Prema definiciji Ekonomskog opservatorija, pristup javnoj narudžbi je opći zajednički termin za javne osobe sa svrhom zadovoljavanja njihovih javnih potreba. Ovaj izraz je postao „sveobuhvatan“ u posljednje vrijeme te ga je potrebno regrupirati: javna nabava prema Zakonu o javnoj nabavi, javna nabava prema uredbi od 6. lipnja 2005., delegiranje javne službe i ugovori o javno-privatnom partnerstvu.According to its economic definition, access to public procurement is a general common term for public persons with the aim of satisfying their public needs. Lately, this expression has become „all-encompassing“ and it has become necessary to regroup it: public procurement according to the Public Procurement Act, public procurement according to the regulation of June 6, 2005, and the delegation of public services and contracts in public and private partnership