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Client

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

See Also: End user
Client Agency

The name and address of the entity on whose behalf the bid request has been submitted.
Client Entity

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.

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