2599.1 When used in this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed:

Brand name description - a purchase description that identifies a product by its brand name and model, part number, or other appropriate nomenclature by which the product is offered for sale.

Commercial product - a product, such as an item, material, component, subsystem, or system, sold or traded to the general public in the course of normal business operations at prices based on established catalog or market prices.

Market research - the process used for collecting and analyzing information about the entire available market that will satisfy the minimum agency need used to arrive at the most suitable approach for acquiring, distributing, and supporting goods and services.

Purchase description - a description of the essential physical characteristics and functions required to meet the District's minimum needs.

Specification - a description of the technical requirements for a material, product, or service that includes the criteria for determining whether these requirements are met.

Standard - a document that establishes engineering and technical limitations and applications of items, materials, processes, methods, designs, and engineering practices. It includes any related criteria deemed essential to achieve the highest practical degree of uniformity in materials or products, or interchangeability of parts. Standards may be used in specifications, invitations for bids, requests for proposals, and contracts.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 1577 (February 26, 1988).