| (B) Term contract purchase requisition. A request from
a qualified ordering entity for delivery of goods under an existing
term contract.
(58) Resolution--Document of legal intent adopted by
the governing body of a qualified cooperative entity that evidences
the qualified cooperative entity's participation in the cooperative
purchasing program.
(59) Respondent--A person that submits a response to
a solicitation.
(60) Retail electric provider--A retail electric provider
as the term is defined under Utilities Code, §31.002(17).
(61) Reverse auction--A real time bidding procedure
that is Internet dependent and which is conducted at a pre-scheduled
time and Internet location in which multiple suppliers, anonymous
to each other, submit bids for designated goods or services.
(62) Schedule--A list of multiple award contracts from
which agencies may purchase goods and services.
(63) Sealed bid--A formal written bid.
(64) Solicitation--An invitation for bids or a request
for proposals or any other document issued by a state agency for the
purpose of soliciting offers in any form from a vendor to sell goods
or services to the state and that includes at a minimum the information
identified in Government Code, §2155.083(g).
(65) Specification--A concise statement of a set of
requirements to be satisfied by a product, material or service, indicating
whenever appropriate the procedures to determine whether the requirements
are satisfied.
(66) Standard specification--A description of what
the purchaser requires and what a bidder or proposer must offer.
(67) State agency--A state agency as the term is defined
under Government Code, Title 10, §2151.002.
(68) Successor-in-interest--Any business entity that
acquires or otherwise obtains the controlling ownership of a business
entity.
(69) Tabulation of bids--The recording of bids and
bidding data for purposes of bid evaluation and recordkeeping.
(70) Term contract purchase--A purchase by a qualified
ordering entity under a term contract, which established a source
of supply for particular goods at a given price for a specified period
of time.
(71) Testing--An element of inspection involving the
determination, by technical means, of the properties or elements of
item(s) or component(s), including function operation.
(72) Texas uniform standards and specifications--Standards
and specifications prepared and published by the standards and specifications
program of the comptroller.
(73) Unit price--The price of a selected unit of a
good or service, e.g., price per ton, per labor hour, or per foot.
(74) Using agency--An agency of government that requisitions
goods or services through the comptroller.
(75) Vendor--A person that offers goods and services
in the state.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §20.25 adopted to be effective January 24, 2017, 42 TexReg 228; amended to be effective August 2, 2020, 45 TexReg 5203; amended to be effective March 14, 2021, 46 TexReg 1508 |
