“the Act” means the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014;

“candidate” means an economic operator that has sought an invitation to or has been invited to take part in a procurement procedure;

“contract notice” means a notice published on the Public Contracts Scotland website in accordance with these Regulations;

“contracting authority” means the State, a regional or local authority, a body governed by public law or an association formed by one or more such authorities or bodies;

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“procurement” means the process leading to the award of a public contract for the acquisition of works, supplies or services from an economic operator;

“procurement document” means any document produced or referred to by the contracting authority to describe or determine elements of the procurement or the procedure, including the contract notice, F2... the technical specifications, the descriptive document, proposed conditions of contract, formats for the presentation of documents by candidates and tenderers, information on generally applicable obligations and any additional documents;

“public service contract” has the same meaning as in the 2015 Regulations;

“public supply contract” has the same meaning as in the 2015 Regulations;

“public works contract” has the same meaning as in the 2015 Regulations;

“tenderer” means an economic operator that has submitted a tender.