Glossary

We understand that procurement can be confusing. Organisations often use different terms to describe the same thing. With that in mind, 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.

The option to award without competition is not available on all frameworks or to all organisations.

You should check the framework buyer guide and your organisation’s policy to see if award without competition is a compliant route and, if so, how to proceed.

This route to market is not available through a dynamic market.

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