* § 139-k. Disclosure of contacts and responsibility of offerers. 1.\nFor purposes of this section, the following terms will have the\nfollowing meanings unless specified otherwise.\n a. "Governmental entity" shall mean: (1) any department, board,\nbureau, commission, division, office, council, committee or officer of\nthe state, whether permanent or temporary; (2) each house of the state\nlegislature; (3) the unified court system; (4) any public authority,\npublic benefit corporation or commission created by or existing pursuant\nto the public authorities law; (5) a public authority or public benefit\ncorporation, at least one of whose members is appointed by the governor\nor who serves as a member by virtue of holding a civil office of the\nstate; (6) municipal agency, as that term is defined in paragraph (ii)\nof subdivision (s) of section one-c of the legislative law; or (7) a\nsubsidiary or affiliate of such a public authority.\n b. "Article of procurement" shall mean a commodity, service,\ntechnology, public work, construction, revenue contract, the purchase,\nsale or lease of real property or an acquisition or granting of other\ninterest in real property, that is the subject of a governmental\nprocurement.\n c. "Contacts" shall mean any oral, written or electronic communication\nwith a governmental entity under circumstances where a reasonable person\nwould infer that the communication was intended to influence the\ngovernmental entity's conduct or decision regarding the governmental\nprocurement.\n d. "Proposal" shall mean any bid, quotation, offer or response to a\ngovernmental entity's solicitation of submissions relating to a\nprocurement.\n e. "Governmental procurement" shall mean: (i) the public announcement,\npublic notice, or public communication to any potential vendor of a\ndetermination of a need for a procurement, which shall include, but not\nbe limited to, the public notification of the specifications, bid\ndocuments, request for proposals, or evaluation criteria for a\nprocurement contract, (ii) solicitation for a procurement contract,\n(iii) evaluation of a procurement contract, (iv) award, approval, denial\nor disapproval of a procurement contract, or (v) approval or denial of\nan assignment, amendment (other than amendments that are authorized and\npayable under the terms of the procurement contract as it was finally\nawarded or approved by the comptroller, as applicable), renewal or\nextension of a procurement contract, or any other material change in the\nprocurement contract resulting in a financial benefit to the offerer.\n f. "Restricted period" shall mean the period of time commencing with\nthe earliest posting, on a governmental entity's website, in a newspaper\nof general circulation, or in the procurement opportunities newsletter\nin accordance with article four-C of the economic development law of\nwritten notice, advertisement or solicitation of a request for proposal,\ninvitation for bids, or solicitation of proposals, or any other method\nprovided for by law or regulation for soliciting a response from\nofferers intending to result in a procurement contract with a\ngovernmental entity and ending with the final contract award and\napproval by the governmental entity and, where applicable, the state\ncomptroller.\n g. "Procurement contract" shall mean any contract or other agreement,\nincluding an amendment, extension, renewal, or change order to an\nexisting contract (other than amendments, extensions, renewals, or\nchange orders that are authorized and payable under the terms of the\ncontract as it was finally awarded or approved by the comptroller, as\napplicable), for an article of procurement involving an estimated\nannualized expenditure in excess of fifteen thousand dollars. Grants,\narticle eleven-B state finance law contracts, program contracts between\nnot-for-profit organizations, as defined in article eleven-B of this\nchapter, and the unified court system, intergovernment
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