Clause 2

“Agreement on Government Procurement” means the Agreement by that name done at Marrakesh on 15th April 1994;

“award”, in relation to a contract or tender, means to accept an offer made;

“challenge proceeding” means any proceeding under Part III;

“Commissioner” means the Commissioner appointed by the Minister under section 8(2) and includes an acting Commissioner appointed by the Minister under section 8(9);

“contracting authority” means a ministry or department of the Government, an organ of State or a statutory board, declared by the Minister, by order made under section 4, as a contracting authority for the purposes of this Act;

“Deputy Commissioner” means a Deputy Commissioner appointed by the Minister under section 8(2);

“document” includes an electronic record;

“legal officer” has the same meaning as in the Government Proceedings Act (Cap. 121);

“procurement” means procurement of goods or service or a combination of goods and service by any contractual means, such as purchase or lease, rental or hire purchase, with or without an option to buy the goods or service or combination of goods and service;

“procurement subject to the Act” means a procurement declared by the Minister, by order made under section 4, to be a procurement subject to the Act;

“qualification of suppliers” means a process undertaken by a contracting authority to shortlist suppliers for a particular procurement, a particular type of procurement or procurement in general;

“relevant State” means a country or territory declared by the Minister, by order made under section 3, as a relevant State for the purposes of this Act;

“relevant supplier” means a supplier —

“supplier” means a person who sought, or who seeks, or who would have wished, to be the person to whom a contract of procurement, being a procurement subject to the Act, is awarded;

“Tribunal” means the Government Procurement Adjudication Tribunal established under section 8.