U tzv. sekundarni zakonodavni okvir spadaju direktive (Directives), Uredbe Europske komisije, Vijeća i Parlamenta (Commission regulations, Council regulations and Parliament regulations), te Jedinstveni rječnik javne nabave (Common Public Procurement Vocabulary) Posebno valja upozoriti na dvije direktive Europskog parlamenta i Vijeća, i to: - Direktivu 2004/17/EZ od 31. ožujka 2004., kojom se usklađuju postupci nabave subjekata koji djeluju u sektoru vodnog gospodarstva, energetskom i prometnom sektoru, te sektoru poštanskih usluga (DIRECTIVE 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors); - Direktivu 2004/18/EZ od 31. ožujka 2004. o koordinaciji postupaka za dodjelu ugovora o javnim radovima, ugovora o javnim opskrbama, te ugovora o pružanju javnih usluga (DIRECTIVE 2004/18/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts).