Glossary

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A

Administration Intelligence AG

AI BIDDINGCOCKPIT

AI TENDERINGMANAGER

AI TENDERINGPORTAL

AI WEBLAUNCHER

Ariba network

Award criteria

Award platform

B

Bid

Bid opening

Bidder

Bitkom Declaration of Commitment

Bund.de

Business partner

C

Cancellation

Carbon footprint

Circular economy

Client

Climate neutrality

Compliance

Contract award

Contracting authority

Contract number

Contractor

CO2 neutrality

CPV code

D

Delivered-at-place (DAP)

Delivered-duty-paid (DDP)

Delivery date

Delivery location

Delivery time

Direct Award of Contract

Due diligence obligations of the LkSG

Duty to inform

E

Electronic invoicing

Electronic purchase orders

Electronic tendering

Emissions categories (scopes)

Energy efficiency classes

E procurement

E tenders

EU tender

EU notice announcement portal

EU threshold values

F

Find a Tender (FTS)

Framework contract

Fraunhofer-Institutes and Research Units

Fraunhofer Supplier Information Portal

G

General principles for making awards (German Act against Restraints of Competition)

General terms and conditions of purchase

German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act

Grantor

Grant recipient

Green procurement

H

I

ILO Core Labor Standards

Incoterms

Invitation to tender

J

K

L

Life cycle costs

Limited Invitation to Tender with and without Competitive Tender

Linear economy

Lots

M

Management systems

Minimum requirement

N

Negotiated Procedure with Contract Notice

Negotiated Procedure without Contract Notice

Negotiated Tender without Public Application

Negotiated Tender with Public Application

Notice

Notice announcement platform

O

OJEU notices

OJEU tender

Open Procedure

Order number

P

Passing of risk

Public client

Public procurement

Public Tender

Prior information notice

Procurement office

Q

Quality label

Quality mark

R

REACH regulation

Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS)

Routing ID

S

SAP supplier registration

Self-cleaning

Service specifications

SIMAP

Service-level agreement (SLA)

Suitability criteria

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

Sustainable procurement

T

TED Tenders Electronic Daily

Tender

Tender Alert

Tender documents

Tendering methods

Tender platform

Tender portal

Tendering procedure

Tender search

Tender website

The Official Journal of the EU (OJEU)

U

United Nations Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC)

UVgO

V

VOB

VOF

VOL

W

X

XInvoice

Y

Z