Public procurement glossary
Terms and abbreviations
Greek institutional abbreviations used in public procurement and the National eProcurement System. Each card presents the English term and description together with its Greek equivalent.
ΑΑ
Contracting Authority
Public authority/body awarding a public contract
α/α
Serial number
Sequential numbering item
ΑΕΠΠ
Authority for the Examination of Pre-judicial Appeals
Former appeals authority, now integrated into HSPPA/EAΔΗΣΥ
ΑΑΗΤ
E-Invoicing Registered Contracting Authority
Contracting authority registered in the e-invoicing registry
ΑΠΕΔ
Hellenic Public Administration Certification Authority
Public certification authority for digital certificates
ΑΦ
Contracting Entity
Entity operating mainly in utilities/sectors under procurement law
ΓΓΠΣΨΔ
General Secretariat for Information Systems and Digital Governance
Greek public body for information systems and digital governance
ΔΣ
Public Contract
Contract concluded under public procurement rules
ΔΣΑ
Dynamic Purchasing System — DPS
Fully electronic purchasing system for commonly used purchases
ΕΑΑΔΗΣΥ
Single Independent Public Procurement Authority
Former independent public procurement authority
ΕΑΔΗΣΥ
Hellenic Single Public Procurement Authority — HSPPA
Current public procurement authority following institutional merger
ΕΒΔΔΗΣΥ
National Public Procurement Database
National database for public procurement data
ΕΔ
Tender Committee
Committee conducting tender procedures and evaluating offers
ΕΔΗΤ
E-Invoice Distribution Application
Application for making electronic invoices available
ΕΕ
European Union — EU
Political and economic union of European member states
ΕΕΤΤ
Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission
National telecoms and postal regulatory authority
ΕΕΕΣ
European Single Procurement Document — ESPD
Self-declaration document used in public procurement
eΕΕΕΣ
Electronic ESPD
Structured electronic version of the ESPD in XML format
ΕΚ
Implementing Regulation
EU implementing legal act
ΕΚΑΑ
National Central Purchasing Body
Central body conducting centralized procurement
ΕΚΝ
Government Cloud — G-Cloud
Central government cloud infrastructure
ΕΣΗΔΗΣ ΔΕ
National eProcurement System for Public Works
Electronic procurement platform for public works
ΕΣΗΔΗΣ Π&Υ
National eProcurement System for Supplies and Services
Electronic procurement platform for supplies and services
ΕΨΠ
Single Digital Gateway — gov.gr
Unified digital portal of Greek public administration
ΗΤ
Electronic Invoicing
Issuing, transmitting and processing invoices electronically
ΜΑΡΚ
Unique Registration Number
Unique registration identifier for e-invoices in myDATA
Ν.
Law
Statutory legal act
ΚΑΑ
Central Purchasing Body
Authority/body conducting centralized procurement
ΚΕΔ
Interoperability Center
Public sector interoperability hub
ΚΗΜΔΗΣ
Central Electronic Register of Public Procurement
National transparency registry for public procurement acts
ΚΥΑ
Joint Ministerial Decision
Administrative act issued jointly by ministers
ΟΠΣ
Integrated Information System
Integrated IT system
ΟΠΣΔΠ
Integrated Fiscal Policy Information System
IT system supporting fiscal policy processes
ΟΠΣ ΕΣΗΔΗΣ
Integrated National eProcurement System
Core IT platform of the national eProcurement system
ΟΦ
Economic Operator
Supplier, contractor or service provider participating in procurement
ΠΔ
Presidential Decree
Regulatory act issued by presidential decree
ΠΔΕ
Public Investment Programme
National programme for public investment projects
eΠΔΕ
Public Investment Programme IT System
IT system for management and payments of public investment projects
ΤΠΕ
Information and Communication Technologies — ICT
Technologies for information processing and communication
ΥΑ
Ministerial Decision
Administrative act issued by a minister
ΥΨΗΔ
Ministry of Digital Governance
Greek ministry responsible for digital governance
ΦΕΚ
Government Gazette
Official publication of laws and regulatory acts
International terminology and technology
International and technical abbreviations
International, European and technical terms used in eProcurement, electronic invoicing and digital-governance procedures.
CPV
Common Procurement Vocabulary — CPV
EU classification system for procurement objects
DSS
Digital Signature Services
EU digital-signature validation services
eCertis
eCertis
EU online repository of certificates and documentary evidence
EDM
Exchange Data Model
Structured model for exchanging data
EFTA
European Free Trade Association
Intergovernmental free trade association
eIDAS
Electronic Identification, Authentication and Trust Services
EU framework for electronic identification and trust services
eSender
eSender
Certified platform for sending procurement notices to the EU Publications Office
ESPD
European Single Procurement Document
Standard procurement self-declaration document
ETSI
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
European standards body for telecommunications
GDPR
General Data Protection Regulation
EU data protection regulation
GUI
Graphical User Interface
Visual interface through which users interact with software
HTML
HyperText Markup Language
Core markup language of the World Wide Web
NUTS
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
EU territorial classification system for statistics
Portable Document Format
Standard electronic document file format
PEPPOL
Pan-European Public Procurement Online
Interoperability framework for eProcurement and eInvoicing
PKI
Public Key Infrastructure
Infrastructure for digital certificates and cryptographic trust
RfI
Request for Information
Preliminary request to collect information or preselect candidates
RfQ/RfP
Request for Quotation / Request for Proposal
Request for binding offer or proposal
TED
Tenders Electronic Daily
EU online portal for public procurement notices
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
Web address identifying an online resource
XML
eXtensible Markup Language
Machine-readable structured data format
ZIP
ZIP archive format
Compressed file/archive format