1899.1 When used in this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed:

Blanket purchase agreement - a pre-contractual agreement with a vendor which allows an agency to make small purchases by issuing a purchase order for each individual purchase.

Director - the Director of the Office of Contracting and Procurement (OCP) or the District of Columbia Chief Procurement Officer (CPO).

Purchase order - an offer by the District to buy certain goods or services from commercial sources upon specified terms and conditions.

Quotation - a citation of price and delivery terms or a period of performance by a contractor in response to a contracting officer's request on procurements of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or less.

Small purchase - a procurement of goods or services in an aggregate amount not exceeding the small purchase authority limitations set forth in this chapter.

Unpriced purchase order - an order for goods or services, the price of which is not established at the time of issuance of the order.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 1488 (February 26, 1988); as amended by Emergency Rulemaking published at 44 DCR 4450 (August 1, 1997) [EXPIRED]; as amended by Emergency Rulemaking published at 44 DCR 7181 (November 21, 1997) [EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 9716 (June 28, 2013); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 10415 (July 31, 2015).