Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 137 - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE › Division 46 - MODEL RULES GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATED TO PUBLIC CONTRACTING › Section 137-046-0110 - Definitions for the Model Rules

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Unless the context of a specifically applicable definition in
				the Code requires otherwise, capitalized terms used in the Model Rules have the
				meaning set forth in the division of the Model Rules in which they appear, and
				if not defined there, the meaning set forth in these division 46 rules, and if
				not defined here, the meaning set forth in the Code. The following terms, when
				capitalized in these Model Rules, have the meaning given below:
(1) "Addendum" or "Addenda" means an addition
			 to, deletion from, a material change in, or general interest explanation of a
			 Solicitation Document.
(2)
			 "Administering Contracting Agency" has the meaning set forth in ORS
			 279A.200(1)(a)
			 and for Interstate Cooperative Procurements includes the entities specified in
			 ORS 279A.220(4).
(3) "Award" means, as the context requires,
			 either identifying or the Contracting Agency's identification of the Person
			 with whom the Contracting Agency intends to enter into a Contract following the
			 resolution of any protest of the Contracting Agency's se election of that
			 Person and the completion of all Contract negotiations.
(4) "Benefit company" means a corporation or
			 a limited liability company that is incorporated, organized, formed or created
			 under ORS 60.754 and the corporation's
			 articles of incorporation state that the corporation is a benefit company
			 subject to ORS 60.750 to
			 60.770.
(5) "Bid" means a Written response to an
			 Invitation to Bid.
(6) "Closing"
			 means the date and time specified in a Solicitation Document as the deadline
			 for submitting Offers.
(7) "Code"
			 means the Public Contracting Code.
(8) "Competitive Range" means the Proposers
			 with whom the Contracting Agency will conduct discussions or negotiations if
			 the Contracting Agency intends to conduct discussions or negotiations in
			 accordance with OAR 137-047-0261  or 137-049-0650.
(9) "Contract" means a contract for sale or
			 other disposal, or a purchase, lease, rental or other acquisition, by a
			 Contracting Agency of personal property, services, including personal services,
			 public improvements, public works, minor alterations, or ordinary repair or
			 maintenance necessary to preserve a public improvement. "Contract" does not
			 include grants.
(10) "Contract
			 Price" means, as the context requires, the maximum monetary obligation that a
			 Contracting Agency either will or may incur under a Contract, including
			 bonuses, incentives and contingency amounts, if the Contractor fully performs
			 under the Contract.
(11) "Contract
			 Review Authority" means:
(a) For State
			 Contracting Agencies, generally the Director of the Oregon Department of
			 Administrative Services;
(b) For
			 Local Contracting Agencies, the Local Contracting Agency's Local Contract
			 Review Board determined as specified in ORS
			 279A.060; and
(c) Where specified by statute, the Director
			 of the Oregon Department of Transportation.