Wis. Admin. Code Department of Transportation § Trans 504.02 - Definitions
In this chapter:
(1)
"Adequate evidence " means information sufficient to support a reasonable belief
that a particular act or omission has occurred.
(2) "Affiliates " means business concerns or
individuals having a relationship whereby one directly or indirectly controls
or can control the other or whereby a third business concern or individual
directly or indirectly controls or can control the subject business concerns or
individuals.
(3) "Consolidated
list " means a list compiled and maintained by the department and containing the
names of contractors that have been debarred or suspended under this chapter or
that have been declared ineligible under statute, rule, order or legal
authority other than this chapter.
(4) "Contractor " means any individual or any
legal entity, including its officers and directors, that submits bids or
proposals for or is awarded or may reasonably be expected to submit bids or
proposals for or be awarded a department contract. This definition includes any
subcontractor of a contractor that conducts business with the department as an
agent or representative of a contractor and any individual or legal entity that
conducts business with the department as an agent or representative of a
contractor .
(5) "Conviction " means
a judgment or conviction of a criminal offense by any court of competent
jurisdiction, whether entered upon a verdict or a plea and includes a
conviction entered upon nolo contendere plea.
(6) "Debarment " means action taken by the
department under s.
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504.05 to exclude a contractor from contracting with
the department and from department-approved subcontracting for a specified
period. A contractor so excluded is "debarred."
(7) "Department " means the Wisconsin
department of transportation.
(8)
"Hearing examiner " means a designee of the secretary who is authorized to
conduct a fact-finding hearing and to prepare written findings of fact and who
may be authorized to issue debarment and suspension decisions pursuant to this
chapter.
(9) "Ineligible " means
excluded from contracting with the department and, if appropriate, from
department -approved subcontracting, if under statute, rule, order or legal
authority other than this chapter.
Note: Examples of reasons for ineligibility are wage-rate violations, civil rights violations and deficient progress.
(10) "Indictment " includes an indictment for
a criminal offense, an information or any other filing by a competent authority
charging a criminal offense that results in finding probable cause to believe a
felony has been committed and in binding the defendant over for
trial.
(11) "Judgment " means a
judgment in a civil action by any court of competent jurisdiction.
(12) "Secretary " means the secretary of the
department or an authorized representative or designee.
(13) "Suspension " means action taken by the
department under s.
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504.06 to exclude a contractor from contracting with
the department or from department-approved subcontracting temporarily pending
the completion of an investigation or of a debarment decision-making
proceeding. A contractor so excluded is "suspended."
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