Current through the 2024 Budget Session
Section 9-2-3001 - State construction department created; definitions(a) There is created the state construction department.(b) As used in this article: (i) "Agency" means any school district, state office, department, board, council, commission, separate operating agency, institution or other instrumentality or operating unit of the state excluding the University of Wyoming, the Wyoming business council and the Wyoming department of transportation. "Agency" shall include a Wyoming community college if the community college is conducting a capital construction project using state funds that requires approval by the community college commission or authorization by the legislature under W.S. 21-18-205(g);(ii) "Capital construction project" means new construction, demolition, renovation and capital renewal of or to any public building or facility and any other public improvement necessary for the public building or facility, major maintenance as defined in W.S. 16-6-101(a)(v) and major building and facility repair and replacement as defined in W.S. 21-15-109(a)(iii);(iii) "Competitive negotiation" means to negotiate for a contract through a request for proposals process or any other similar competitive selection process;(iv) "Department" means the state construction department;(v) "Informalities or irregularities in any bid" includes: (A) Ambiguity as to any part of a bid;(B) A missing unit bid price;(C) An erasure or change in a unit bid price not initialed in ink by the bidder.(vi) "Principal representative" means the governing board of an agency or its designated representative or, if there is no governing board, the executive head of an agency. When applicable, "principal representative" shall include the University of Wyoming board of trustees or its designated representative;(vii) "State procurement website" means a website that the department designates to host information and notices related to procurement under this article.