New Jersey § 18a:64a-25

§ 18a:64a-25.

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise indicates: a. “ Board of trustees ” means the board of trustees of a county college and the community college commission

of a community college agency; b. “ County college ” means any body corporate known as (1) the board of trustees of a county college established pursuant to chapter 64A

of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes, or (2) the community college commission of a community college agency established pursuant

to P.L.1974, c. 89 ( C. 18A:64A-30 et seq. ); c. “ Contracting agent ” means the business officer of the county college having the power to prepare advertisements

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

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

committee or employee to whom such power has been delegated by the county college; d. “ Contracts ” mean contracts or agreements for the performance of work or the furnishing or hiring

of services, materials or supplies as distinguished from contracts of employment; e. “ Legal newspaper ” means a newspaper circulating in the county or counties in which the county college

has been established, printed and published in the English language at least once

a week for at least one year continuously; f. “ Materials ” include 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; g. “ Extraordinary unspecifiable services ” mean services or products which cannot be reasonably described by written specifications; h. “ Professional services ” mean 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 mean services rendered in the performance of work that

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

in goods, services and property, except real property or any interest therein; 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 county college.