SMEs in Public Procurement

Acronyms and abbreviations

ACOPI	Colombian Association for Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (Asociación Colombiana de Micros, Pequeñas y Medianas Empresas)
AIP	Australian Industry Participation
AIS	Acquisition Information Service, Canada
ASP	Application service provider
BBG	Federal Procurement Agency (Bundesbeschaffung GmbH), Austria
CAs	Contracting authorities
CBS	Central Bureau for Statistics, Netherlands
CCE	Colombia Compra Eficiente
CCS	Commonwealth Contracting Suite, Australia
CIF	Construction Industry Federation
CPBs	Central purchasing bodies
CPPP	Central Purchasing and Public Procurement, Bulgaria
CPRs	Commonwealth Procurement Rules, Australia
DBEI	Department of Business Enterprise and Innovation, Ireland
Difi	Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (Direktoratet for Forvaltning Og Ikt), Norway
DGRGCC	Directorate-General for Rationalisation and Public Procurement Centralisation (Dirección General de Racionalización y Centralización de la Contratación), Spain
DIW	German Institute for Economic Research (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)
DPS	Dynamic purchasing system
EC	European Commission
EDWOSB	Economically Disadvantaged Woman-Owned Small Business Program, United States
ENAPROCE	National Survey of Productivity and Competitiveness for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (Encuesta Nacional sobre Productividad y Competitividad de las Micro, Pequeñas y Medianas Empresas), Mexico
EOs	Economic operators
ESPD	European Single Procurement Document
EU	European Union
FIVOSZ	Young Entrepreneurs Association Hungary (Fiatal Vállalkozók Országos Szövetsége)
GPA	Government Procurement Agreement
HUBZone	Historically Underutilized Business Zones, United States
IBEC	Irish Business and Employers Confederation
IMPI	Mexican Institute of Industry Property (Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial), Mexico
INAC	Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
INE	National Statistics Institute (Instituto Nacional de Estadística), Spain
INEGI	National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía), Mexico
ISIC	International Standard Industrial Classification
ISME	Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association, Ireland
KEF	Procurement and Supply Directorate (Közbeszerzési és Ellátási Főigazgatóság), Hungary
KNB	Competence Centre for Sustainable Public Procurement (Kompetenzstelle für nachhaltige Beschaffung beim Beschaffungsamt des Bundesministeriums des Innern), Germany
KOINNO	Competence Centre for Innovative Procurement (Kompetenzzentrum innovative Beschaffung), Germany
KONEPS	Korean e-Procurement System
LAASSP	Law of Acquisitions, Leases and Services of the Public Sector (Ley de Adquisiciones, Arrendamientos y Servicios del Sector Público), Mexico
OGP	Office of Government Procurement, Ireland
OSME	Office of Small and Medium Enterprises, Canada
MEDT	Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Ukraine
MEF	Ministry of Economy and Finance, Italy
MEIC	Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (Ministerio de Economia, Industria y Comercio), Costa Rica
MePA	Public Administration e Marketplace (Mercato Elettronico Pubblica Amministrazione), Italy
MKB Nederlans	Small and medium-sized firms (Midden- en kleinbedrijf), Netherlands
MOU	Memorandum of understanding
MSMEs	Micro-enterprises and SMEs
NHO	Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (Næringslivets Hovedorganisasjon), Norway
PARP	Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (Polska Agencja Rozwoju Przedsiębiorczości)
PBN	Procurement Business Number, Canada
PCI	Procurement Capability Index, New Zealand
PEMEX	Petróles Mexicanos, Mexico
PGCM	Program for a Close and Modern Government (Programa para un Gobierno Cercano y Moderno), Mexico
PPA	Public Procurement Act, Hungary
PPL	Public Procurement Law, Poland
PPO	Public Procurement Office, Poland
PPS	Public Procurement Service, Korea
PSPC	Public Services and Procurement Canada
RfQ	Requests for quotations
RHS	Public Procurement Act (Riigihangete seadus), Estonia
SAT	Simplified Acquisition Threshold, United States
SBIR	Small Business Innovation Research Ireland
SDVOSB	Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program, United States
SFA	Small Firms Association, Ireland
SII	Internal Revenue Service (Servicio de Impuestos Internos), Chile
SKI	National Procurement Ltd (Staten og Kommunernes Indkøbsservice A/S), Denmark
SMBA	Small and Medium Business Administration, Korea
SMSGC	Subcontract Management System for Government Contracts, Korea
SOE	State-owned enterprise
TAPAS	Transparency and Accountability in Public Administration and Services
UNEP	United Nations Environment Programme
WOSB	Woman Owned Small Business Program, United States
WTO	World Trade Organization