Glossary
Public procurement terms, explained briefly and with sources.
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Subject Matter of Procurement in Procurement Law 2026
Subject matter of procurement: definition of the service to be procured as supply, works or service contract. Significance for the procurement procedure.
Subject Matter of the Contract in Public Procurement Law 2026
Subject matter of the contract: the specific service procured under a public contract. Significance for the choice of procedure and specifications.
Submission in Procurement Law
The submission is the public appointment for opening submitted tenders in the procurement procedure under equal treatment of all bidders.
Subsequent Submission in Procurement Law 2026
Subsequent submission in procurement law: contracting authority's request to bidders to complete missing documents or declarations after bid opening.
Suitability Check in Procurement Law
Suitability check: review of authorisation, reliability and capability of bidders. ESPD, pre-qualification. §§ 68 et seq. BVergG 2018, §§ 42 et seq. VgV.
Suitability Criteria in Procurement Law
Suitability criteria in EU procurement law assess authorisation, economic standing and technical ability of bidders – proportionality, reliance on third-party capacity, AT/DE rules.
Suitability Evidence in Procurement Law 2026
Suitability evidence in procurement law: documents and certificates demonstrating bidder suitability. Types, requirements and the European Single Procurement Document.
Suitability in Procurement Law 2026
Suitability in procurement law: a bidder's capacity to perform the contract properly. Definition, suitability criteria and evidence requirements at a glance.
Suitability Requirement in Procurement Law 2026
Suitability requirement in procurement law: minimum requirements for bidders set by the contracting authority. Permissible criteria, proportionality and evidence.
Supplementary Contract Terms (EVB) in Public Procurement Law 2026
EVB (Supplementary Contract Terms): sector-specific contract clauses in public procurement, notably EVB-IT for IT procurement.
Supplies in Public Procurement 2026
Supplies in public procurement: definition, thresholds, distinction from service contracts and applicable procedural rules.
Supply and Service Contracts in Procurement Law 2026
Supply and service contracts in procurement law: distinctions, thresholds, applicable procedural rules and differences from construction contracts.
Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG) in Procurement Law 2026
LkSG in procurement law 2026: due diligence obligations along the supply chain, exclusion grounds in procurement and compliance requirements for tenderers.
Supply Chain in Procurement Law 2026
Supply chain in procurement law: significance of supply-chain requirements in public contracts, due diligence obligations and sustainable procurement.
Supply Contract in Procurement Law
A supply contract is a public contract for the purchase, leasing, hire or instalment purchase of goods. EU threshold: EUR 221,000 (other CAs) or EUR 143,000 (top federal authorities).
Sustainability Goals in Procurement Law 2026
Sustainability goals in procurement law: UN SDGs and EU climate targets as a guiding framework for sustainable public procurement and Green Public Procurement.
Sustainability in Procurement Law
Sustainability in public procurement: triple bottom line, EU Green Deal, strategic procurement. Legal requirements in Austria and Germany.
Sustainability Reporting in Procurement Law 2026
Sustainability reporting in procurement law: duty to disclose ESG data and its relevance for suitability and evaluation in tender procedures.
Sustainable Development in Procurement Law 2026
Sustainable development in procurement law: integrating environmental, social and economic criteria into public procurement processes under EU law.
Sustainable Procurement in Procurement Law
Sustainable procurement: taking environmental, social and economic aspects into account including life cycle costs. Art. 67 Directive 2014/24/EU, § 97(3) GWB.
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Task in the General Interest in Public Procurement Law 2026
Task in the general interest: definition, significance for the concept of contracting authority, and distinction from commercial activity in EU procurement law.
Task Not of a Commercial Character in Public Procurement Law 2026
Task not of a commercial character: criterion for classifying legal entities as contracting authorities within the meaning of procurement law.
Technical Specifications in Procurement Law 2026 – Requirements & Limits
Technical specifications define the requirements for services in procurement procedures. Standards, specifications and non-discrimination explained.
Technical Variant Bid 2026 – Definition and Admissibility in Procurement Law
Technical variant bid: bidder proposes a technically deviating solution. Conditions, admissibility and evaluation in public procurement law.
TED Database in Procurement Law 2026
TED Database: Europe's central tendering database for EU-wide procurement notices – function, content, access and significance for bidders and contracting authorities.
TED eSender in Procurement Law 2026
TED eSender: Certified transmission service for EU procurement notices to the EU's TED portal – function, certification and replacement by eForms.
TED in Procurement Law
TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) is the EU's mandatory publication platform for public contracts above the thresholds, with new tenders published daily.
Tender Assessment in Public Procurement Law 2026
Tender assessment in procurement law: methods, criteria and process for assessing bidder tenders. Distinction from tender evaluation and price examination explained.
Tender Database in Procurement Law 2026
Tender database: digital platform for searching and analysing public tenders. Overview of TED, Ausschreibungen.at and other providers.
Tender Deadline in Public Procurement Law
The tender deadline is the legally regulated time limit within which bidders must submit their tender to the public contracting authority.
Tender Documentation in Public Procurement 2026
Tender documentation: procurement report, retention obligations and requirements for the complete documentation of public procurement procedures in 2026.
Tender Evaluation in Procurement Law 2026 – Examination & Scoring
Tender evaluation: how public contracting authorities examine tenders in stages and score them against award criteria to identify the most economically advantageous tender.
Tender Gazette in Procurement Law 2026
Tender gazette: official or private publication medium for public tenders in the national sub-threshold area. Examples and significance.
Tender in Public Procurement Law
A tender is the binding declaration of intent of a bidder to provide the works/services advertised at a specified price.
Tender Opening in Public Procurement Law 2026
Tender opening in public procurement: the formal session at which tenders are opened after the tender deadline – procedure, tenderer rights and legal basis.
Tender Price and Contract Sum in Public Procurement Law 2026
Tender price and contract sum in procurement law: definition, calculation and legal significance for public contracts in Austria and Germany.
Tender Readiness in Procurement Law 2026
Tender readiness: prerequisite for launching a procurement procedure. When is a project ready to be tendered? Definition and checklist.
Tender Result in Procurement Law 2026
Tender result: notification of the successful tenderer and the evaluation results after closure of a procurement procedure. Transparency and tenderers' rights.
Tender Validity Period in Procurement Law 2026
The tender validity period is the time during which a bidder is bound by their tender and the contracting authority can make the award.
Third-Party Involvement in Procurement Law 2026
Third-party involvement in procurement law: the involvement of external persons in the preparation or conduct of tender procedures and the resulting legal consequences.
Three-stage Negotiated Procedure in Public Procurement 2026
Three-stage negotiated procedure in public procurement: structure, course, legal basis and use cases of the multi-stage negotiated procedure.
Tied Bid in Public Procurement 2026
Tied bid in public procurement: impermissible linking of a bid to conditions or other services that are not subject of the tender.
Time Contract in Procurement Law 2026
Time contract: Contract without a fixed quantity, where services are called off and paid for according to actual demand and time spent.
Time Contract Works in Procurement Law 2026
Time contract works: Construction services in public contracts settled on the basis of actual time spent and agreed hourly rates.
Time Limit for Requests to Participate
Time limit for requests to participate: the minimum period for submitting requests in a two-stage procedure. Minimum of 30 days under Art. 29 Directive 2014/24/EU.
Time Stamp in Procurement Law
The time stamp is the electronic confirmation of date and time and serves in procurement law as proof of timely offer submission.
Total Price in Procurement Law 2026
Total price refers to the complete, final bid price submitted by a bidder for the tendered service, inclusive of all ancillary costs.
Trade (Gewerk) in Procurement Law
A trade is a self-contained service area in construction and forms the basis for specialist-lot procurement and lot-based awarding.
Trade Authorisation (Befugnis) in Procurement Law
Trade authorisation: trade- and profession-law licensing as suitability evidence in Austrian procurement law. Trade licence, civil engineer authorisation. § 68(1) BVergG 2018.
Trade Licence Qualification in Procurement Law 2026
Trade licence qualification denotes the official authorisation of an undertaking to carry on a regulated trade and serves as proof of eligibility.
Trade Lot Award in Public Procurement Law 2026
Trade lot award: division of construction contracts by trade. SME protection through lot division under German and Austrian procurement law.
Transparency Principle in Procurement Law
The transparency principle obliges contracting authorities to conduct traceable, documented and published procurement procedures as a fundamental principle of EU procurement law.
Two-Stage Procurement Procedure in Procurement Law
The two-stage procurement procedure separates selection and tender evaluation into two phases: call for participation and invitation to tender.
Types of Procurement Procedure 2026
Types of procurement procedure: overview of open, restricted and negotiated procedures and special formats under EU and national law.
Types of Procurement Procedures 2026 – Overview of All Procedural Forms
Overview of types of procurement procedure: Open procedure, restricted procedure, negotiated procedure, competitive dialogue and innovation partnership explained.
Types of Public Contracts in Public Procurement Law
Public contracts are divided into three main categories: works contracts, supply contracts and service contracts – with different thresholds.
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UfAB – Document for Tendering and Evaluation of IT Services 2026
UfAB: Guide for tendering and evaluating IT services for the public sector. Structure, evaluation model and application in procurement law 2026.
Undeclared Work in Procurement Law 2026 – Exclusion and Prevention
Undeclared work is a mandatory or discretionary ground for exclusion in procurement. Contracting authorities must check bidders' legal compliance. Overview.
Unit Price in Public Procurement 2026
Unit price in public procurement: price per unit of quantity in the bill of quantities. Significance, calculation, and difference from lump-sum price in public contracts.
Unlawful Arrangements and Negotiations in Procurement Law 2026
Unlawful arrangements in procurement law: prohibited collusion between bidders and contracting authorities. Antitrust law, prohibition on negotiation and legal consequences.
Unsuccessful Bid in Public Procurement 2026
Unsuccessful bid: a bidder's offer that does not win in the procurement procedure — with the contracting authority's information duties and the bidder's legal-remedy rights.
Unusual Risk in Public Procurement 2026 – Risk Allocation & Tenderer Rights
Unusual risk: contracting authorities may not impose incalculable risks on tenderers. Definition, examples and procurement consequences in 2026.
Utilities Activity in Procurement Law 2026 – Definition and Examples
Utilities activities are the economic activities in water, energy, transport and postal services regulated in the Utilities Directive that trigger special procurement obligations.
Utilities Contracting Entity in Procurement Law
Utilities contracting entities are public and private companies with special rights in water, energy, transport and postal services, subject to special procurement rules.
Utilities Directive 2014/25/EU – Procurement Law 2026 Overview
Directive 2014/25/EU governs procurement in water, energy, transport and postal services. Scope, specifics and national implementation.
Utilities Sector in Procurement Law 2026 – Definition and Scope
The utilities sector covers public activities in water, energy, transport and postal services, subject to special procurement rules under the Utilities Directive.
Utility Value Analysis in Public Procurement Law 2026
Utility value analysis in public procurement law: method for structured evaluation of bids based on weighted award criteria – how it works and its legal limits.
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Vadium in Procurement Law
Vadium is the Austrian term for the bid security a bidder lodges as a deposit before the contract is awarded.
Value Threshold in Procurement Law 2026 – Thresholds & National Limits
Value thresholds in procurement law determine which procedure applies: EU thresholds, national limits for direct award and simplified procedures.
Value Thresholds in Procurement Law
Value thresholds are national contract value limits below the EU thresholds that determine which simplified procurement procedure is permissible.
Variable Price in Procurement Law 2026 – Price Escalation Clauses
Variable price (sliding price) in procurement law: price escalation clauses for long contract terms, indices and limits of price adjustment.
