ARTICLE 1: - emits - ESA
ARTICLE 1: - emits - ESA
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<strong>ESA</strong>/REG/001, rev.2<br />
Annex III,rev.1<br />
Page 6<br />
Electronic Means<br />
Frame contract<br />
Framework Agreement<br />
General procurement<br />
Industrial Policy Committee<br />
Industrial policy measures<br />
Initiating Authority<br />
Initiating<br />
Directorate/Department<br />
Invitation To Tender (“ITT”)/<br />
Request for Quotation (“RFQ”)<br />
Non Competitive Tender(ing)<br />
(or “Direct negotiation”)<br />
Open Competitive Tender(ing)<br />
Potential Bidder<br />
Procurement proposal<br />
Means using electronic equipment for the processing<br />
(including digital compression) and storage of data which is<br />
transmitted, conveyed and received by wire, by radio, by<br />
optical means or by other electromagnetic means.<br />
An agreement (s) between the Agency and one or more<br />
contractors, the purpose of which is to establish the terms<br />
governing work orders to be awarded during a given period<br />
and/or within a given financial limit of liability, in particular<br />
with regard to the price, the activity and, where appropriate,<br />
the quantity envisaged.<br />
A single frame contract or the aggregation of several frame<br />
contracts<br />
A procurement, the subject of which is not directly the<br />
delivery of supplies or the rendering of services for the<br />
Agency’s research, experiment, study or development<br />
activities and/or operational infrastructures.<br />
An <strong>ESA</strong> Council subordinate body entrusted with the<br />
competence on industrial policy matters and procurement.<br />
Any measure defined by <strong>ESA</strong> in the furtherance of the <strong>ESA</strong><br />
defined objectives of industrial policy. consistent with the<br />
provisions of Article VII of the <strong>ESA</strong> Convention and Annex<br />
V thereof<br />
The staff member (usually the Head of Division) who has the<br />
direct responsibility of the managerial and/or technical<br />
execution of the activity which forms the subject of the tender<br />
and who has been delegated in accordance with the Agency<br />
internal instructions the right to sign <strong>ESA</strong> internal acts leading<br />
to requests for proposals or for quotation.<br />
The Directorate or Department to which the Initiating<br />
Authority reports.<br />
A formal invitation to economic operators to submit tenders<br />
for a contract containing the conditions for the submission<br />
together with the technical, managerial and contractual<br />
solicitation documents.<br />
A procedure in which competitive tender(ing) is waived.<br />
A procedure for inviting tenders open to any economic<br />
operator.<br />
An economic operator who has registered with the Agency.<br />
A submission for approval to issue an Invitation to Tender.