Montana Title 18. Public Contracts § 18-1-101. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) Unless the context requires otherwise, in this title, “department” means the department of administration provided for in Title 2, chapter 15, part 10.

(2) Unless the context requires otherwise, in this part, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Goods” means supplies, equipment, materials, commodities, and specially manufactured products.

(b) “Nonresident bidder” means a bidder whose residence is not in this state as determined under 18-1-103.

(c)(i) “Public agency” means a department, commission, council, board, bureau, committee, institution, agency, government corporation, or other entity, instrumentality, or official of the legislative, executive, or judicial branch of this state and its political subdivisions, including the board of regents and the Montana university system.

(ii) Public agency does not include a political subdivision for purposes of 18-1-102(1)(b).

(d) “Resident bidder” means a bidder whose residence is in this state as determined under 18-1-103.

(e) “Written” means that whenever written or in-writing determinations or documents are required, the public agency responsible for the procurement may specify an appropriate visual medium, such as by computer transmission or by facsimile machine transmission, in the specifications, contract, or rules of the public agency.

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