No.S/2017 Pusuc PRocuREMENT AND DISPOSAL oF Pusuc AssETS Cap.22:23 "Authority" means the Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe established by section 5; "bid" means an offer, solicited by a procuring entity in accordance with this Act, which if accepted would bind the bidder to provide a procurement requirement in accordance with the procurement contract; "bid security" means a monetary assurance given by a bidder and guaranteed by a bank or other third party that(a) if the bidder withdraws his or her bid before the end of the bidding period; or (b) refuses to sign the procurement contract if selected; the bidder will forfeit the bid security amount to the procuring entity; "bidder" means a potential party to a procurement contract with a procuring entity for the supply of a procurement requirement; "bidding document" means a document provided by a procuring entity to bidders and indicating the form in which they are to submit their bids and the information they are to provide in their bids; "bidding period" means the period described in section 39(1), within which bids may be submitted; "Board" means the Board of the Authority; "building" includes any man-made structure whatsoever or any part thereof, whether above or below the ground; "challenge" means a challenge to procurement proceedings brought in tenns of Part X; "Chief Executive Officer" means the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority, appointed in terms of paragraph 12 of the First Schedule; "conduct" includes an act or omission; "contlict of interest" means a situation in which a public officer's personal or family interests may benefit, directly or indirectly, from any conduct on his or her part, or any decision be or she may make, as a public officer; "construction work" means all work associated with the construction, reconstruction, demolition, repair or renovation of any building or infrastructure, and includes(a) site preparation, excavation work, the installation of equipment or materials, decoration and finishing; and (b) incidental services such as drilling, mapping, photography and environmental and seismic investigation, where(i) the services are provided pursuant to a procurement contract; and (ii) the value of the services does not exceed that of the construction work itself; "consultancy service" means a service of an intellectual and advisory nature, and "consultant" shall be construed accordingly; "contractor" means a person that enters into a procurement contract with a procuring entity; "corruption" means any conduct that constitutes an offence under Parrt IX of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] or any attempt, conspiracy or incitement to commit such an offence; "day" means a day of the week other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday; "e-procurement" ,means the procurement of goods, construction works or services through Internet-based information technology; "electronic communication" means the transfer or recording of infonnation through an electronic or similar medium; 46