26. Transitional provision

Terms defined in s 2

• contracting authority

  contracting authority

  Defined · s 2

  “contracting authority” means a ministry or department of the Government, an Organ of State or a statutory board declared, by order made under section 4(1), as a contracting authority for the purposes of this Act;

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• procurement

  procurement

  Defined · s 2

  “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;

  Open s 2
• qualification of suppliers

  qualification of suppliers

  Defined · s 2

  “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;

  Open s 2
• supplier

  supplier

  Defined · s 2

  “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;

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