Abbreviations and acronyms

BPQR

Best price quality ratio

Contracting authority

CMS

Control and management system

COVID-19

Coronavirus Disease 2019

DPS

Dynamic purchasing systems

Economic operators

European Union

Framework agreement

FUA

Functional urban area

GDP

Gross domestic product

GPP

Green public procurement

HPS

High-pressure sodium

ICT

Information and communication technology

IoT

Internet of Things

ITI

Integrated territorial investment

KPI

Key performance indicator

LCC

Life cycle costing

LED

Light-emitting diode

LTE

Long-Term Evolution

NGO

Non-governmental organisation

Procurement department

PIN

Prior information notice

PPA

Public Procurement Act

PPO

Public Procurement Office

RfP

Request for proposal

RfQ

Request for quotation

SDG

United Nations Sustainable Development Goal

SMART

Specific, Measurable, Assignable, Realistic and Time-related

SME

Small- and medium-sized enterprise

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