Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 14 - INDEPENDENT AGENCIES › Subtitle 27 - MARYLAND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE › Chapter 14.27.03 - Procurement › Section 14.27.03.03 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In this
				chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Award" means the decision by the Service
				to execute a contract.
(2) "Bid"
				means a statement of price, terms of sale, and description of supplies,
				services, or construction offered by a bidder in response to an invitation for
				bids.
(3) "Bidder" means a person
				who submits a bid to the Service.
(4) "Board" means the Board of Directors of
				the Service.
(5) "Construction"
				means the process of building, altering, repairing, improving, or demolishing
				any structure, building, or other improvement to real property.
(6) "Day" means a calendar day.
(7) "Determination" means a written
				procurement decision made by an official or employee of the Service which is
				based upon written findings.
(8)
				"Director" means the Executive Director of the Maryland Environmental
				Service.
(9) "Emergency" means a
				sudden and unexpected occurrence or condition which management of the Service
				could not reasonably foresee and which requires an action to avoid or to
				mitigate damage to the environment or to health, safety, or welfare.
(10) "Invitation for bids" means a document
				used for soliciting bids.
(11)
				"Municipality" has the meaning stated in Natural Resources Article, §
										3-101(h),
				Annotated Code of Maryland.
(12)
				"Person" has the meaning stated in Natural Resources Article, §
										3-101(j),
				Annotated Code of Maryland.
(13)
				"Procurement" includes all functions that pertain to the process of buying,
				purchasing, or otherwise obtaining supplies, services, or construction, or
				leasing personal property as lessee.
(14) "Procurement officer" means a person
				authorized by the Director to administer contracts, or to make written
				determinations and findings with respect to contracts.
(15) "Professional services" means services
				provided by attorneys, engineers, architects, financial advisors, physicians,
				consultants, land surveyors, appraisers, and accountants.
(16) Proposal.
(a) "Proposal" means the response by an
				offeror to a request for proposals to obtain supplies, services, or
				construction.
(b) "Proposal" may
				include, without limitation, an offeror's price, a description of technical
				expertise, work experience, and other information requested in the
				solicitation.
(17)
				"Request for proposals" means a document used for soliciting proposals from
				offerors.
(18) "Respondent" means a
				bidder or an offeror.
(19)
				"Responsible" means a person who has the capability in all respects to
				dutifully perform fully the contract requirements, and the integrity and
				reliability that ensures good faith performance.
(20) "Responsive" means a bid or offer
				submitted in response to a solicitation that conforms in all material respects
				to the requirements contained in the solicitation.
(21) "Services" means the rendering of time,
				effort, or work, rather than the furnishing of a specific physical product
				other than reports incidental to the required performance.
(22) "Sole source procurement" means a
				procurement for a requirement that is available from only a single
				vendor.
(23) "Solicitation" means
				an invitation for bids, a request for proposals, or any other method or
				instrument used to communicate to potential bidders or offerors the Service's
				procurement needs.
(24) "Service"
				means the Maryland Environmental Service.
(25) "Supplies" means items of purchase which
				may include office goods, printing, building materials, equipment, parts, motor
				vehicles, tools, and equipment leases.