N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 2 § 24.2 - Definitions
(a) "Appeal" means
a written challenge by an interested party of a protest determination rendered
by a public contracting entity, regarding a contract award that is subject to
the approval of the Comptroller.
(b) "Bidder" means an individual, entity or
other offeror submitting a response to a solicitation by a public contracting
entity.
(c) "Bureau of Contracts"
means the business unit within the Office of the State Comptroller that is
responsible for reviewing and approving contracts subject to the Comptroller's
approval.
(d) "Contract award"
means a written determination from a public contracting entity to a bidder
indicating that the public contracting entity has selected a particular bidder
under the procurement process.
(e)
"Interested party" means a participant in the procurement process, and those
who can establish that their participation in the procurement process was
foreclosed by the actions of the public contracting entity and have suffered
harm as a result of the manner in which the procurement was
conducted.
(f) "Protest" means a
written challenge by an interested party of a contract award that is subject to
the approval of the Comptroller.
(g) Protesting party" means an interested
party who has filed a protest or an appeal with the Bureau of
Contracts.
(h) "Public contracting
entity" means: any State agency, department, board, commission, office or
institution; the State University of New York; the City University of New York;
or any public authority, public benefit corporation, or other public or
quasi-public entity which is awarding, or has awarded a contract subject to the
Comptroller's approval.
(i)
"Solicitation" means a document issued by a public contracting entity,
requesting a response to a procurement need, including an Invitation for Bids,
a Request for Proposals, or another written method of seeking a bid or a
proposal for a specified purpose.
(j) "Successful bidder" means the bidder
whose bid or proposal has been selected for contract award by a public
contracting entity; or, in the case of a contract entered into on a
noncompetitive basis, an individual or entity that has executed a contract that
is subject to the Comptroller's approval.
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