Procurement Process ABC

Glossary of terms

Key Concepts and Explanations

Open tender – a procurement method where any interested supplier can submit a proposal.

Supplier selections are announced in the section Tenders Suppliers Can Participate In.

CVP IS – Central Public Procurement Information System, administered by the Public Procurement Office (PPO). This system is mandatory for announcing planned public procurements, technical specification projects, conducting supplier tenders, announcing results, and other information related to the execution of public procurement procedures.

Internet address https://pirkimai.eviesiejipirkimai.lt.

  • Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) – a purely electronic process for regular procurements whose characteristics are widely known in the market and meet the requirements set by the contracting authority. The duration of the use of the dynamic purchasing system is limited. Throughout its validity, any interested supplier meeting the qualification requirements set by the contracting authority can participate.

    Supplier selections are announced in the section Tenders Suppliers Can Participate In.

Main Contract (Order Contract) – a contract between the buyer and the supplier, concluded when making purchases through the CPO LT catalog. This contract is based on the preliminary contract (between the supplier and CPO LT), so buyers and suppliers do not need to conduct public procurement procedures again.

Procurements through CPO LT – part of centralized public procurements conducted in the CPO LT catalog, where buyers conduct procurements and suppliers engage in renewed competition and conclude the main contract based on the preliminary contract.

Current procurements in the CPO LT catalog are announced in the section Procurements Announced by CPO LT.

Preliminary contract – an agreement between one or more contracting authorities and one or more suppliers, aimed at setting the conditions applicable to contracts to be concluded over a specified period, primarily concerning price and, where necessary, the determination of expected quantities.

The preliminary contract between the supplier and CPO LT is concluded by conducting public procurement procedures in the CVP IS system. Based on this contract, suppliers commit to supplying goods, services, or works in the CPO LT catalog and concluding main contracts with buyers.

More about tenders and preliminary contracts in the section “Tenders”.

Public procurement – the acquisition of goods, services, or works by a contracting authority, regulated by law, with the aim of concluding a public procurement contract.

CPO LT conducts public procurements centrally through the Public Procurement Office's CVP IS system and concludes preliminary contracts with suppliers for the supply of goods, services, or works through CPO LT.

More about tenders and preliminary contracts in the section “Tenders”.

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