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BASIC CONCEPTS


Examples of concepts
Purchase procedures
is a global term to refer to all procedures undertaken within CERN, either by the divisions themselves or by the Purchasing Services , in order to purchase goods or services from outside CERN.

Purchase procedures include:

  • Divisional requests
    provides general information (references, dates, amount) and detailed data about organization units, managers, allocation on Budget codes, Activity codes.

  • Market Surveys
    provides general information (reference, dates, amount) and detailed data about organization units, managers, activity codes, options, budget codes, qualification criteria, steps, firms contacted.

  • Price Enquiries
    provides, for a Price Enquiry, general information (reference, dates, amount) and detailed data about division/groups, managers, budget codes, goods and services, specific conditions, steps, firms contacted, all offers.

  • Invitations to Tender
    provides, for a Call for Tender, general information (reference, dates, amount) and detailed data about division/groups, managers, budget codes, goods and services, specific conditions, steps, firms contacted, all offers.

  • Contracts
    provides general information (reference, dates, amount) and detailed data about organization units, managers, activity codes, options, budget codes, qualification criteria, steps, firms contacted.

All purchase procedures follow pre-defined steps. As an example, a Market Survey is first created, then dispatched to the suppliers etc .. CFU keeps track of all dated steps for a complete monitoring of the Purchase Procedure history.

During the lifecycle of a purchase procedure, a number of persons play on or several roles. Examples of these roles are the technical and commercial responsibles of a market survey, a contract manager etc ...

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