As used in sections 4-212 to 4-219, inclusive:
- (1) “Competitive negotiation” means a procedure for contracting for services in which (A) proposals are solicited from qualified persons, firms or corporations by a request for proposals, and (B) changes may be negotiated in proposals and prices after being submitted.
- (2) “Personal service contractor” means any person, firm or corporation not employed by the state, who is hired by a state agency for a fee to provide services to the agency. The term “personal service contractor” shall not include (A) a person, firm or corporation providing “contractual services”, as defined in section 4a-50, to the state, (B) a “consultant”, as defined in section 4b-55, (C) a “consultant”, as defined in section 13b-20b, (D) an agency of the federal government, of the state or of a political subdivision of the state, or (E) a person, firm or corporation providing consultant services for information and telecommunications systems authorized under subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of section 4d-2.
- (3) “Personal service agreement” means a written agreement defining the services or end product to be delivered by a personal service contractor to a state agency, excluding any agreement with a personal service contractor that the state accounting manual does not require to be submitted to the Comptroller.
- (4) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.
- (5) “State agency” means a department, board, council, commission, institution or other executive branch agency.
(P.A. 93-336, S. 1, 13; P.A. 96-235, S. 7, 19; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 97; P.A. 04-58, S. 4; P.A. 09-210, S. 1; P.A. 11-51, S. 113.)
History: P.A. 93-336 effective June 29, 1993; P.A. 96-235 substituted “consultant” for “design professional” in Subdiv. (2)(B), effective June 6, 1996; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7 added Subdiv. (2)(E) re exclusion for certain consultant services, effective August 15, 2002; P.A. 04-58 amended Subdiv. (2)(E) by adding “a person, firm or corporation providing”; P.A. 09-210 amended Subdiv. (2)(C) by deleting “providing services to the Department of Transportation” and made technical changes in Subdivs. (1) and (5), effective July 8, 2009; P.A. 11-51 amended Subdiv. (2) to change “subdivision (5) of subsection (c)” to “subdivision (3) of subsection (b)” re reference to Sec. 4d-2, effective July 1, 2011.