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Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
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TITLE 260. Office of Management and Enterprise Services |
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Chapter 65. Construction and Properties |
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Subchapter 27. Use of Best Value Competitive Proposals to Award a Contract |
SECTION 260:65-27-2. Definitions
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- The following words or terms, when used in this Subchapter, shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:"Administrator" means the State Construction Administrator of the Construction and Properties Department of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services."Best Value" means an optional contract award system which can evaluate and rank submitted competitive performance proposals to identify the proposal with the greatest value to the state." [61 O.S. §103(E)]"Department" means the Office of Management and Enterprise Services."Department" means the Construction and Properties Department of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, State of Oklahoma."Past Performance Rating" means a numerical rating on a 1-10 scale mathematically derived from customer satisfaction surveys completed by past clients."Project" means the scope of services for which the Department requests competitive proposals from interested construction services vendors by issuance of a Solicitation or Request for Proposal."Project Capability" means the ability of a vendor to perform the requested services based on understanding of the requirement and mastery of necessary technical requirements while demonstrating a lack of technical risk as evidenced by measurement or accomplishment."Risk Assessment" means identification of risks that the vendor does not control and the vendor's plan to minimize the risk."Selection Committee" means a group of state representatives, designated by the Administrator, assembled to evaluate and rank proposal submittals by vendors."Selection Monitor" means the Administrator or his/her appointed representative placed in the role of presiding over a Selection Committee."State agency" means an agency, board, commission, counsel, court, office, officer, bureau, institution, unit, division, body, or house of the executive or judicial branches of government of this state, whether elected or appointed, excluding only political subdivisions. [61 O.S., §202]"Value-added" means adjustment to the project requirement and/or benefit offered to the owner that may be proposed by a vendor, stated in terms of impact to the project in return for a deviation in price, schedule or quality."Vendor" means any service provider competing for a contract or performing work under a contract awarded by the Department. The term "Vendor" is interchangeable with Contractor, Construction Manager, Consultant, Design-Builder or other service provider. Vendor is used interchangeably with Bidder, Proposer and Offeror in context with the immediate topic herein.