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The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Business means any corporation, partnership, individual, sole proprietorship, joint stock company, joint venture, or any other legal entity through which business is conducted.
Change order means a written order signed by the purchasing agent, or contractor directing or allowing the contractor to make changes which the changes clause of the contract authorizes the purchasing agent or contractor to order without the consent of the contractor or purchasing agent.
Chief administrator means the mayor of the city.
City purchasing agent or agent mean the purchasing agent of the city.
Construction means the process of building, altering, repairing, improving, or demolishing any public structures or building, or other public improvements of any kind to any public real property. It does not include the routine maintenance or repair of existing structures, buildings, or real property performed by salaried employees of the city in the usual course of their job.
Contract means all types of agreements, including grants and orders, for the purchase or disposal of supplies services, construction, or any other item. It shall include awards; contracts of a fixed price, cost, cost-plus-a-fixed-fee, or incentive type; contracts providing for the issuance of job or task orders; leases; letter contracts, purchase orders, and construction management contracts. It also includes supplemental agreements with respect to any of the foregoing. "Contract" does not include labor contracts with employees of the city.
Contract modification means any written alteration in the specifications, delivery point, rate of delivery, contract period, price, quantity, or other contract provisions of any existing contract, whether accomplished by unilateral action in accordance with a contract provision, or by mutual action of the parties to the contract. It shall include bilateral actions, such as supplemental agreements, and unilateral actions, such as change orders, administrative changes, notices of termination, and notices of the exercise of a contract option.
Contractor means any person having a contract with the city.
Contractual services means and includes all towel and cleaning services, fire alarm testing services, ladder testing services, and the repair or maintenance of equipment, machinery and other city owned personal property. The term shall not include professional and other contractual services which are in their nature unique and not subject to competition.
Data means recorded information, regardless of form or characteristic.
Designee means a duly authorized representative of a person holding a superior position.
Employee means an individual drawing a salary from the city, whether elected or not, and any nonsalaried individual performing personal services for the city.
May means permissive.
Negotiation means contracting by either of the methods set forth in sections 2-244, 2-245 and 2-249.
Procurement means the purchasing, buying, renting, leasing, or otherwise obtaining of any supplies, services, or construction. It shall also include all functions that pertain to the obtaining of any supply, service, or construction item, including description of requirements, selection and solicitation of sources, preparation and award of contract, and all phases of contract administration.
Regulations means rules and regulations adopted by the city concerning the implementation of the provisions of this chapter.
Services means the rendering, by a contractor, of its time and effort rather than the furnishing of a specific end product, other than reports which are merely incidental to the required performance of services. "Service" does not include labor contracts with employees of governmental contracts.
Shall means imperative.
Supplemental agreement means any contract modification which is accomplished by the mutual action of the parties.
Supplies means all property, including but not limited to leases of real property, printing and insurance, except land or permanent interest in land.
Using agency means any department, division, agency, commission, bureau or other unit in the city government using supplies or procuring contractual services as provided for in this article.
(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 2-236; Ch. 877, § I, 6-6-23)
Cross reference— Definitions generally, § 1-2.