2006 New York Code - Definitions.

 
    §  2875-a.  Definitions.  As used in this article, the following terms
  shall have the following meanings unless otherwise specified:
    1. "Construction item"  means  any  such  item  or  material  used  in
  construction  and  which is procured directly by the public authority or
  office or any such item or material commonly used in construction  which
  is  procured by a person, other than a municipality, under contract with
  the public authority or office.
    2. "Office" means the office of general services.
    3. "Practicable" means capable of being  used  without  violating  the
  following  criteria:  performance,  availability  at a reasonable price,
  availability within a reasonable period of time  and  maintenance  of  a
  satisfactory level of competition.
    4.  "Product"  means  any  material, supply, equipment or construction
  item or other item whether  real  or  personal  property  which  is  the
  subject  of any purchase, barter, or other exchange made to procure such
  product.
    5.  "Secondary  materials"  means  any  material  recovered  from   or
  otherwise  destined  for the waste stream, including but not limited to,
  post-consumer material, industrial  scrap  material,  and  overstock  or
  obsolete  inventories from distributors, wholesalers and other companies
  as defined in rules and regulations promulgated by the  commissioner  of
  general  services  but  such  term  does not include those materials and
  byproducts generated  from,  and  commonly  reused  within  an  original
  manufacturing process.
    6. "Specification" means any description of the physical or functional
  characteristics,  or  of  the nature of a material, supply, equipment or
  construction item. It may include a description of any  requirement  for
  inspecting,  testing  or  preparing  a  material,  supply,  equipment or
  construction item for delivery.