Washington Administrative Code › Title 200 - Enterprise Services, Department of › CONTRACTS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT › Competitive Contracting › Chapter 200-320 - Competitive contracting › GENERAL PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS › Section 200-320-010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The following words, terms, and phrases, used in this
						chapter shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise.
(1) "Agency" means an
					 office, department, board, commission, institution of higher education, or
					 other separate unit or division, however designated, of the state government
					 and all personnel thereof; it includes any unit of state government established
					 by law, the executive officer or members of which are either elected or
					 appointed, upon which the statutes confer powers and impose duties in
					 connection with operations of either a governmental or proprietary
					 nature.
(2) "Appeal" means both a
					 request for an adjudicative proceeding or the actual adjudicative proceeding
					 presided over by an administrative law judge from the office of administrative
					 hearings in accordance with
					 chapter
					 34.05 RCW.
(3) "Award" means to grant a contract to a
					 successful bidder or bidders, which occurs on the date as specified in the
					 award notice.
(4) "Bid" means a
					 written offer to perform services by contract in response to a
					 solicitation.
(5) "Bidder" means a
					 party who submits a bid or proposal for consideration by an agency issuing a
					 solicitation.
(6) "Competitive
					 contracting" means the process by which classified employees compete with
					 businesses, individuals, nonprofit organizations, or other entities for the
					 performance of services those employees have customarily and historically
					 performed.
(7) "Complainant" means
					 bidder or potential bidder who files a complaint about the bidding process to
					 the agency head or designee on allowable grounds.
(8) "Conflict of interest" means having a
					 personal or financial interest that is in conflict with the proper discharge of
					 state duties, including the transaction of state business with an entity or
					 individual in which a state employee has an interest.
(9) "Date of award" means the date on which
					 the agency and the successful bidder sign the contract.
(10) "Day," whether calendar or business day,
					 means 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time or Pacific Daylight Time,
					 whichever is in effect. Business day excludes weekends and state holidays.
					 Calendar day is every day including weekends and state holidays. If the end of
					 a period calculated using calendar days falls on a weekend or state holiday, it
					 will be extended to 5:00 p.m. of the next business day.
(11) "Efficiency improvement" means the
					 enhanced value and/or quality that an agency achieves as a result of a change
					 to a service or the ways a service is provided. This enhancement may come at a
					 higher cost but its relative value offsets it. Such improvements may include,
					 but are not limited to:
(a) Reduced
					 preparation or process time;
(b)
					 Greater accessibility or availability of service; or
(c) Improved data quality and
					 timeliness.