Public Procurement in Germany

Abbreviations and acronyms

ABSt	Saxony’s Procurement Advisory Centre (Auftragsberatungsstelle Sachsen e.V.), Germany
AfNB	Alliance for Sustainable Procurement (Allianz für eine Nachhaltige Beschaffung), Germany
ANAC	Italian National Anti-Corruption Authority (Autorità Nazionale Anticorruzione), Italy
AoG	All of Government, New Zealand
APS	American Purchasing Society, United States
APS	Australian Public Service
AVV-EnEff	General Administrative Regulation on the Procurement of Energy Efficient Products and Services (Allgemeine Verwaltungsvorschrift zur Beschaffung energieeffizienter Produkte und Dienstleistungen), Germany
BA	Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit), Germany
BAAINBw	Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and the Use of the Federal Armed Forces (Bundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr), Germany
BAköV	Federal Academy for Public Administration (Bundesakademie für Öffentliche Verwaltung), Germany
BAM	Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung), Germany
BBG	Austrian Federal Procurement Agency (Bundesbeschaffung GmbH)
BDI	Federal Association of German Industries (Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie), Germany
BeschA	Federal Procurement Office of the Federal Ministry of the Interior (Beschaffungsamt des Bundesministeriums des Innern), Germany
BLE	Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung), Germany
BME	Association of Materials Management, Purchasing and Logistics (Bundesverband Materialwirtschaft, Einkauf und Logistik e.V.), Germany
BMF	Federal Ministry of Finance (Bundesministerium der Finanzen), Germany
BMI	Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community (Bundesministerium des Innern, für Bau und Heimat), Germany
BMVg	Federal Ministry of Defence (Bundesministerium der Verteidigung), Germany
BMWi	Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie), Germany
CA	Contracting authorities
CEQ	Council on Environmental Quality, United States
CMA	Competition and Markets Authority, United Kingdom
CO2	Carbon dioxide
CPBs	Central purchasing bodies
CPI	Corruption Perception Index
CPO	Chief procurement officer
DGB	German Trade Union Confederation (Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund)
DLR	German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt)
DPS	Dynamic purchasing systems
ESPD	European Single Procurement Document
EU	European Union
EVZ	Procurement Centre (Einkaufs- und Vergabezentrum), Germany
FA	Framework agreement
FIDO	Federal Institute for Sustainable Development, Belgium
FoRMöB	Research Centre for Law and Management of Public Procurement (Forschungszentrum für Recht und Management öffentlicher Beschaffung), Germany
FPDS	Federal Procurement Data System, United States
GDP	Gross Domestic Product
GMSH	Building Management Schleswig-Holstein (Gebäudemanagement Schleswig-Holstein), Germany
GPIS	Green Product Information System, Korea
GWB	Law against Restraints on Competition (Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen), Germany
GZD	General Customs Directorate (Generalzolldirektion), Germany
HS Bund	Federal University of Applied Administrative Sciences (Hochschule des Bundes für öffentliche Verwaltung), Germany
IB	Real Estate Bremen (Immobilien Bremen), Germany
ICT	Information and communication technologies
IHK	Chamber of industry and commerce (Industrie- und Handelskammer), Germany
IISD	International Institute for Sustainable Development
ILO	International Labour Organisation
InCiSE	International Civil Service Effectiveness Index
IT	Information technology
ITVSH	IT Group Schleswig-Holstein (IT-Verbund Schleswig-Holstein), Germany
KdB	“Department Store” of the Federation (Kaufhaus des Bundes), Germany
KdL	“Department Store” of the State (Kaufhaus des Landes), Germany
KGSt	Association of Local Government Management (Kommunale Gemeinschaftsstelle für Verwaltungsmanagement), Germany
KNB	Competence Centre for Sustainable Procurement (Kompetenzstelle für nachhaltige Beschaffung), Germany
KOINNO	Competence Centre for Innovation Procurement (Kompetenzzentrum innovative Beschaffung), Germany
KONEPS	Korean e-Procurement System
KonzVgV	Ordinance on the Award of Concession Contracts (Konzessionsvergabeverordnung), Germany
KPI	Key performance indicator
LBB	State Services Property and Construction Management (Landesbetrieb Liegenschafts- und Baubetreuung), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
LBM	State Services Mobility (Landesbetrieb Mobilität), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
LCC	Life-cycle costing
LDI	State Services Data and Information (Landesbetrieb Daten und Information), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
LSKN	State Services for Statistics and Telecommunications of Lower-Saxony (Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen), Germany
LZN	Logistic Centre of Lower-Saxony (Logistikzentrum Niedersachsen), Germany
MAPS	Methodology for Assessing Procurement Systems
MEAT	Most economically advantageous tender
NAP SPP	National Action Plan on Sustainable Public Procurement for 2013-2016, Poland
NARA	National Archives and Records Administration, United States
NCCE	Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entities, Australia
NKR	German Regulatory Control Council (Normenkontrollrat)
NRW	North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen), Germany
NZBN	New Zealand Business Number
NZGP	New Zealand Government Procurement
OGP	Office of Government Procurement, Ireland
OMB	Office of Management and Budget, United States
PCI	Procurement Capability Index, New Zealand
PIANOo	Dutch Professional and Innovative Tendering Network for Government Contracting Authorities
PODDO	Public Service for Sustainable Development Planning, Belgium
PPS	Public Procurement Service, Korea
PWGSC	Public Works and Government Services, Canada
QoG	Quality of Government project, Sweden
R&D	Research and development
RFI	Request for Information
RIA	Regulatory impact assessments
RWS	Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat), Netherlands
SAM	System of Award Management, United States
SDGs	Sustainable Development Goals
SektVO	Sector regulations (Sektorenverordnung), Germany
SMEs	Small and medium-sized enterprises
SMWA	Saxon State Ministry for Economy, Labour and Transport (Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Verkehr), Germany
SPC	Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium, United States
TAN	Transaction authentication number
TED	Tenders Electronic Daily
UGAP	Union of Public Purchasing Groups (Union des Groupements d’Achats Publics), France
UN	United Nations
UVgO	Code of Procedure for Procuring Supplies and Services Below EU-Thresholds (Unterschwellenvergabeverordnung), Germany
VergStatVO	Ordinance on Public Procurement Statistics (Vergabestatistikverordnung), Germany
VgV	Ordinance on the Award of Public Contracts (Vergabeverordnung), Germany
VMP	Public Procurement Market Place (Vergabemarktplatz), Germany
VOB	Regulations on Contract Awards for Public Works (Vergabe- und Vertragsordnung für Bauleistungen), Germany
VOB/A	Regulations on Contract Awards for Public Works, Part A (Vergabe- und Vertragsordnung für Bauleistungen, Teil A), Germany
VOF	Regulations on Contract Awards for Services of Freelancers (Vergabeordnung für freiberufliche Leistungen), Germany
VOL/A	Regulations on Contract Awards for Public Supplies and Services (Vergabe- und Vertragsordnung für Leistungen), Germany
VSVgV	Ordinance on Contract Awards in the Field of Defence and Security (Vergabeverordnung Verteidigung und Sicherheit), Germany
VwVBU	Administrative Regulation of Procurement and the Environment (Verwaltungsvorschrift Beschaffung und Umwelt), Germany
WTO	World Trade Organisation
ZIB	Central Office for IT Procurement within the Federal Procurement Office of the Federal Ministry of the Interior (Zentralstelle für IT-Beschaffung), Germany
ZV-BMEL	Central Procurement Unit of the Federal Office of Food and Agriculture (Zentrale Vergabestelle für das Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft), Germany