8A.301 - DEFINITIONS.
8A.301 DEFINITIONS.
When used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise
requires:
1. "Bid specification" means the standards or qualities which
must be met before a contract to purchase will be awarded and any
terms which the director has set as a condition precedent to the
awarding of a contract.
2. "Competitive bidding procedure" means the advertisement
for, solicitation of, or the procurement of bids; the manner and
condition in which bids are received; and the procedure by which bids
are opened, accessed, accepted, rejected, or awarded. A
"competitive bidding procedure" may include a transaction
accomplished in an electronic format.
3. "Life cycle cost" means the expected total cost of
ownership during the life of a product.
4. "Printing" means, as used in chapter 7A and this
subchapter, the reproduction of an image from a printing surface made
generally by a contact impression that causes a transfer of ink, the
reproduction of an impression by a photographic process, or the
reproduction of an image by electronic means and shall include
binding and may include material, processes, or operations necessary
to produce a finished printed product, but shall not include binding,
rebinding or repairs of books, journals, pamphlets, magazines and
literary articles by any library of the state or any of its offices,
departments, boards, and commissions held as a part of their library
collection.
5. "State buildings and grounds" excludes any building under
the custody and control of the Iowa public employees' retirement
system. Section History: Recent Form
2003 Acts, ch 145, §28