Section 2 of The Mizoram Transparency in Public Procurement Act, 2008 — Amendment of section 2

Definitions:- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

1. (a)"Construction works" means putting up, demolishing, repairs or renovation of buildings, roads, bridges or other structures including fabrication of steel structures and all other civil works;
2. (b)"Goods" means other machinery, motor vehicles, equipment, furnitures, articles of stationery, drugs, scientific and laboratory instruments, chemicals, oil and oil seeds or other agriculture and horticulture inputs for consumption, use or by a procurement entity in discharge of its public duties;
3. (c)"Government" means the State Government of Mizoram;
4. (d)"Prescribed" means prescribed under the rules framed under this Act;
5. (e)"Procuring authority" means any Government Department, a State Government Undertaking, Local Authority or Board, Body of Corporation established by or under any law and owned or controlled by the Government, and as may be specified by it;
6. (f)"Public Procurement" or "Procurement" means purchase of goods, obtaining of services or undertaking of construction works by the procuring authorities.
7. (g)"Services" means the actions of serving, attending upon, helping or benefiting a procuring authority in the course of discharging its public duties and includes construction works;
   1. (I)"Specified goods or services" means the goods or services as the case may be, specified in a tender and identified in the contract resulting from acceptance of a tender by a procuring authority;
8. (j)"Tender" means the formal offer made for supply of goods or services in response to an invitation for tender published in a Tender Bulletin;
9. (k)"Tender Accepting Authority" means an officer or a Committee appointed to accept tenders and a "Tender Inviting Authority" means an officer or a Committee to invite tenders, under Section 9;
10. (b)"Tender Bulletin" means a bulletin published for the state as a whole or for any district or districts within the State containing the details of invitation, processing and acceptance of Tenders;
11. (m)"Tender Bulletin Officer" means a State Tender Bulletin Officer or a Tender Bulletin Officer referred to in Section 7;
12. (b)"Tender Document" means the set of papers containing schedule of works, calendar of events, requirement of goods and services, technical specifications, procurement criteria and such other particulars, as may be prescribed for evaluation and comparison of tenders.