(1) "Agency" means any county, city and county, home rule county formed in accordance with the provisions of article 35 of this title, any county public improvement district formed in accordance with the provisions of part 5 of article 20 of this title, any other district that a county or a city and county may create pursuant to the authority provided in article 20 of this title that is a budgetaryunit exercising construction contracting authority or discretion, and any special taxing district formed by a home rule county in accordance with the provisions of part 9 of article 35 of this title.

(2) "Contract" means any agreement for designing, building, altering, repairing, improving, demolishing, operating, maintaining, or financing a public project.

(3) "Cost-reimbursement contract" means a contract under which a participating entity is reimbursed for costs that are allowable and allocable in accordance with the contract terms and provisions of this part 11.

(4) "Integrated project delivery" or "IPD" means a project delivery method in which there is a contractual agreement between an agency and a single participating entity for the design, construction, alteration, operation, repair, improvement, demolition, maintenance, or financing, or any combination of these services, for a public project.

(5) "IPD contract" means a contract using an integrated project delivery method.

(6) "Participating entity" means a partnership, corporation, joint venture, unincorporated association, or other legal entity that provides appropriately licensed planning, architectural, engineering, development, construction, operating, or maintenance services as needed in connection with an IPD contract.

(7) "Public project" means any lands, buildings, structures, works, machinery, equipment, or facilities suitable for and intended for use as public property for public purposes or suitable for and intended for use in the promotion of the public health, public welfare, or public education, to the extent the boundaries of an agency and a school district are coterminous, or for the conservation of natural resources, including the planning of any such lands, buildings, improvements, structures, works, machinery, equipment, or facilities. "Public project" shall also include existing lands, buildings, improvements, structures, works, and facilities, as well as improvements, renovations, or additions to any such lands, buildings, improvements, structures, works, or facilities, including without limitation any sewerage facility as defined in section 30-20-401 (4), any water facility as defined in section 30-20-401 (6), any joint system as defined in section 30-20-401 (3), and any operation or maintenance programs for the operation and upkeep of such projects.

(8) "Public purposes" includes, but is not limited to, the supplying of public water services and facilities, public sewerage services and facilities, and lands, buildings, improvements, equipment, and facilities for public education, to the extent the boundaries of the agency and school district are coterminous.