Role of a public or private body which offers ancillary purchasing activities on the market.<br/><br/>Additional information<br/><br/>"Ancillary purchasing activities" means activities consisting in the provision of support to purchasing activities, in particular in the following forms:<br/>(a) technical infrastructure enabling contracting authorities to award public contracts or to conclude framework agreements for works, supplies or services;<br/>(b) advice on the conduct or design of public procurement procedures;<br/>(c) preparation and management of procurement procedures on behalf and for the account of the contracting authority concerned;<br/><br/>Source: Directive 2014/24/EU, Article 2, paragraphs 17 and 15.<br/><br/>This would be equivalent to the concept of 'procuringEntity' in OCDS: 'The entity managing the procurement, which may be different from the buyer who is paying / using the items being procured'.<br/><br/>WG Approval 24/03/2020<br/><br/>