Glossary

We understand that procurement can be confusing. Organisations often use different terms to describe the same thing. With that in mind, we designed this glossary to make buying with us and navigating our website easier. It is not designed to be an extensive list of all procurement terms.



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Frameworks

Provides a compliant way to buy products or services from pre-approved suppliers. We complete checks to ensure suppliers can provide the products and services listed before they join the framework.

Each framework has its own set of terms and conditions, schedules and order forms. It may also contain further information where an agreement offers more complex goods and services.

Under the PCR 2015 regulations this is known as a framework agreement.

Take a look at our current frameworks.

Become a supplier on a framework.

Under the Procurement Act 2023 a framework refers to open frameworks and closed frameworks.