New Jersey § 18a:64-53

§ 18a:64-53.

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise indicates: a. “ Board of trustees ” means the board of a State college; b. “ Contracting agent ” means the business officer of the State college having the power to prepare advertisements,

to advertise for and receive bids, and to make awards for the State college in connection

with the purchases, contracts or agreements permitted by this article or the officer,

committee or employee to whom the power has been delegated by the State college; c. “ Contracts ” means contracts or agreements for the performance of work or the furnishing or hiring

of services, materials , supplies , or construction , as distinguished from contracts of employment; d. “ Legal newspaper ” means a newspaper circulating in this State which has been printed and published

in the English language at least once a week for at least one year continuously; e. “ Materials ” includes goods and property subject to chapter 2 of Title 12A of the New Jersey

Statutes, apparatus or any other tangible thing, except real property or any interest

therein; f. “ Extraordinary unspecifiable services ” means services or products which cannot be reasonably described by written specifications; g. “ Professional services ” means services rendered or performed by a person authorized by law to practice a

recognized profession and whose practice is regulated by law and the performance of

which services requires knowledge of an advanced type in a field of learning acquired

by a prolonged formal course of specialized instruction and study as distinguished

from general academic instruction or apprenticeship and training. Professional services also means services rendered in the performance of work that

is original and creative in character in a recognized field of artistic endeavor; h. “ Project ” means any work, undertaking, construction or alteration; i. “ Purchases ” are transactions, for a valuable consideration, creating or acquiring an interest

in goods, services and property except real property or any interest therein; j. “ State college ” means an institution of higher education established pursuant to chapter 64 of Title

18A of the New Jersey Statutes; k. “ Work ” includes services and any other activity of a tangible or intangible nature performed

or assumed pursuant to a contract or agreement with a State college; l . “ Information technology ” means telecommunication and computing goods and services, including, but not limited to, software, hardware , cloud computing, and systems implementation and support for voice, data and video.