Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 15 - WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AUTHORITY OF ARIZONA › Article 8 - LONG-TERM WATER AUGMENTATION FUND PROCUREMENT › Section R18-15-801 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The terms of this Article, unless otherwise specified, have
				  the following meanings:
"Award" means a determination by the Authority that it is
				  entering into a Contract with one or more Offerors.
"Board" has the same meaning as prescribed in A.R.S. §
									49-1201(2).
"Business" means any corporation, partnership, individual,
				  sole proprietorship, joint stock company, joint venture or other private legal
				  entity.
"Competitive Range" is a range of scores used by the
				  Authority to determine whether an Offer will be considered for further
				  evaluation after an initial susceptibility determination and the scoring of
				  Offers received in the Solicitation process. The Authority may conduct multiple
				  reviews and narrow or expand the Competitive Range throughout the procurement
				  process. Those Offers that have no reasonable chance for Award when compared on
				  a relative basis with more highly ranked Offers will not be in the Competitive
				  Range. Offers to be considered within the Competitive Range must, at a minimum,
				  demonstrate the following:
Affirmative compliance with mandatory requirements
				  designated in the Solicitation.
An ability to deliver goods or services on terms
				  advantageous to the Authority sufficient to be entitled to continue in the
				  competition.
That the Offer as submitted is technically acceptable under
				  the criteria set forth in the Solicitation.
"Construction" has the same meaning as prescribed in A.R.S.
				  §
									41-2503(4).
"Contract" means all types of agreements, regardless of what
				  they may be called, for any Procurement related to a Water-Related Facilities
				  project or Water Supply Development project.
"Contractor" means any Person who has a Contract with the
				  Authority.
"Data" means documented information, regardless of form or
				  characteristic.
"Day" means a calendar day and time is computed under A.R.S.
				  §
									1-243, unless otherwise specified
				  in the Solicitation or Contract.
"Director" means the Director of the Water Infrastructure
				  Finance Authority of Arizona.
"Interested Party" means an Offeror or prospective Offeror
				  whose economic interest is affected substantially and directly by issuance of a
				  Solicitation, an Award or loss of an Award. Whether an Offeror or prospective
				  Offeror has an economic interest depends upon the circumstances of each
				  case.
"May" means something is permissive.
"Negotiation" means an exchange or series of exchanges
				  between the Authority and an Offeror or Contractor that allows the Authority or
				  the Offeror or Contractor to revise an Offer or Contract.
"Offer" means a response to a Solicitation.
"Offeror" means a Person who responds to a
				  Solicitation.
"Person" means any corporation, Business, individual, union,
				  committee, club, other organization, or group of individuals.
"Procurement":
Means buying, purchasing, renting, leasing or otherwise
				  acquiring any materials, property, services, or construction, in connection
				  with a Water-Related Facilities project or a Water Supply Development
				  project.
Includes all functions that pertain to obtaining any
				  materials, services, or construction, including description of requirements,
				  selection and Solicitation of sources, preparation and Award of Contract, and
				  all phases of Contract administration.
Does not include providing financial assistance in the form
				  of loans or grants.
"Procurement File" means the official records file of the
				  Authority. The Procurement File shall include (electronic or paper) the
				  following:
List of notified vendors;
Final Solicitation;
Solicitation amendments;
Bids and Offers;
Offer revisions;
Best and final Offers;
Negotiations;
Clarifications;
Final evaluation reports; and
Additional information, if requested by the
				  Authority.
"Shall" means something is mandatory.
"Solicitation" means any Solicitation method authorized
				  under A.R.S. §
									49-1212, issued by the Authority
				  to invite a Person to submit an Offer.
"Subcontractor" means a Person who contracts to perform work
				  or render service to a Contractor or to another Subcontractor as a part of a
				  Contract with the Authority.
"Trade Secret" means information, including a formula,
				  pattern, device, compilation, program, method, technique, or process, that is
				  the subject of reasonable efforts to maintain its secrecy and that derives
				  independent economic value, actual or potential, as a result of not being
				  generally known to and not being readily ascertainable by legal means.
"Water-Related Facilities" has the same meaning as
				  prescribed in A.R.S. §
									49-1201(21).
"Water Supply Development" has the same meaning as
				  prescribed in A.R.S. § 49-1201(22).