Agent means any Registrar or Paying Agent.
Subcontractor means any supplier, distributor, vendor, or firm that furnishes supplies or services to or for a prime contractor or another subcontractor.
System Agency means HHSC or any of the agencies of the State of Texas that are overseen by HHSC under authority granted under state law and the officers, employees, authorized representatives, and designees of those agencies. These agencies include: HHSC and the Department of State Health Services.
Governmental Authority means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
Department means the department of health.
Site means the place or places where the permanent Works are to be carried out including workshops where the same is being prepared.
Commission means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
State Fiscal Year means the period beginning September 1 and ending August 31 each year, which is the annual accounting period for the State of Texas.
Agreement has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Contractor means the individual or entity, that has entered into this contract with the Commonwealth.
Purchaser means the organization purchasing the goods.
Closing Date has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Corrupt practice means the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of anything of value to influence the action of a public official in the procurement process or in contract execution.
Project means the goods or Services described in the Signature Document or a Work Order of this Contract.
Secretary means the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services or his designee.
Amendment means a written agreement, signed by the Parties, which documents changes to the Contract other than those permitted by Work Orders.
Order means an official written order issued for the supply of goods or works or the rendering of a service.
Services means those functional services ancillary to the supply of the goods, such as transportation and any other incidental services, such as installation, commissioning, provision of technical assistance, training, catering, gardening, security, maintenance and other such obligations of the supplier covered under the contract.
Software means any and all computer programs, including any and all software implementations of algorithms, models and methodologies, whether in source code or object code; databases and compilations, including any and all data and collections of data, whether machine readable or otherwise; descriptions, flow-charts and other work product used to design, plan, organize and develop any of the foregoing, screens, user interfaces, report formats, firmware, development tools, templates, menus, buttons and icons; and all documentation including user manuals and other training documentation related to any of the foregoing.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Minister means the Minister in the Government of the State for the time being responsible for the administration of the Act to ratify this Agreement and pending the passing of that Act means the Minister for the time being designated in a notice from the State to the Company and includes the successors in office of the Minister;
Customer means the State agency or other entity identified in a contract as the party to receive commodities or contractual services pursuant to a contract or that orders commodities or contractual services via purchase order or other contractual instrument from the Contractor under the Contract. The “Customer” may also be the “Buyer” as defined in the PUR 1001 if it meets the definition of both terms.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Party or “Parties” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
Work means all Services to be performed, goods to be delivered, and any appurtenant actions performed, and items produced, conceived, or developed, including Deliverables.