Abbreviations and acronyms
Saxony’s Procurement Advisory Centre (Auftragsberatungsstelle Sachsen e.V.), Germany
Alliance for Sustainable Procurement (Allianz für eine Nachhaltige Beschaffung), Germany
Italian National Anti-Corruption Authority (Autorità Nazionale Anticorruzione), Italy
All of Government, New Zealand
American Purchasing Society, United States
Australian Public Service
General Administrative Regulation on the Procurement of Energy Efficient Products and Services (Allgemeine Verwaltungsvorschrift zur Beschaffung energieeffizienter Produkte und Dienstleistungen), Germany
Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit), Germany
Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and the Use of the Federal Armed Forces (Bundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr), Germany
Federal Academy for Public Administration (Bundesakademie für Öffentliche Verwaltung), Germany
Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung), Germany
Austrian Federal Procurement Agency (Bundesbeschaffung GmbH)
Federal Association of German Industries (Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie), Germany
Federal Procurement Office of the Federal Ministry of the Interior (Beschaffungsamt des Bundesministeriums des Innern), Germany
Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung), Germany
Association of Materials Management, Purchasing and Logistics (Bundesverband Materialwirtschaft, Einkauf und Logistik e.V.), Germany
Federal Ministry of Finance (Bundesministerium der Finanzen), Germany
Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community (Bundesministerium des Innern, für Bau und Heimat), Germany
Federal Ministry of Defence (Bundesministerium der Verteidigung), Germany
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie), Germany
Contracting authorities
Council on Environmental Quality, United States
Competition and Markets Authority, United Kingdom
Carbon dioxide
Central purchasing bodies
Corruption Perception Index
Chief procurement officer
German Trade Union Confederation (Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund)
German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt)
Dynamic purchasing systems
European Single Procurement Document
European Union
Procurement Centre (Einkaufs- und Vergabezentrum), Germany
Framework agreement
Federal Institute for Sustainable Development, Belgium
Research Centre for Law and Management of Public Procurement (Forschungszentrum für Recht und Management öffentlicher Beschaffung), Germany
Federal Procurement Data System, United States
Gross Domestic Product
Building Management Schleswig-Holstein (Gebäudemanagement Schleswig-Holstein), Germany
Green Product Information System, Korea
Law against Restraints on Competition (Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen), Germany
General Customs Directorate (Generalzolldirektion), Germany
Federal University of Applied Administrative Sciences (Hochschule des Bundes für öffentliche Verwaltung), Germany
Real Estate Bremen (Immobilien Bremen), Germany
Information and communication technologies
Chamber of industry and commerce (Industrie- und Handelskammer), Germany
International Institute for Sustainable Development
International Labour Organisation
International Civil Service Effectiveness Index
Information technology
IT Group Schleswig-Holstein (IT-Verbund Schleswig-Holstein), Germany
“Department Store” of the Federation (Kaufhaus des Bundes), Germany
“Department Store” of the State (Kaufhaus des Landes), Germany
Association of Local Government Management (Kommunale Gemeinschaftsstelle für Verwaltungsmanagement), Germany
Competence Centre for Sustainable Procurement (Kompetenzstelle für nachhaltige Beschaffung), Germany
Competence Centre for Innovation Procurement (Kompetenzzentrum innovative Beschaffung), Germany
Korean e-Procurement System
Ordinance on the Award of Concession Contracts (Konzessionsvergabeverordnung), Germany
Key performance indicator
State Services Property and Construction Management (Landesbetrieb Liegenschafts- und Baubetreuung), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
State Services Mobility (Landesbetrieb Mobilität), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Life-cycle costing
State Services Data and Information (Landesbetrieb Daten und Information), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
State Services for Statistics and Telecommunications of Lower-Saxony (Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen), Germany
Logistic Centre of Lower-Saxony (Logistikzentrum Niedersachsen), Germany
Methodology for Assessing Procurement Systems
Most economically advantageous tender
National Action Plan on Sustainable Public Procurement for 2013-2016, Poland
National Archives and Records Administration, United States
Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entities, Australia
German Regulatory Control Council (Normenkontrollrat)
North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen), Germany
New Zealand Business Number
New Zealand Government Procurement
Office of Government Procurement, Ireland
Office of Management and Budget, United States
Procurement Capability Index, New Zealand
Dutch Professional and Innovative Tendering Network for Government Contracting Authorities
Public Service for Sustainable Development Planning, Belgium
Public Procurement Service, Korea
Public Works and Government Services, Canada
Quality of Government project, Sweden
Research and development
Request for Information
Regulatory impact assessments
Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat), Netherlands
System of Award Management, United States
Sustainable Development Goals
Sector regulations (Sektorenverordnung), Germany
Small and medium-sized enterprises
Saxon State Ministry for Economy, Labour and Transport (Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Verkehr), Germany
Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium, United States
Transaction authentication number
Tenders Electronic Daily
Union of Public Purchasing Groups (Union des Groupements d’Achats Publics), France
United Nations
Code of Procedure for Procuring Supplies and Services Below EU-Thresholds (Unterschwellenvergabeverordnung), Germany
Ordinance on Public Procurement Statistics (Vergabestatistikverordnung), Germany
Ordinance on the Award of Public Contracts (Vergabeverordnung), Germany
Public Procurement Market Place (Vergabemarktplatz), Germany
Regulations on Contract Awards for Public Works (Vergabe- und Vertragsordnung für Bauleistungen), Germany
Regulations on Contract Awards for Public Works, Part A (Vergabe- und Vertragsordnung für Bauleistungen, Teil A), Germany
Regulations on Contract Awards for Services of Freelancers (Vergabeordnung für freiberufliche Leistungen), Germany
Regulations on Contract Awards for Public Supplies and Services (Vergabe- und Vertragsordnung für Leistungen), Germany
Ordinance on Contract Awards in the Field of Defence and Security (Vergabeverordnung Verteidigung und Sicherheit), Germany
Administrative Regulation of Procurement and the Environment (Verwaltungsvorschrift Beschaffung und Umwelt), Germany
World Trade Organisation
Central Office for IT Procurement within the Federal Procurement Office of the Federal Ministry of the Interior (Zentralstelle für IT-Beschaffung), Germany
Central Procurement Unit of the Federal Office of Food and Agriculture (Zentrale Vergabestelle für das Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft), Germany