7. Duty of contracting authority

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;

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• procurement subject to the Act

  procurement subject to the Act

  Defined · s 2

  “procurement subject to the Act” means a procurement declared, by order made under section 4(2), to be a procurement subject to this Act;

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• Protocol

  Protocol

  Defined · s 2

  “Protocol” means the Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government Procurement done at Geneva on 30 March 2012;

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• 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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• Tribunal

  Tribunal

  Defined · s 2

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

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