16.70(6) (6) “Legislative service agency" means an agency created under ch. 13 which is authorized, or the head of which is authorized, to appoint subordinate staff, except the building commission.
16.70(7) (7) “Limited trades work" means the repair or replacement of existing equipment or building components with equipment or components of the same kind, if the work is not dependent upon the design services of an architect or engineer, and does not alter or affect the performance of any building system, structure, exterior walls, roof or exits, or the fire protection or sanitation of the building. “Limited trades work" includes decorative and surface material changes within a building and minor preventive maintenance to ancillary facilities such as drives, sidewalks and fences.
16.70(8) (8) “Municipality" means a county, city, village, town, school district, board of school directors, sewer district, drainage district, technical college district or any other public or quasi-public corporation, officer, board or other body having the authority to award public contracts.
16.70(9) (9) “Officer" includes the person or persons at the head of each agency, by whatever title the person or persons may be elsewhere designated.
16.70(10) (10) “Permanent personal property" means any and all property which in the opinion of the secretary will have a life of more than 2 years.
16.70(10m) (10m) “Personal computing" means utilizing a computer that is located at the work station where the input or output of data is conducted.
16.70(11) (11) “Recovered material" means a product which is recovered from solid waste in a form identical to the original form for a use that is the same as or similar to the original use.
16.70(12) (12) “Recycled material" means a product which is manufactured from solid waste or paper mill sludge.
16.70(13) (13) “Recycled or recovered content" means the proportion of an item, by weight or other measure, which is recycled material or recovered material.
16.70(14) (14) “State" does not include a district created under subch. II, III, IV, or V of ch. 229.
16.70(15) (15) “Telecommunications" has the meaning given in s. 16.97 (10).
16.70(16) (16) “Voting securities" means securities that confer upon the holder the right to vote for the election of members of the board of directors or similar governing body of a business, or are convertible into, or entitle the holder to receive upon their exercise, securities that confer such a right to vote.
16.70 History History: 1971 c. 164; 1975 c. 41 s. 52; 1977 c. 29; 1979 c. 34, 221; 1983 a. 27, 106; 1985 a. 29 ss. 122a to 122f, 3200 (1); 1987 a. 292, 399; 1989 a. 335; 1991 a. 39, 189; 1993 a. 263, 399; 1995 a. 27, 56; 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 65, 167; 2001 a. 16, 38; 2003 a. 33; 2005 a. 74, 89, 335; 2007 a. 20, 97; 2009 a. 28; 2011 a. 10, 229; 2013 a. 20, 165, 166.
16.70 Annotation “Contractual services" include technical and professional services. 65 Atty. Gen. 251.
16.701 16.701 Subscription service and procurement system.
16.701(1)(1) The department may provide a subscription service containing current information of interest to prospective vendors concerning state procurement opportunities. If the department provides the service, the department shall assist small businesses, as defined in s. 16.75 (4) (c), who are prospective vendors in accessing and using the service by providing facilities or services to the businesses. The department may charge a fee for any such service. The department shall prescribe the amount of any fee by rule.
16.701(1m) (1m) The department may provide an electronic procurement system to manage all aspects of procurement under this subchapter. The electronic procurement system may supplement or supplant the subscription service under sub. (1), and the department may permit prospective vendors to provide product or service information, as provided in sub. (2), through the electronic procurement system. If the department provides an electronic procurement system under this subsection, the department may require that an agency use the system. The department may assess agencies and vendors for the costs of the system under this subsection in accordance with a method the department develops.
16.701(2) (2) The department may permit prospective vendors to provide product or service information through the service established under sub. (1). The department may prescribe fees or establish fees through a competitive process for the use of the service under this subsection.
16.701 History History: 1995 a. 27, 351; 2001 a. 16; 2013 a. 20.
16.701 Cross-reference Cross-reference: See also s. Adm 9.01, Wis. adm. code.
16.7015 16.7015 Bidders list. The department may maintain a bidders list. The bidders list shall include the names and addresses of all persons who request to be notified of bids or competitive sealed proposals, excluding those to be awarded under s. 16.75 (1) (c) or (2m) (c), that are solicited by the department or other agency for the procurement of materials, supplies, equipment, or contractual services under this subchapter. Any bidders list may include the names and addresses of any person who requests to be notified of bids or competitive sealed proposals that are solicited by any agency. The department or other agency shall notify each person on the bidders list of all bids or competitive sealed proposals that are solicited by the department or other agency. The department may remove any person from the bidders list for cause.
16.7015 History History: 1995 a. 351; 2001 a. 16; 2013 a. 20.
16.705 16.705 Contractual services.
16.705(1) (1) The department or its agents may contract for services which can be performed more economically or efficiently by such contract. The department shall, by rule, prescribe uniform procedures for determining whether services are appropriate for contracting under this subsection.
16.705(1b) (1b) The determinations under sub. (1) do not apply to a contract entered into by any of the following:
16.705(1b)(a) (a) The department under s. 16.25 (4) (b).
16.705(1b)(b) (b) The department of corrections for global positioning system tracking services under s. 301.48 (3) or 301.49.
16.705(1b)(c) (c) The department under s. 16.848 (1).
16.705(1r) (1r) Notwithstanding s. 16.75 (2m) and (3m), and except as provided in s. 16.75 (2) (b) and (7), the department and its agents may purchase contractual services only if those services are performed within the United States. This requirement does not apply to any of the following: