The Public Services Contracts Regulations 1993

means a technical specification drawn up in accordance with a procedure recognised by the member States with a view to uniform application in all member States and which has been published in the Official Journal;

means 2 or more persons, at least one of whom is a services provider, acting jointly for the purpose of being awarded a public services contract.

means the invitation to tender for or to negotiate the contract, the proposed conditions of contract, the specifications or descriptions of the services required by the contracting authority and all documents supplementary thereto;

means a notice sent to the Official Journal in accordance with regulations 11(2), 12(2) or 13(2);

has the meaning ascribed to it by regulation 3;

means a competition particularly in the fields of planning, architecture, civil engineering and data processing— (a) which is conducted by a contracting authority and in which it invites the entry of plans and designs;

means the European Currency Unit as defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3180/78;

means requirements relating to safety, health and certain other aspects in the general interest which the services must meet;

means the same as it does for the purposes of the Community Treaties;

means a common technical specification, a British standard implementing a European standard or a European technical approval;

means a standard approved by the European Committee for Standardisation (“CEN”) or by the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (“CENELEC”) as a “European Standard (“EN”)” or a “Harmonisation Document (“HD”)” according to the Common Rules of those organisations, or by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (“ETSI”) as a “European Telecommunications Standard” (“ETSI”) as a “European Telecommunications Standard” (“ETS”);

means an approval of the fitness for use of a product, issued by an approval body designated for the purpose by a member State, following a technical assessment of whether the product fulfils the essential requirements for building works, having regard to the inherent characteristics of the product and the defined conditions of application and use;

means the period of 12 months ending on 31st march in any year or, in relation to any person whose accounts are prepared in respect of a different 12 month period, that period of 12 months;

includes a Northern Ireland department or the head of such department;

means the holder of an office in Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, and includes the Treasury;

means, in the case of a person who is not an individual, a person formed in accordance with the laws of a member State and which has its registered office, central administration or principal place of business in a member State;

means a procedure leading to the award of a contract whereby the contracting authority negotiates the terms of the contract with one or more persons selected by it;

includes a bid by one part of a contracting authority to provide services to another part of the contracting authority when the former part is invited by the latter part to compete with the offers sought from other persons.

means the Official Journal of the Communities;

means a procedure leading to the award of a contract whereby all interested persons may tender for the contract;

means a notice sent to the Official Journal in accordance with regulation 9;

means a contract in writing for consideration (whatever the nature of the consideration) under which a contracting authority engages a person to provide services but does not include— (a) a contract of employment or other contract of services;

means a procedure leading to the award of a contract whereby only persons selected by the contracting authority may submit yenders for the contract;

has the meaning ascibed to it by regulation 4;

means a technical specification approved by a recognised standardising body for repeated and continuous application, compliance with which is in principle not compulsory;

means the technical requirements defining the characteristics required of the work or works and of the materials and goods used in or for it or them (such as quality, performance, safety or dimensions) so that the works, work, materials and goods are described objectively in a manner which will ensure that they fulfil the use for which they are intended by the contracting authority.

means the Commssion of the Communities;

means to accept an offer made in relation to a proposed contract;

means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or Bank Holiday within the meaning of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971;

means a calendar year.