The terms of the Regulations, as the law defines them.

attivitajiet ta’ akkwist anċillari

"ancillary purchasing activities" means activities consisting in the provision of support to purchasing activities, in particular in the following forms:

persuna black listed

"black listed person" means any person, whether legal or natural, with whom a contracting authority and any body governed by public law shall be prohibited from carrying…

korpi regolati bid-dritt pubbliku

"bodies governed by public law" means bodies that have all of the following characteristics:

kandidat

"candidate" means an economic operator that has sought an invitation or has been invited to take part in a restricted procedure, in a competitive procedure with…

kandidat konċernat

"candidate concerned" means a candidate who has not yet received information from a contracting authority about the rejection of his application before the notification…

awtoritajiet tal-gvern ċentrali

"central government authorities" means the contracting authorities listed in Schedule 6 and, in so far as corrections or amendments have been made at national level…

korp ta’ xiri ċentrali

"central purchasing body" means a contracting authority providing centralised purchasing activities and, possibly, ancillary purchasing activities;

attivitajiet ta’ akkwist ċentralizzat

"centralised purchasing activities" means activities conducted on a permanent basis, in one of the following forms:

Kummissjoni

"Commission" means the Commission of the European Union;

speċifikazzjoni teknika komuni

"common technical specification" means a technical specification in the field of ICT laid down in accordance with Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EU) 1025/2012;

kunflitti ta’ interess

"conflicts of interest" shall at least mean any situation where any person, including staff members of the contracting authority or of a procurement service provider…

korp għall-evalwazzjoni tal-konformità

"conformity assessment body" shall be a body that performs conformity assessment activities including calibration, testing, certification and inspection accredited in…

avviż dwar l-għoti ta’ kuntratt

"contract award notice" means an award notice to be published in the Official Journal of the European Union;

avviż ta’ kuntratt

"contract notice" means a notice to be published in the Official Journal of the European Union;

awtoritajiet kontraenti

"contracting authorities" means the State, regional or local authorities, bodies governed by public law or associations formed by one or more such authorities or one or…

Kumitati tal-Kuntratti

"Contracts Committees" means the General Contracts Committee and, or the Special Contracts Committee;

"CPV" means the Common Procurement Vocabulary as adopted by Regulation (EC) No. 2195/2002 as amended from time to time;

offerta dipartimentali

"departmental tender" means tenders issued by contracting authorities with an estimated value which falls under the threshold established under regulation 9(1)(a);

kompetizzjonijiet ta’ disinn

"design contests" means those procedures which enable the contracting authority to acquire, mainly in the fields of town and country planning, architecture and…

kuntratti diretti

"direct contracts" means contracts awarded without recourse to a prior call for competition;

Direttur

"Director" means the Director of Contracts who heads the Department of Contracts;

Direttur għall-Impjiegi u r-Relazzjonijiet Industrijali

"Director of Employment and Industrial Relations" shall have the same meaning as specified in the Employment and Industrial Relations Act;

Direttur għall-Akkwist Settorjali

"Director Sectoral Procurement" means the Director responsible for the administration and management of the Sectoral Procurement Directorate;

operatur ekonomiku

"economic operator" means any natural or legal person or public entity or group of such persons and, or entities, including any temporary association of undertakings and…

mezzi elettroniċi

"electronic means" refers to electronic equipment for the processing (including digital compression) and storage of data which is transmitted, conveyed and received by…

Valutazzjoni Teknika Ewropea

"European Technical Assessment" means the documented assessment of the performance of a construction product, in relation to its essential characteristics, in accordance…

Kumitat ta’ Evalwazzjoni

"Evaluation Committee" means boards or committees appointed by contracting authorities with the purpose of evaluating tenders received and for making recommendations…

ftehim qafas

"framework agreement" means an agreement between one or more contracting authorities and one or more economic operators, the purpose of which is to establish the terms…

pjattaforma tal-akkwist elettroniku tal-gvern

"government’s e-procurement platform" means the electronic platform for procurement as established by the Director;

ineffettività

"ineffectiveness" means a contract awarded illegally or when the procurement procedure was not followed correctly;

innovazzjoni

"innovation" means the implementation of a new or significantly improved product, service or process, including but not limited to production, building or construction…

offerti mhux konformi

"irregular tenders" means tenders which do not comply with the procurement documents, which were received late, where there is evidence of collusion or corruption, or…

tikketta

"label" means any document, certificate or attestation confirming that the works, products, services, processes or procedures in question meet certain requirements;

rekwiżiti tat-tikketti

"label requirements" means the requirements to be met by the works, products, services, processes or procedures in question in order to obtain the label concerned;

ċiklu tal-ħajja

"life cycle" means all consecutive and, or interlinked stages, including research and development to be carried out, production, trading and its conditions, transport…

Stat Membru

"Member State" means a member state of the European Union;

Ministru

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for Finance;

modifika

"modification" means any change, variation or amendment to the original terms of the contract including but not limited to the introduction of new conditions and to the…

proċeduri negozjati

"negotiated procedures" means those procedures whereby contracting authorities consult the economic operators of their choice and negotiate the terms of a contract with…

avviż

"notice" means a notice published in the Gazette;

avviżi informattivi minn qabel

"prior information notices" means a notice published in the Official Journal according to what is specified under Part I;

akkwist

"procurement" means acquisition by means of a public contract of works, supplies or services by one or more contracting authorities from economic operators chosen by…

dokument ta’ akkwist

"procurement document" means any document produced or referred to by the contracting authority to describe or determine elements of the procurement or the procedure…

fornitur ta’ servizzi ta’ akkwist

"procurement service provider "means a public or private body which offers ancillary purchasing activities on the market;

kuntratti pubbliċi

"public contracts" means contracts for pecuniary interest concluded in writing between one or more economic operators and one or more contracting authorities and having…

kuntratti pubbliċi ta’ servizzi

"public service contracts" means public contracts having as their object the provision of services other than those referred to in the definition of public works…

kuntratti pubbliċi ta’ provvisti

"public supply contracts" means public contracts having as their object the purchase, lease, rental or hire-purchase, with or without an option to buy, of products…

kuntratti pubbliċi ta’ xogħlijiet

"public works contracts" means public contracts having as their object one of the following:

awtoritajiet reġjonali

"regional authorities" includes authorities listed non-exhaustively in Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) 1 and 2, as referred to in Regulation (EC)…

proċeduri ristretti

"restricted procedures" means those procedures in which any economic operator may request to participate and whereby only those economic operators invited by the…

Bord ta’ Reviżjoni

"Review Board" means the Public Contracts Review Board;

Direttorat għall-Akkwist Settorjali

"Sectoral Procurement Directorate" means the directorate responsible for the administration, evaluation and recommendation on behalf of contracting authorities listed…

"SME" has the same meaning as that given under Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC;

"standard" means a technical specification, adopted by a recognised standardisation body, for repeated or continuous application, with which compliance is not…

referenza teknika

"technical reference" means any deliverable produced by European standardisation bodies, other than European standards, according to procedures adapted to the…

speċifikazzjoni teknika

"technical specification" means either:

offerent

"tenderer" means an economic operator that has submitted a tender;

offerenti involuti

"tenderers concerned" means tenderers who have not yet been definitely excluded. An exclusion is definitive if it has been notified to the tenderers concerned and has…

TFUE

"TFEU" means the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;

offerti inaċċettabbli

"unacceptable tenders" means tenders submitted by tenderers that do not have the required qualifications, and tenders whose price exceeds the contracting authority’s…

"VAT" means value added tax under the Value Added Tax Act;

xogħol

"work" 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;

miktub

"written" or "in writing" means any expression consisting of words or figures which can be read, reproduced and subsequently communicated, including information…