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Glossary

The Barbour ABI glossary covers key terms that relate directly to the UK construction industry.

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A

Acceleration

Acceleration Claim

Acceleration Payment

Application Deadline

Architect

B

B2C

B2B

Bid Bond

Bid Evaluation

Bidder

Bidding Consortium

Bidding Questions

Bid Writer

C

Centralized Procurement

Clean Development Mechanism

Clean Vehicle Directive

Climate Neutral

CO2 Equivalent

Commercial Client

Conformity Assessment Body

Construction Industry Council

Cradle-to-Cradle

D

Decentralized Procurement

Direct Award Contracts

Direct Order

Dynamic Purchasing Systems (DPS)

Defossilization

E

eTendering

eSenders

F

Future Homes Standard

G

Green Paper

Green Procurement

I

Indirect Procurement

Invitation to Tender (ITT)

ISO 14001

ISO 27001

ISO 50001

M

Material Price Escalation

Missing Bidder Information

Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT)

O

Open Procedure

Office for National Statistics

P

Planning Permission

Planned Procurement Notice

Pre-Qualification Questionnaire

Prior Information Notice (PIN)

Public Contracts Regulations 2015

Public Procurement Law

Public Procurement Notice

Procurement Software

Part F

Part L

Part O

Q

Qualified Electronic Signature

R

Restricted Procedure

Request for Quotation

Request for Proposal

Reverse Auction

S

Selection Questionnaire

Selective Tendering

SIMAP

Single Stage Tendering

SME

Specification of Services

SSL Encryption

Standstill Period

Subcontract

Subcontractors

Subcontractor Agreement

Submission

Submission Date

Submission Deadline

Submission Result

Sustainable Procurement

T

TED

Tender

Tenderer

Tender Database

Tender Documents

Tendering Body

Tender Management

Tender Process

Tender Result

Tender Review Process

Tender Software

Termination of Contract

Thresholds

Transfer of Undertakings Protection of Employment

Two Stage Tendering

Types of Procedures

U

Unforeseen Events

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

V

Virtual Marketplace

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