PD CEN/TR 17014-101:2018

This standard PD CEN/TR 17014-101:2018 Electronic public procurement. Business interoperability interfaces (BII), e-Tendering is classified in these ICS categories:

• 35.240.20 IT applications in office work
• 03.100.10 Purchasing. Procurement. Logistics
• 35.240.63 IT applications in trade

This document provides an overview of eTendering standards in the set Business Interoperability Interfaces (BII) for public procurement. BII eTendering covers the tendering part of the e-procurement chain, starting from subscribing interest in a business opportunity till concluding the contract. BII focus on exchange of information between business partners. This brings in scope all electronic communication between a contracting authority and an economic operator. Back-office information processing, like the evaluation of tenders, is out of scope. To ensure interoperability each electronic communication will be described as follows: - A procurement procedure guideline identifies the position of the transactions in a procedure; - A choreography describes the sequence of transactions; - A transaction describes all information elements exchanged between business partners; - A syntax implementation guideline (SIG) provides the syntax bindings needed to implement the transaction.