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PURCHASING DEFINITIONS <br />CONTINUED PiJRCHASING -DEFINITIONS) <br />supply, service, or construction, including <br />description of requirements, selection and <br />solicitation off so11rces-, preparation and award of <br />contracts. <br />44. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (NON CCNA) - means any <br />services where the County is obtaining advice, <br />instruction, or specialized work from an individual <br />or firm specifically qualified in a particular <br />area. Professional service may include a report, or <br />written advice which may be lengthy; however, the <br />main thrust of the service is not considered labor, <br />but the exercise of intellectual ability. The <br />procurement of professional services does <br />itself to normal competitive bidding and price <br />competition alone. These services shall be <br />procured by Request for Proposal and Competitive <br />election anegotiaion. <br />45. PROPOSALS (REQUEST FOR) R.F.P. - means a <br />solicitation for offers to provide a solution to a <br />problem. An RFP is characterized by description of <br />tie- desired results and a- scale—of how the <br />proposals to obtain these results will be <br />evaluated. RFP's include a price proposal which is <br />a part of the evaluations. Limited negotiation on <br />any part of the RFP is permissible. The RFP <br />includes all documents,—whether attached or <br />incorporated by reference, utilized for soliciting <br />proposals—. --(None CCNA onnly. <br />46. PURCHASE DESCRIPTION - means the words used in a <br />solicitation to describe the supplies, services, or <br />construction to be purchased, and includes <br />specifications -attached -to or made a part af;--the <br />solicitation. <br />47. PURCHASE ORDER - means a purchaser's contract to <br />formalize a purchase transaction with vendor, <br />conveying acceptance of a vendor's proposal. The <br />purchase order should contain statements as to <br />quantity, description, and price of the supplies, <br />services, or and applicable terms as to payment, <br />discounts, date of performance, transportation, and <br />other factors or suitable references pertinent to <br />e purcnase ana its execution ny the venaor. <br />11 <br />SmeadSoft Reprint Date: Monday, August 12, 2013 - 15:25:18 - OfficialDocuments:674, Attachment Id 0, Page 18 <br />