Standardization in the field of e-procurement to support the electronic public procurement processes and their accompanying information flows in the physical and financial supply chain. This is to facilitate end-to-end e-procurement including both Pre-award and Post-award processes for public procurement covering:
e-notification
- Publication of and access to notices related to procurement opportunities such as Prior information Notices, Contract Notices and Contract Award Notices.
e-access
- Electronic access to tender documents and specifications, including electronic access to supporting documents for suppliers in the preparation of a Tender response, e.g. clarifications, questions and answers.
e-submission
- Secure submission of tenders and/or catalogues in electronic format to the contracting body (contracting authority/ contracting entity), which is able to receive and process it in compliance with applicable legal requirements.
e-evaluation
- Evaluation of the electronic tenders and/or catalogues received by the contracting body following the closing deadline of a tender competition, including electronic exchange to support for evaluators to clarify the tender.
e-awarding
- Information exchange regarding award of the contract, including electronic exchange to support tenderers request for additional information about the result of the procedure.
e-contract
- Signing, enactment of a contract / agreement and possibly its related catalogue through electronic means between the contracting authority/entity and the winning tenderer(s), as well as signing of contract amendments and possibly their related catalogue.
e-sourcing
- Activities preparatory to issuing an order. It can consist in exchanging electronic messages with winning tenderers who have signed a framework agreement with the contracting body, a request for quotation and its response (quotation) (e.g. framework agreements with reopening competition), etc.
e-ordering
- Issuing of an electronic order by the contracting body and its acceptance by the supplier or conversely issuing of an electronic order agreement by the supplier.
e-fulfilment
- Electronic exchange of documents that enable monitoring the execution of the order or the contract.
Deliverables for these processes will support the electronic exchange of information in public procurement as well as in B2B transactions.
Attention will be given to the establishment of a semantic data model and at least one syntax data binding for the application of XML in both pre-award and post-award.
The work of CEN/PC 440 will be developed from the deliverables of CEN/BII (2)3 in alignment with the deliverables of CEN/PC 434. Other initiatives such as ISO/IEC/JTC 1/SC 32, OpenPEPPOL and eSENS will be taken into consideration as appropriate."