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Contractor

Meaning in public administration, with examples

/kənˈtræktə/nounCore term

In public administration, contractor means: A company or person that has signed a contract to provide goods, services or construction work, especially for a public body.

In Turkish: yüklenici, müteahhit, taşeron

How it is used

Contractors are selected, hired, paid and monitored. In construction, a main contractor may use subcontractors. Contract managers check that the contractor delivers on time, to the agreed standard and within the agreed price.

Example sentences

  1. The contractor has been fined for missing the completion date.

  2. We meet the contractors every two weeks to review progress on site.

Common collocations

  • main contractor
  • private contractor
  • hire a contractor
  • contractor performance
  • tenderA formal invitation for companies to offer to supply goods, services or works at a stated price, or the written offer a company submits in reply.
  • bidAn offer by a company to supply goods, services or works for a stated price, made in response to a public tender; also used as a verb.
  • outsourcingPaying a private company or another organization to carry out work that a public body used to do itself, such as cleaning, IT support or meal services.
  • public procurementThe process by which governments and public bodies buy goods, services and construction work from private companies, usually through open competition.

This word in other fields

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