§ 39:2002 — Definitions

Louisiana § 39:2002

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 39: Procurement and Contract

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§2002. Definitions
As used in this Chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in this Section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) "Agency" or "state agency" means any department, office, division, commission,
council, board, bureau, committee, institution, agency, government corporation, or other
establishment or official of the executive or judicial branches of state government.
(2) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of administration.
(3) "Contract" or "public contract" means all types of state agreements, regardless
of what they may be called, for personal services, professional services, consulting services,
or social services, or the purchase of materials, supplies, services, or major repairs, or for the
making of any public works. It includes awards and notices of award; contracts of a
fixed-price, cost, cost-plus-a-fixed-fee, or incentive type; contracts providing for the issuance
of job or task orders; leases; letter contracts; and purchase orders. It also includes
supplemental agreements with respect to any of the foregoing.
(4) "Contractor" means any person having a contract with a state agency.
(5) "Data" means recorded information, regardless of form or characteristic.
(6) "Goal" means a numerically expressed objective relating to state procurements
and public works contracts that a state agency or contractor is encouraged to make a good
faith effort to achieve.
(7) "Procurement" means the buying, purchasing, renting, leasing, or otherwise
obtaining any materials, supplies, services, or major repairs, personal services, professional
services, consulting services, or social services. It also includes all functions that pertain to
the obtaining of any public procurement, including description of requirements, selection and
solicitation of sources, preparation and award of contract, and all phases of contract
administration.
(8) "Public work" means the erection, construction, alteration, improvement, or
repair of any public facility or immovable property owned, used, or leased by a state agency.
(9) "Small entrepreneurship" means any corporation, partnership, individual, sole
proprietorship, joint stock company, joint venture, or any other legal entity which meets the
criteria for certification by the secretary of Louisiana Economic Development pursuant to
R.S. 39:2006.

Legislative History

Acts 2005, No. 440, §1, eff. July 11, 2005; Acts 2018, No. 585, §1, eff. May 28, 2018.