Procurement Service Provider
From Open Risk Manual
Definition
Procurement Service Provider is the role of a public or private body which offers ancillary purchasing activities on the market. The entity managing the procurement, which may be different from the buyer who is paying / using the items being procured
Ancillary purchasing activities means activities consisting in the provision of support to purchasing activities, in particular in the following forms:
- technical infrastructure enabling contracting authorities to award public contracts or to conclude framework agreements for works, supplies or services;
- advice on the conduct or design of public procurement procedures;
- preparation and management of procurement procedures on behalf and for the account of the contracting authority concerned
References
- Source: Directive 2014/24/EU, Article 2, paragraphs 17 and 15.
