California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 2 - Department of Water Resources › Chapter 1.7 - Selection Process for Private Architectural, Landscape Architectural, Engineering, Environmental, Land Surveying, and Construction Project Management Firms › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 381 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
As used in these regulations:
(a) The term "architectural and engineering
				  (hereafter "A&E") services" shall include all architectural, landscape
				  architectural, environmental, engineering, land surveying, and construction
				  project management services, as well as incidental services that members of
				  these professions and those in their employ may logically or justifiably
				  perform, including permitting and environmental studies, rights-of-way
				  services, design phase services, construction phase services, public outreach
				  and meeting facilitation related to the foregoing. "A&E services" shall not
				  include legal services rendered to the Department, provided that nothing in
				  these regulations shall prevent an A&E contractor from consulting legal
				  counsel and including the fees as part of its reasonable overhead.
(b) "Department" and "DWR" mean the
				  Department of Water Resources.
(c)
				  "Director" is the Director of the Department of Water Resources or any person
				  delegated by the Director to act on the behalf of the Director.
(d) "Firm" means any individual, firm,
				  partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity permitted by law
				  to practice the professions of architecture, landscape architecture,
				  engineering, environmental services, land surveying, or construction project
				  management.
(e) "Project" includes
				  a project as defined in Section
				  10105
				  of the Public Contract Code, or as defined in Public Resources Code Section
				  21065.
				  Project shall also include any or all of the State Water Project, the
				  Sacramento River Flood Control Project, any authorized flood control project
				  pursuant to Water Code Section
				  12570 et seq.,
				  and any dam subject to the jurisdiction of the Department pursuant to Water
				  Code Section
				  6000 et seq.
				  "Project" also includes "'services'" which relate to public works of
				  improvement or other similar Department needs. "Services" shall mean any
				  activity described in Section
				  381(a) including
				  incidental or ancillary services typically, logically or justifiably performed
				  in connection therewith. Such incidental services may include educational,
				  instructional, training, and public outreach services, providing workshops,
				  making presentations and facilitating meetings. Furthermore, "project" means
				  the nature or scope of work being solicited as defined by a statewide
				  announcement and/or Request for Qualifications.
(f) "RFQ" is an acronym for Request for
				  Qualifications, the solicitation document used to request a Statement of
				  Qualifications of firms that perform A&E services.
(g) "Small business" firm is a firm certified
				  as a "small business" in accordance with Section
				  14837 of
				  the Government Code.
(h) "SOQ" is
				  an acronym for Statement of Qualifications, the response to an RFQ or annual
				  announcement submitted by firms that perform A&E services.
1. Amendment
					 filed 10-14-82; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 82, No.
					 42).
2. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 7-6-2004; operative
					 8-5-2004 (Register 2004, No. 28).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						4526,
						Government Code. Reference: Sections
						4525,
						4526,
						4527 and
						4529.10,
						Government Code.