As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(A) “Grant” means any grant awarded to the state or awarded by the state to any person to support a program authorized by law;
“Invitation to bid” means all documents, whether attached or incorporated by reference, utilized for soliciting bids for the lowest cost, responsive and responsible bidder;
(A) “Procurement” means buying, purchasing, renting, leasing, or otherwise acquiring of any goods or services;
“Political subdivision” means any authority, city, town, municipality, county or instrumentality of any authority, city, town, municipality or county within the state;
“Major energy-consuming product” means any article so designated by the chief procurement officer in consultation with the central procurement office staff;
“Procurement commission” means the state procurement commission, as established in §4-56-102;
(A) “Specification” means any description of the physical, functional, performance characteristics, or nature of a supply, service, or construction item;
“Solicitation” means any type of document that invites responses and may include, by way of example, an “invitation to bid”, a “request for proposal” or a “competitive negotiation”;
“Services” means all services and agreements obligating the state, except services for highway and road improvements governed by title 54 and design and construction services governed by title 4, chapter 15;
“Responsive” means a person who has submitted a response that conforms in all material respects to the competitive procurement;
“Responsible” means a person who has the capacity in all respects to perform fully the contract requirements, as well as the integrity and reliability, which will assure good faith performance;
“Response” means a written response to a solicitation for goods and services;
“Respondent” includes a “bidder” or “proposer” that is a natural person or legal entity that has properly registered as required by the state. The terms “bidder” and “proposer” may be used interchangeably as the context requires;
“Request for proposal” means a written solicitation for written proposals to provide goods or services to the state or a state governmental entity based upon specified evaluation criteria;
“Proprietary” means a good or service that is used, produced, or marketed under exclusive legal right of the inventor, maker or service provider that is protected under trade secret, patent, trademark, or copyright law;
“State agency” means any state governmental entity, other than the central procurement office and those state entities exempted by §12-3-102, that is authorized to enter into contracts by this title or its implementing regulations, or by way of delegation from the chief procurement officer, or that utilizes any goods or services procured under this title;
“Vendor” means a natural person or legal entity that has been established by the department of finance and administration's division of accounts as a vendor through proper authority for which payment may be made by the state.
“State governmental entity” means any agency, authority, board, commission, department, or office within the executive, legislative or judicial branches of state government or any autonomous state agency, authority, board, commission, council, department, office, or institution of higher education; and
“Committee” means the state protest committee as established in §4-56-103;
“Contract” means any duly authorized and legally binding written agreement for the procurement of goods and services;
“Council” means the advisory council on state procurement established in §4-56-106;
“Data” means any recorded information, regardless of its form or characteristic;
“Energy efficiency standard” means a performance standard that prescribes the relationship of the energy use of a product to its useful output of services;
(A) “Goods” means all personal property, including, but not limited to, supplies, equipment, materials, printing, and insurance;