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  • Client

    Individual, department, or entity with whom procurement professionals consult and collaborate in procuring a desired or required good or service. The client may also be the end user.

    See Also: End-user

  • Client Agency

    Identifies the name and address of the entity on whose behalf the Bid request has been submitted.

  • Client Entity

    Identifies the name and address of the entity on whose behalf the solicitation is being issued.

  • Client/Server

    A computer system architecture in which a central computer program provides information to a number of requesting computer programs known as clients.