West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 58 - Natural Resources › Title 58 - LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT RULE BUREAU OF COMMERCE DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Series 58-10 - PURCHASING RULE › Section 58-10-2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
2.1. "Agency
				Delivery Order" means a written order to the vendor against a master agreement
				authorizing quantities, commodities, and services be delivered in accordance
				with the terms, conditions, and prices stipulated in the original
				contract.
2.2. "Best Value
				Procurement" means a purchasing method used in awarding a contract based on
				evaluating and comparing all established quality criteria where cost is not the
				sole determining factor in the award.
2.3. "Bid" or "Bids" mean anything that a
				vendor submits in response to a solicitation that constitutes an offer to the
				State and includes, but is not limited to, documents submitted in response to a
				request for quotation (RFQ), proposals submitted in response to a request for
				proposal (RFP), or proposals submitted in response to an expression of
				interest, such as an RFP or an RFQ.
2.4. "Capital Improvements" means activities
				that are directed toward expanding the capacity of an asset or otherwise
				upgrading it to serve needs different from, or significantly greater than, its
				current use.
2.5. "Chief
				Procurement Officer" means the Chief Procurement Officer of the Division of
				Natural Resources or anyone the Chief Procurement Officer has designated to
				perform specific tasks or functions.
2.6. "Direct Award" means a procurement
				method allowing for the non-competitive purchase of commodities or services
				when only one vendor is reasonably determined to be able to supply the needed
				commodity or service under the circumstances or no other vendor is willing or
				available to replace the existing vendor without a detrimental effect on the
				Division.
2.7. "Director" means the
				Director of the Division of Natural Resources.
2.8. "Division" means the West Virginia
				Division of Natural Resources and all the Division sections and offices
				within.
2.9. "Non-responsible"
				means not having the capability to fully perform the contract requirements and
				lacking the integrity and reliability which will assure good-faith
				performance.
2.10. "Open End
				Contract" mean a contract that covers a period of time in which all terms,
				conditions, and prices are specified for quantity.
2.11. "Requisition" means a written or
				electronic request sent to Chief Procurement Officer for the purchase of
				commodities and services.
2.12.
				"Construction" means a specifically identified scope of work involving the act,
				trade, or process of building, erecting, constructing, adding, repairing,
				remodeling, rehabilitating, reconstructing, altering, converting, improving,
				expanding, or demolishing of a building, structure, facility, road, or highway.
				Repair and maintenance of existing public improvements that are recurring or
				ongoing in nature and that are not fully identifiable or know at any one time
				shall be considered a construction project.
2.13. "Architectural and Engineering
				Services" means those professional services of an architectural or engineering
				nature as well as incidental services that members of those professions and
				those in their employ may logically or justifiably
				perform.