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Where John will surely be headed if he's caught accepting a bribe, dividing a procurement, or making false allegations against a public officer involved in the procurement process.
What is jail?
The section that provides leadership and support for educators, parents, and students with disabilities.
What is Special Education Services?
As set forth in 63G-6a-112, the minimum amount of time a request for proposals must be posted, unless a shorter period is approved in writing by the Director of Purchasing or his designee.
What is seven (7) calendar days?
DO require this document (with all required signatures) for any expenditure of funds related to the acquisition of goods or services on behalf of the Board.
What is a Purchasing Requisition Form (PRF)?
A standard procurement process used to solicit responses when cost is the major factor in determining the award of a contract.
What is an invitation for bids?
The result of a standard procurement process, whether open-ended or closed-ended, for which Adam must issue a Request for Statements of Qualifications.
What is an approved vendor list?
The USBE section that serves the public by providing measurable information about Utah students’ core knowledge, skills, and abilities, acquired through high-quality valid and reliable testing, including RISE and ACT Aspire.
What is Assessment & Accountability?
The type of criteria evaluated in a request for proposals (as opposed to the objective criteria generally evaluated in an invitation for bids), which the evaluation committee uses to determine which proposal provides the best value and is the most advantageous to USBE.
What are subjective criteria?
DON’T agree to or order a change to the scope of a contract without this official, written document.
What is an amendment?
A type of contract, often executed without engaging in a standard procurement process (as authorized by Part 21 of the Utah Procurement Code), between USBE and another public entity.
What is an interagency agreement?
A negotiated bribe provided in connection with a procurement or with the administration of a contract or grant, which Kristen turned down and reported to the state auditor or attorney general in accordance with 63G-6a-2407.
What is a kickback?
The USBE section that helps to ensure the children of Utah have adequate access to safe and nutritious foods, which are essential to establishment of a healthy eating pattern and development of a strong foundation for academic achievement.
What is Child Nutrition Programs?
The minimum number of individuals possessing at least a general familiarity with, or basic understanding of, the technical requirements relating to the type of procurement item that is the subject of the procurement, or the need that the procurement item is intended to address, who must make up an evaluation committee.
What is three (3)?
DO conduct additional, independent market research prior to approving this type of purchase, even if you receive no challenges to your public notice (and even if the proposed provider pinky swears that their company is the only one).
What is a sole source?
A procurement unit that may, without the supervision, interference, oversight, control, or involvement of State Purchasing or the chief procurement officer, engage in a standard procurement process or an exception thereto.
What is an independent procurement unit?
A document Joe must publicly post in conjunction with the award of a contract resulting from a request for proposals, which explains the score assigned to each evaluation category.
What is a justification statement?
The section that oversees a type of tuition-free public school that is open to any Utah student, is governed by an independent board (and not by a school district), and is held accountable to a legally binding written contractual agreement with the school's authorizer.
What is Charter Schools (or the State Charter School Board)?
An additional written explanation that must be included in the justification statement if the difference in cost between the highest-scoring proposal and the lowest-cost proposal exceeds both $10,000 and 5% of the cost of the lowest-cost proposal.
What is a cost-benefit analysis?
DON’T forget that all communications and documents related to a procurement or contract are subject to public disclosure under this Utah statute.
What is the Government Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA)?
A (generally mandatory) contract provision setting forth minimum liability coverage, including workman's compensation, commercial general liability, and protected information liability.
What is insurance?
A type of error in a solicitation response, which Michael did not allow the vendor to correct, as the error was the reason the vendor was considered to be not responsible, and allowing correction of the error would have been prejudicial to other vendors.
What is a material error?
The USBE section that provides all students access to high-quality, rigorous, career-focused programs that result in attainment of credentials with labor market value.
What is Career & Technical Education?
A process by which USBE can, with written approval from the Director of Purchasing, solicit revised proposals from vendors in the event that no single proposal adequately addresses all the specifications stated in the request for proposals, all proposals are unclear or deficient in one or more respects, all cost proposals exceed the identified budget or available funding, or two or more proposals receive an identical evaluation score that is the highest score.
What is a best and final offer?
DON’T beat yourself up if your solicitation becomes the subject of this type of claim alleging a violation of law or a provision of the solicitation; it happens to everyone, and the process of resolving such claims is essential to preserving the integrity of the procurement process.
What is a protest?
A (generally mandatory) contract provision obligating a contractor to defend USBE against third-party claims arising from the contractor's conduct.
What is indemnity (or indemnification)?