UNCITRAL Model Law Terms
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Others in use or similar Terms
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Description Notes
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Abnormally low submissions
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Abnormally low tenders (EU)
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Submissions with prices so low they raise performance concerns
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Advance notice of the procurement |
Contract notice (EU) or Prior information notice (EU), depending on the context
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Advertisement prior to beginning of procurement |
Challenge procedures – request for reconsideration, request for review
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Remedies (EU)
Bid protest (US)
Challenge procedures (GPA) |
Suppliers’ challenge to procurement decisions under Chapter VIII Model Law |
Closed framework agreements
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Framework agreements (EU)
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Two-stage award procedures
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Construction
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Works (EU, World Bank)
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Description
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Specification (EU)
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Contained in the document used to establish the requirements for the goods or services to be purchased.
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Direct solicitation
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Solicitation addressed directly to one or a restricted number of suppliers and contractors without initial prequalification, available in restricted tendering, request-for-proposals, request for quotations, competitive negotiations and single-source procurement |
Evaluation
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Evaluation (EU)
Award of contracts (GPA)
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Comparative assessment of tenders etc.
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Evaluation criteria
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Award Criteria (EU)
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The criteria by which the successful tender is to be selected
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Examination
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Consideration of responsiveness (various)
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Assessment of whether tenders are responsive
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Goods
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Supplies (EU)
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Invitation (to tender, participate etc)
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Contract notice (EU)
Invitation to participate (GPA)
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Cf an invitation in the EU, which is a direct invitation to a supplier
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Most advantageous tender/submission
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Most economically advantageous tender (MEAT) (EU); most advantageous tender (GPA); lowest evaluated tender (1994 ML, other systems)
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The winner where there are non-price award/evaluation criteria |
Open framework agreements
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Dynamic Purchasing Systems (EU)
IDIQ/Task and order contracting (US)
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A framework agreement to which a supplier (or suppliers) or a contractor (or contractors) in addition to the initial parties may subsequently become a party or parties
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Open tendering
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Open procedure (EU)
Tendering (1994 ML) Competitive Tendering
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A bidding process that is open to all qualified suppliers |
Open tendering with pre-qualification
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Restricted procedure (EU)
Limited tendering (GPA)
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The ML combination is the nearest equivalent to the EU and GPA methods
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Pre-selection, pre-selection documents
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Shortlisting (World Bank, EBRD)
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Choosing amongst the prequalified the ones best qualified to be solicited.
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Procurement contract
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Public Contract (EU)
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Do not include framework agreements
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Procuring entity
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Contracting authority (EU), government agency (US)
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Procurement procedure
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Award Procedure (EU)
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The procedure for awarding a contract
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Public notice of award
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Contract award notice (EU)
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Qualification criteria
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Selection criteria (EU)
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Criteria to determine which suppliers can participate
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Qualification
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Selection (EU, GPA)
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Request for proposals with dialogue
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Competitive dialogue (EU)
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The procedures are not identical
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Request for quotations
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Shopping (MDBs)
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Relatively informal procedure with request for quotation directly addressed to limited number of suppliers
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Restricted tendering
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NOT the Restricted procedure in the EU
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Restricted tendering under the ML is more like Limited tendering under the GPA
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Second stage competition
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Call off (EU)
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Competition to award contracts under a framework agreement
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Selection
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Award
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Not in the Model Law, but jargon used to denote award to winning supplier
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Single-source procurement
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Direct contracting
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Award of procurement contract directly to one supplier
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Solicitation, solicitation documents
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Call for tender, invitation to tender
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See definition in article 2 of Model Law
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Submissions
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Tender proposals, offers, quotations, bids
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See definition in article 2 of Model Law
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Supplier or contactor
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Economic operator (EU) Candidate (EU)
Vendor (US) |
Also includes potential suppliers or contractors
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Suppliers’ List
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Approved List (EU)
Preferred Suppliers’ List (EU)
Shortlist (EU, World Bank) |
Not used in ML as such; discussed in Guide; Shortlist in World Bank terms means the pre-selected suppliers under Article 49 of the ML
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Tender security
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Bid bond (US)
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Tender/submission with the lowest price
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Lowest-price tender (various, 1994 ML)
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The winner determined where only price as award/evaluation criterion
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