Kentucky Revised Statutes Title VI. Financial Administration § 45.560.Definitions

(1) “Contract” means any binding legal relationship between the Commonwealth of Kentucky and a contractor for supplies and services, including construction, or for the use of Commonwealth property, in which the parties, respectively, do not stand in the relationship of employer and employee;

(2) “Contractor” means any prime contractor holding a contract with the Commonwealth of Kentucky government, and shall include subcontractors when the context so indicates;

(3) “Contracting agency” means the person or persons, board, commission, court, council, governing body, employee, or official which is authorized by law to purchase or contract for supplies, materials, services, or equipment for the state;

(4) “Subcontractor” means any person, including a corporation, partnership, or business association of any kind, who holds an agreement or purchase order to perform all or any part of the work or to make or furnish any article or service required for the performance of a negotiated contract or of a subcontract entered thereunder;

(5) “Cabinet” means the Finance and Administration Cabinet; and

(6) “Equal employment opportunity job categories” means the major employment classifications described by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.