{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-53h-3-1303","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 53H-3-1303","heading":"Restrictions on higher education entities bidding on architect or engineering services in public procurement projects.","body":"(1) As used in this section:\n(a) \"Architect-engineer services\" means those professional services within the scope of the practice of architecture as defined in Section 58-3a-102, or professional engineering as defined in Section 58-22-102.\n(b) \"Government entity\" means a state agency, an institution of higher education, a county, a municipality, a local school district, a special district, or a special service district.\n(2) When a government entity elects to obtain architect or engineering services by using a competitive procurement process and has provided public notice of the government entity's competitive procurement process:\n(a) a higher education entity, or any part of one, may not submit a proposal in response to the government entity's competitive procurement process; and\n(b) the government entity may not award a contract to perform the architect or engineering services solicited in the competitive procurement process to a higher education entity or any part of one.\n(3)\n(a) Subject to the prohibition contained in Subsection (3)(b), an employee of a higher education entity may, in a private capacity, submit a proposal in response to the competitive procurement process.\n(b) An employee of a higher education entity may not use any supplies, materials, or other resources owned by, or any persons matriculating at, attending, or employed by, the higher education entity in:\n(i) preparing a response to the competitive procurement process; or\n(ii) completing any work, assignment, or contract awarded to the employee resulting from that competitive procurement process.","path":["Title 53H Higher Education","Chapter 53H-3 Institutions of Higher Education Generally","Part 53H-3-13 Other Requirements and Restrictions"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title53H/Chapter3/53H-3-S1303.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"9cb22e37274a53c7859e0f39391cc3657bb8fc273802316c9d81562257918257","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-53h-3-1302","next":"us-ut/utah-code-53h-3-1304"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}