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<strong>ESA</strong>/REG/001, rev. 2<br />

Annex III,rev.1<br />

Page 5<br />

GLOSSARY<br />

For the purpose of this Manual the following definitions will apply:<br />

Adjudication Committee<br />

Appointing Authority<br />

Call for Proposal<br />

Competitive Tender<br />

Contract<br />

Contractor<br />

Contract officer/ Assistant<br />

Contracts officer<br />

Contractual solicitation<br />

documents<br />

Contract Planning officer (CPO)<br />

Contract proposal<br />

Economic Operator<br />

The internal <strong>ESA</strong> body responsible for verifying that proposed<br />

procurement actions are in line within the established rules and<br />

policies and for recommending and approving them.<br />

Acting under the authority of the Director General, the Head of<br />

the Procurement Department, or a staff member of the<br />

Procurement Department to whom the authority to appoint the<br />

Tender Evaluation Board has been delegated by the Head of<br />

the Procurement Department.<br />

A procedure, limited or not in time, for inviting economic<br />

operators to submit tenders at their own initiative without<br />

responding to a specific Invitation To Tender issued by the<br />

Agency.<br />

A process through which economic operators are invited to<br />

submit tenders.<br />

An agreement established in writing, the subject of which is<br />

the delivery of supplies, the rendering of services or any<br />

activities carried out to or for the Agency in exchange for a<br />

price or another consideration, including any amendment to<br />

such agreement (Contract Change Notice, Rider)<br />

A Tenderer who has entered into a contract with the Agency.<br />

A member of the Agency’s Procurement Department who<br />

performs the procurement support functions.<br />

The Agency documents setting forth the desired contractual<br />

and tendering requirements under which supplies or services or<br />

any other activity will be procured (draft contract, special<br />

tender conditions…).<br />

A staff member of the Agency Procurement Department who<br />

performs the administrative control of the internal procurement<br />

process.<br />

A submission for approval to place a contract with a<br />

recommended Tenderer or an amendment with a contractor.<br />

Any natural or legal person or public entity or group of such<br />

persons and/or bodies which offers on the market, respectively,<br />

the delivery of supplies, products or services

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