Selkeät määritelmät julkisten hankintojen termeille, joihin törmäät etsiessäsi ja tarjotessasi julkisiin tarjouskilpailuihin.
Award criteria are the factors a contracting authority uses to score bids and decide the winner, such as price, quality, technical merit, and delivery. They are published in the tender documents, usually with weightings.
Lue lisää →A contracting authority is the public body that runs a procurement and awards the contract — for example a government department, local council, hospital, or state-owned entity. It defines the requirements, publishes the tender, and evaluates bids.
Lue lisää →A CPV (Common Procurement Vocabulary) code is a standardised numeric code that classifies what a public tender is buying. Contracting authorities across the EU use the same codes, so searching by CPV finds relevant tenders regardless of language or wording.
Lue lisää →A dynamic purchasing system (DPS) is a fully electronic procurement arrangement that any qualifying supplier can join at any time during its life. Buyers run competitions among the admitted suppliers whenever they have a specific requirement.
Lue lisää →E-procurement is the use of electronic systems to run public purchasing — from publishing notices and distributing documents to receiving and evaluating bids online. It is now the standard way public bodies conduct procurement.
Lue lisää →The ESPD (European Single Procurement Document) is a standardised self-declaration form that suppliers submit to confirm they meet a tender's eligibility and selection criteria. It lets bidders declare compliance up front instead of providing all supporting evidence at bid time.
Lue lisää →A framework agreement is a contract between one or more buyers and one or more suppliers that sets the terms for future purchases over a set period. Rather than awarding a single job, it establishes who may supply and on what terms, with specific orders ('call-offs') placed later.
Lue lisää →An open procedure is a procurement process in which any interested supplier may submit a full bid in response to the published notice. There is no pre-selection stage — evaluation is done on the tenders received.
Lue lisää →A restricted procedure is a two-stage process: suppliers first apply to be shortlisted based on selection criteria, and only those invited may submit a full tender. It limits the number of bidders the authority evaluates in detail.
Lue lisää →TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) is the EU's official online journal for public procurement notices. It publishes higher-value tenders from across member states in a single place, making it the primary source for large, cross-border contract opportunities.
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