Decision (EU) 2016/245 (ECB/2016/2)

means a procedure to establish a list of suitable suppliers that may be invited to participate in procurement procedures.

means a supplier that has submitted an application to participate in a restricted or negotiated procedure, a competitive dialogue or an innovation partnership;

means a procedure in which any supplier may request to participate and where the ECB conducts a dialogue with the candidates admitted to that procedure, with the aim of developing one or more suitable alternatives capable of meeting its requirements;

means contracts having as their subject matter either the provision of services or the execution of works, whose reward mainly consists of a permission granted by the ECB to exploit these works or to provide services to others;

means contracts for pecuniary interest concluded in writing between the ECB and one or more suppliers and having as their subject matter the execution of works, the supply of products or the provision of services;

means calendar days;

means the works to be executed, services to be provided or products to be supplied under a contract;

means a completely electronic process for purchasing commonly used deliverables, the characteristics of which, as generally available on the market, meet the ECB’s requirements;

means a repetitive process involving an electronic system in which new prices, revised downwards, and/or new values concerning certain elements of tenders are presented, which occurs after an initial full evaluation of the tenders, and which enables them to be ranked using automatic evaluation methods;

means an agreement between the ECB and one or more suppliers, the purpose of which is to establish the terms governing the specific contracts to be awarded during a given period, in particular with regard to price and, where appropriate, the quantity envisaged;

means any expression consisting of words or figures which can be read, reproduced and subsequently communicated, including information transmitted and stored by electronic means;

means a procedure in which any supplier may request to participate and where the ECB sets up a partnership with one or more candidates admitted to that procedure with the aim of developing and purchasing innovative products, services or works;

means the invitation sent to candidates or suppliers to submit a tender and specifying the procedure, the ECB's requirements and the contractual terms and conditions;

means a procedure in which the ECB consults the suppliers of its choice and negotiates the terms of any contract with one or more of them;

means a procedure in which any interested supplier may submit a tender;

means contracts related to theoretical work or practical experimentation, analysis or research carried out under controlled conditions either: Research and development contracts in the field of banknote security do not include contracts for the pilot printing of euro banknotes;

means a procedure in which any supplier may request to participate but only those candidates invited by the ECB may submit a tender;

means contracts, other than those referred to in point (2), having as their subject matter the provision of services.

means any natural or legal person or public entity or group of such persons and/or entities which offers on the market the execution of works, the supply of products or the provision of services;

means contracts having as their subject matter the purchase, lease, rental or hire purchase, with or without an option to buy, of products.

means a supplier that has submitted a tender;

means the outcome of building or civil engineering works taken as a whole which is sufficient in itself to fulfil an economic or technical function;

means contracts, other than those referred to in points (2) and (3), having as their subject matter either the execution, or both the design and execution, of works.