Glossary

We understand that procurement can be confusing and organisations often use different terms to describe the same thing. We designed this glossary to make buying with us and navigating our website easier. It is not designed to be an extensive list of all procurement terms.



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Award without competition

When you place an order directly with a supplier without entering into a competition it is called an award without competition.

Learn more about award with competition.

Award without competition was referred to as direct award under PCR 2015.