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Tendermatch - Glossary of industrial terms Category: General technical and industrial > Abbreviations Date & country: 15/11/2007, UK Words: 92

ABC
Authorities Buying Consortium

BEM
Business Excellence Model

BiP
BiP Solutions Ltd

BQF
British Quality Foundation

BQS
Better Quality Services

BV
Best Value

CBC
Central Buying Consortium

CBI
Confederation of British Industry

CFQ
Competing for Quality

CIPFA
Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy

CIPS
Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply

CN
Combined Nomenclature

COI
Central Office of Information

CPC
Central Product Classification (Codes)

CPD
Consortium for Purchasing and Distribution

CPV
Common Procurement Vocabulary (Codes)

CRE
Commission for Racial Equality

DCA
Department for Constitutional Affairs

DCMS
Department for Culture, Media and Sport

DE
Defence Estates

DECS
Defence Electronic Commerce Service

DEFRA
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

DELTA
Direct Electronic Links for Tender Administration

DfES
Department for Education and Skills

DfID
Department for International Development

DfT
Department for Transport

DH
Department of Health

DLO
Defence Logistics Organisation

DPA
Defence Procurement Agency

DSS
Defence Suppliers Service

DStan
Defence Standardization

DTI
Department of Trade and Industry

DWP
Department for Work and Pensions

ECJ
European Court of Justice

EEC
European Economic Community

EFQM
European Foundation for Quality Management

ELTON
Electronic Tendering Online

ESPO
Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation

EU
European Union

FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions

FCO
Foreign & Commonwealth Office

GATT
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GPA
Government Procurement Agreement, Government Purchasing Agency (Northern Ireland)

GTC
Government Telecommunications Contract

HMC&E
HM Customs and Excise

HSE
Health and Safety Executive

IDeA
Improvement and Development Agency

IIP
Investors in People

IPF
Institute of Public Finance

ISO
International Standards Organization

ITT
Invitation to Tender

LCSG
London Contracts and Supplies Group

LEC
Local Enterprise Company

LGA
Local Government Association

LGCQ
Local Government Competing for Quality

MEAT
Most Economically Advantageous Tender

MoD
Ministry of Defence

NAfW
National Assembly for Wales

NAMSA
NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency

NAO
National Audit Office

NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

NCAGE
NATO Commercial and Government Entity (Codes)

NHS
National Health Service

NHS PASA
NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency

NIO
Northern Ireland Office

NIPRO
Nomenclature of Industrial Products (Codes)

NPSLG
National Procurement Strategy for Local Government

NSV
National Supplier Vocabulary (Codes)

NUTS
Nomenclature of Statistical Territorial Units

ODPM
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

OGC
Office of Government Commerce

OGCbs
OGCbuying.solutions

OJEU
Official Journal of the European Union (formerly OJEC)

OPOCE
Official Publications Office of the European Communities (also known as the European Office of Publication [Eur-Op])

PFI
Private Finance Initiative

PIN
Periodic Indicative Notice, Prior Information Notice

PPP
Public Private Partnership

RAF
Royal Air Force

RN
Royal Navy

SBS
Small Business Service

SMEs
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

SOLACE
Society of Local Authority Chief Executives

SOPO
Society of Procurement Officers in Local Government

TEC
Training and Enterprise Council

TTA
Teacher Training Agency

TUPE
Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)

TURER
Transfer of Undertakings (Retention of Employment Rights)

UN
United Nations

WEAG
Western European Armaments Group

WTO
World Trade Organization

G-Cat
Government IT Catalogue

W3C
World Wide Web Consortium