Terms & definitions

Admissible tender

A tender which:

  • is from a non-excluded tenderer meeting the selection criteria,

  • conforms with the technical specifications,

  • is regular (e.g. submitted on time, normal price & cost, …​), acceptable, and suitable.

CELEX number

Identifier assigned at EUR-Lex to documents regardless of the language they are written in. A short presentation may be found at https://eur-lex.europa.eu/content/help/faq/celex-number.html.

Central Purchasing Body

"A procuring entity that provides centralised purchasing activities and, possibly, ancillary purchasing activities for other procuring entities." (eProcurement Ontology)

Concession directive

Directive 2014/23/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the award of concession contracts, Text with EEA relevance [R1]

Contractor

For a given Lot, a Contractor is any Tenderer that has signed a Contract.

Defence directive

Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of procedures for the award of certain works contracts, supply contracts and service contracts by contracting authorities or entities in the fields of defence and security, and amending Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC (Text with EEA relevance) [R4]

General directive

Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC Text with EEA relevance [R2]

Joint procurement

Combined procurement actions of two or more contracting authorities with a single call for competition published on behalf of all participating authorities.

Further information may be found on the EC factsheet.

Legal regime

A system of principles and rules governing something, and which is created by law. It is framework of legal rules. (https://definitions.uslegal.com/l/legal-regime/) There are two regimes defined for eForms: standard regime, and social regime.

Part

"PIN only" (prior information notice used only for information) component, that, at launch of the call for competition, may become a Lot or a self-standing Procedure.

Procurement procedure

Series of actions conducted in a given sequence that leads to the conclusion of a public contract. The purpose is threefold:

  • To guarantee the widest possible participation of economic operators;

  • To ensure the transparency of operations; and

  • To obtain the desired quality of services, supplies and works at the best possible price.

    Offers submitted in the context of a procurement procedure are called "tenders". An economic operator who has submitted a tender is referred to as a "tenderer".

Qualification System

To be defined

Sectoral directive

Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors and repealing Directive 2004/17/EC, Text with EEA relevance [R3]

Tenderer

For a given Lot, a Tenderer is any organisation, Subcontractors excluded, that, alone or as part of a group (the so-called Tendering Party), submits a Tender for that Lot.

Winner

For a given Lot, a Winner is any Tenderer that has been awarded a Contract.

References

  • [R1] Directive 2014/23/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the award of concession contracts, Text with EEA relevance, Official Journal of The European Union, OJ L 94, March 28th, 2014, pp. 1 - 64, accessible at http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/23/oj, accessed February 11th, 2020

  • [R2] Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC, Text with EEA relevance, Official Journal of The European Union, OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, pp. 65 - 242, Available at http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/24/oj, accessed February 11th, 2020.

  • [R3] Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors and repealing Directive 2004/17/EC, Text with EEA relevance. Official Journal of The European Union, OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, pp. 243 - 374, available at http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/25/oj, accessed February 11th, 2020.

  • [R4] Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of procedures for the award of certain works contracts, supply contracts and service contracts by contracting authorities or entities in the fields of defence and security, and amending Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC (Text with EEA relevance), Official Journal of The European Union, OJ L 216, 20.8.2009, pp. 76 - 136, accessible at http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2009/81/oj, accessed February 11th, 2020.