Contract Types
General Conditions
Jargon
Procurement Knowledge
WA Statutes
100

Where an engineer/architect designs the project, and the agency uses a competitive bid process to make the award.

What is a Bid-Build contract?

100

Authorizes the Contractor to proceed with agreed Work.

What is a Work Authorization?

100

SAO

What is the State Auditor's Office?

100

Published in 2017, this document is formerly known as the Schedules of Redelegated Authority.

What is EX-2?

100

RCW 39.12.030

What is Prevailing Wage?

200

Where a contract is awarded without competitive bidding.

What is an Emergency contract?

200

The necessary or incidental documents required for the Contractor to perform the work.

What are permits, licenses, and government inspections?

200

STS

What is Satellite Transit System?

200

Once approved this information is used to create a purchase order.

What is a requisition?

200

WAC 296-127-320

What is Certified Payroll?

300

Referred to as Task-Order, Call-Out, Time and Materials, or Work-Order contracts.

What is On-Call contracts?

300

The payment made after final acceptance, notice of completion, and state Public Works requirements are met.

What is release of retainage?

300

TESC

What is Temporary Erosion and Sediment Control?

300

This report identifies at the line level details of a purchase order.

What is the PO Commit Report?

300

RCW 39.04

What is Public Works?

400

Contracts for a fixed period which provides the use of negotiated definitive work orders. Each work order is a new, separate project.

What are Job Order contracts? (JOC)

400

Upon 10 days written notice, the Port may issue this without cause.

What is termination for convenience?

400

RPZ

What is Runway Protection Zone?

400

The electronic procurement files library.

What is SharePoint?

400

RCW 49.04

What is apprenticeships program?

500
Where the contract involves a design phase, general contractor, and construction management service.

What is General Contractor/Construction Manager (GC/CM)?

500

Where Contractors can file complaints related to the procurement agreement.

What is WA King County Superior Court?

500

RAC

What is Regulations for Airport Construction?

500

When a winning bid exceeds the engineers estimate.

What is a bid validation?

500

RCW 19.122

What is Underground Utilities?