Procurement Service Provider

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.