Definitions. — Guam Code § 5030

§ 5030. Definitions.

As used in this Chapter, unless the context in which they are used requires a different meaning, or

unless a different definition is prescribed for a particular Chapter, Article or provision:

(a) “Business” means any corporation, partnership, individual, sole proprietorship, joint stock

company, joint venture, or any other private legal entity.

(b) “Change Order” means a written order signed by the Procurement Officer, directing the

contractor to make changes which the changes clause of the contract authorizes the Procurement

Officer to order without the consent of the contractor.

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(c) “Chief Procurement Officer” means the person holding the position created in § 5110 of this

Chapter, as the head of the central procurement office of Guam.

(d) “Contract” means all types of Guam agreements, regardless of what they may be called, for

the procurement or disposal of supplies, services or construction.

(e) “Contract Modification” means any written alteration in specifications, delivery point, rate of

delivery, period of performance, price, quantity or other provisions of any contract accomplished by

mutual action of the parties to the contract.

(f) “Contractor” means any person having a contract with a governmental body.

(g) “Construction” means the process of building, altering, repairing, improving, or demolishing

any public structure or building, or other public improvements of any kind to any public real property.

It does not include the routine operation, routine repair, or routine maintenance of existing structures,

buildings, or real property.

(h) “Data” means recorded information, regardless of form or characteristic.

(i) “Designee” means a duly authorized representative of a person holding a superior position.

(j) “Employee” means an individual drawing a salary from a governmental body, whether elected

or not, and any noncompensated individual performing personal services for any governmental body.

(k) “Governmental Body” means any Department, Commission, Council, Board, Bureau,

Committee, Institution, Agency, Government Corporation, Authority or other establishment or

establishment or official of the Executive Branch of the government of Guam, except for the

Government of Guam Retirement Fund, Guam Community College, the University of Guam, the

Department of Education, and the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority.

(l) “Grant” means the furnishing by Guam of assistance, whether financial or otherwise, to any

person to support a program authorized by law. It does not include an award whose primary purpose

is to procure an end product, whether in the form of supplies, services or construction; a contract

resulting from such an award is not a grant but a procurement contract.

(m) “May” denotes the permissive.

(n) “Person” means any business, individual, union, committee, club, other organization or group

of individuals.

(o) “Procurement” means buying, purchasing, renting, leasing or otherwise acquiring any

supplies, services or construction. It also includes all functions that pertain to the obtaining of any

supply, service or construction, including description of requirements, selection and solicitation of

sources, preparation and award of contract, and all phases of contract administration.

(p) “Procurement Officer” means any person duly authorized to enter into and administer

contracts and make written determinations with respect thereto. The term also includes an authorized

representative acting within the limits of authority.

(q) “Purchasing agency” means any governmental body other than the Chief Procurement Officer

or the Director of Public Works which is authorized by this Chapter or its implementing regulations,

or by way of delegation from the Chief Procurement Officer, to enter into contracts.

(r) “Regulation” shall have the meaning given in the Administrative Adjudication Law.

(s) “Services” means the furnishing of labor, time or effort by a contractor, not involving the

delivery of a specific end product other than reports which are merely incidental to the required

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performance. This term shall not include any form of employment relationship with the government

or collective bargaining agreements. Services also includes printing and processing for printing

finished products, such as books, reports, and other items which are, when delivered in finished form

and are not to be further processed by the using agency.

(t) “Shall” denotes the imperative.

(u) “Supplies” means all property, including but not limited to equipment, materials, printing of

forms, stationery and the like which are designed for further use or processing by the using agency,

insurance, and leases of real property, excluding land and a permanent interest in land.

(v) “Using agency” means any governmental body of Guam which utilizes any supplies, services

or construction procured under this Chapter.

(w) “Entity” means any department, agency, board, commission, instrumentality, public

corporation or branch of the government of Guam and any corporation or person expending funds

appropriated from the Government of Guam.

(x) “Emergency” means a condition posing an imminent threat to public health, welfare, or safety,

or the health and safety of the environment, which could not have been foreseen through the use of

reasonable and prudent management procedures, and which cannot be addressed by other procurement

methods of source selection.