950 CMR, § 21.02
As used in 950 CMR 21.00 the following words have these meanings:
Agency or Public Agency means every department, board, commission, division or authority of state, county and municipal government or subdivision of the foregoing or any other public entity created or established by the General Court to serve a public purpose.
Capital Facility Project or Project means:
(a) an undertaking by an agency for the planning, design, construction, reconstruction, demolition, installation, repair or maintenance of a public facility; or
(b) the procurement of supplies and equipment that is incident to the design or construction of a public facility; or
(c) the sale, lease, rental, acquisition or disposition of real property by an agency.
Central Registermeans the weekly publication by the Secretary of the Commonwealth which contains notices of contracting opportunities for capital facility projects if the project is estimated to:
(a) cost $100,000 or more for completed construction when the project is the procurement of design services, or
(b) cost $10,000 or more for construction, reconstruction, demolition, repair or maintenance; or purchase of materials; or
(c) be 2,500 square feet or more if the project is the sale, lease, rental, acquisition or disposition of real property.
Design Services means any of the following services provided by any designer, programmer or construction manager in connection with a capital facility project for which a notice of contracting opportunity must be published in the Central Register when the construction or other cost of the completed project is expected to exceed $100,000:
(a) preparation of master plans, studies, surveys, soil tests, cost estimates or programs;
(b) preparation of drawings, plans or specifications, including but not limited to schematic drawings, preliminary plans and specifications, working plans and specifications or other administration of construction contract documents;
(c) supervision or administration of a construction contract; or
(d) construction management or scheduling.
Real Property means land, and generally whatever is erected or growing upon or affixed to land.
Sub-bid Categories means those classes of work required to be a separate section of a general contract if the class of work is estimated to exceed $20,000 pursuant to M.G.L. c. 149, § 44F. These sub-bid categories must be listed in the Notice of Contract Opportunities - General Contracts (CR-2) and the Contract Award (CR-4).
950 CMR, § 21.02