Variant Bid (Austria) in Procurement Law
Variant bid: Austrian term for an alternative bid offering a different way of performing the service. Only admissible if expressly allowed by the contracting authority.
Variant Bid in Public Procurement
Variant bid in public procurement: alternative solution to the tender, only permissible if expressly admitted. Art. 45 Directive 2014/24/EU, § 106 BVergG 2018, § 35 VgV.
Variant Bid Price in Procurement Law 2026
Variant bid price: the price of an alternative bid in a procurement procedure that departs from the tendered service. Admissibility and evaluation.
Variant Bids in Public Procurement 2026
Variant bids in public procurement: alternative proposals by bidders that depart from the bill of services and are admissible under certain conditions.
Variant-Bid Exclusion Clause in Public Procurement 2026
Variant-bid exclusion clause: provision in procurement documents that expressly excludes alternative bids from bidders or declares them inadmissible.
VEBEG Procurement Law 2026 – Federal Disposal Company
VEBEG: federally-owned company for the disposal of federal assets no longer required. Its role in public procurement and disposal.
VHB-Bund Procurement Law 2026 – Federal Procurement Handbook
VHB-Bund: the federal procurement handbook governs the award of construction works by federal authorities. Forms, guidelines, model contracts.
Virtual Marketplace in Public Procurement Law 2026
Virtual marketplace: electronic platform for digital procurement by public contracting authorities – function, types and procurement-law classification.
VOB – German Construction Contract Procedures 2026
VOB (Vergabe- und Vertragsordnung für Bauleistungen): The central body of rules for public construction procurement in Germany. VOB/A, VOB/B and VOB/C explained.
VOB – Procurement and Contract Regulations for Construction Works 2026
VOB: German Procurement and Contract Regulations for Construction Works. Structure, Parts A/B/C, scope and significance for public works contracts explained.
VOB/A – Award of Construction Works 2026 – Procedural Rules Explained
VOB/A: Procurement and Contract Regulations for Construction Works, Part A. Procedural rules, sections, scope and relationship to the VgV explained.
VOF – Procurement Regulations for Liberal-Professional Services 2026
VOF: Procurement Regulations for Liberal-Professional Services – historical procurement framework for architects and engineers, replaced by VgV 2016.
VOL – German Procurement and Contract Procedures for Supplies and Services 2026
VOL (Vergabe- und Vertragsordnung für Leistungen): The body of rules for supply and service contracts in Germany. Overview of VOL/A and VOL/B.
VOL Procurement Law 2026 – Procurement Regulations for Services
VOL (Procurement Regulations for Services): German framework for the award of supply and service contracts. Replaced by UVgO.
VSVgV – German Defence and Security Procurement Ordinance 2026
The VSVgV governs the award of defence and security contracts in Germany and transposes the EU Procurement Directive 2009/81/EC.
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Wage Escalation Clause in Public Procurement
A wage escalation clause is a contract clause that allows the contract price to be adjusted when wage costs change, protecting contractors against cost increases.
Warranty in Procurement Law 2026
Warranty in procurement law refers to the contractor's statutory and contractual liability for defects after acceptance of the work.
Weighting of Award Criteria in Procurement Law 2026
Weighting of award criteria specifies the percentage share with which each criterion is included in the overall evaluation of bids.
Whistleblower Protection Act (HinSchG) in Procurement Law 2026
The HinSchG protects whistleblowers who report procurement violations or corruption in public procurement from professional disadvantages.
Work (Construction) in Procurement Law 2026
Work in procurement law: definition of the procurement-law concept of a 'work' as the basis for classifying contracts as works contracts or works concessions.
Works Concession in Procurement Law 2026
Works concession: award of construction services against the right to exploit the work. Definition, distinction and legal basis under the EU Concessions Directive.
Works Contract in Procurement Law
Works contract in procurement law: public contract for construction services with an EU threshold of EUR 5,538,000. Governed by BVergG 2018 (AT) and VOB/A (DE).
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