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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Further competition

Once you have selected the CCS commercial agreement that meets your requirements you can ask the suppliers listed to bid. This process is called a ‘further competition’. Generally in public procurement further competition is the preferred route to market because it offers a fair and open competition.

Not all commercial agreements will support further competition as a route to market. You should check the agreements buyer guide to see if this process is available.

Find out more about further competition.

This is replaced by award with competition under the Procurement Act 2023.

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RFP further competition

It provides buyers the capability to invite potential suppliers to submit a business proposal, through a bidding process, for the supply of a commodity, service, or asset. RFP Further competition is where customers want to engage with multiple suppliers so they can see each supplier’s proposal and pricing before making a decision on who to award the contract too.