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Glossary of public procurement terms

Find out more about some of the public procurement terms you may be unfamiliar with.

Award/Evaluation Criteria

Benchmarking

Call-off Contract

Candidate

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

Competitive Tendering

Contract

Contract Award Notice

Contract Notice

Contract Notice

Consortium

Contracts Finder

Contracting Authority

Crown Commercial Service

Day Rate

Deliverables

Dynamic Purchasing Systems (DPS)

Equal Treatment

Evaluation Methodology

Exclusion Grounds

Find A Tender Service (FTS)

Invitation To Tender (ITT)

Lot

Mini-competition

Most Advantageous Tender (MEAT)

Procurement

Quality

Request For Quote (RFQ)

Schedule of Rates/Pricing Schedule

Service Level Agreement (SLA)

Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs)

Specification/Statement of Requirements

Standard Questionnaire (SQ)

Standstill Letter

Standstill Period

Transparency

Variants

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