed bidding source selection method.
"Offer" means bid, proposal, or quotation.
"Offer or" means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, joint venture, or other legal entity submitting, directly or through a duly authorized representative or agent, an offer for the good, service, or construction contemplated.
"Paying agent" means, as to bonds of any particular series, the director of finance or the bank or trust company designated for the payment of the principal and redemption price (if any) of, and interest on, the bonds or such series in the series resolution authorizing the issuance of such series or the series certificate relating to such series.
"Person" means individuals, partnerships, corporations, associations, or public or private organizations or any character other than a governmental body.
"Price analysis" means the evaluation of price data, without analysis of the separate cost components and profit as in cost analysis, which may assist in arriving at prices to be paid and costs to be reimbursed.
"Price data" means factual information concerning prices, including profit, for goods, services, or construction substantially similar to those being procured. In this definition, "prices" refers to offered or proposed selling prices, historical selling prices, and current selling prices of such items. This definition refers to data relevant to both the general contractor and subcontract prices.
"Procurement officer" means any person with delegated authority to enter into and administer contracts and make written determination with respect thereto. The term includes an authorized representative acting within the limits of authority. The delegated authority is received from the chief procurement officer directly or through the head of a purchasing agency or designee to the procurement officer.
"Proposal" means the executed document submitted by an offer or in response to a request for proposals.
"Request for proposals" means all documents, whether attached or incorporated by reference, utilized for soliciting proposals under the competitive sealed proposal source selection method.
"Responsive bidder or offeror" means a person who has submitted a bid or offer which conforms in all material respects to the invitation for bids or request for proposals.
"Solicitation" means an invitation for bids, a request for proposals, a request for quotations, or any other document issued by the State for the purpose of soliciting bids or proposals to perform a state contract.
"State" means the judiciary, the legislature, office of Hawaiian affairs, department of education, University of Hawaii, Hawaii health systems corporation, remaining departments of the executive branch and all governmental bodies administratively attached to them, and the counties.
"Subcontractor" means any person who enters into an agreement with the contractor to perform a portion of the work for the contractor.
"Support facility provider" means a bank, a national banking association, an organization subject to registration with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 or any successor provisions of law, a federal branch pursuant to the International Banking Act of 1978 or any successor provisions of law, a savings bank, a saving and loan association, an insurance company or association chartered or organized under the laws of any state of the United States of America, the Government National Mortgage Association or any successor thereto, the Federal National Mortgage Association or any successor thereto, or any other federal agency.
Haw. Code R. § 3-120-2