Spreading interoperability in eProcurement processes across Europe Open Seminar Brussels December 6, 2012

Open ePRIOR Didier Thunus, European Commission, DG DIGIT The European Commission solution ePrior was an early adopter of CEN/BII profiles for eInvoicing, eOrdering, and future plans include the pre-award profiles too; its Open Source version is playing an important role in spreading the use of CEN/BII profiles in Europe.

e-PRIOR and CEN.BII Didier THUNUS 6 December 2012 DIGIT.B4

Covered Functionality CEN BII Profiles Covered Functionality Requisition Approval Request Goods receipt Receipt Invoice control Invoice payment Purchase Order Order Customer request Quotation Contract Catalogue Invoice Catalogue Payments Order processing Order Billing Supplier [Order to Cash business process]

Profiles

Contribution to CEN.BII Pioneer implementing CEN.BII – Continuous feedback during implementation; Methodology to conform to BII (included in Final BII Draft); Definition of Code Lists; Transmission of Attachments; Status Request message included in UBL 2.1; Fulfilment Cancellation functionality included in UBL 2.1

Commission’s e-Procurement platform e-PRIOR Back-offices of the Commission Supplier portal Traceability Integrity Non-repudiation Routing Archiving SMEs and individuals BII Supplier systems Big companies

e-PRIOR covers all post-award processes Number of e-invoices 2010 2011 2012

Interoperability is reality EHF Invoice Invoice <INVOICE> <ID> <IssueDate> <Period> DG Informatics * e-PRIOR Two independent implementations of BII *Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (Norway)

Our plan moving forward e-Notification e-Tendering e-Awarding Framework Contract Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 Phase 5 DECEMBER 2012 JUNE 2013 DECEMBER 2013 JULY 2014 JUNE 2015 e-Submission DPS e-Auction e-Awarding e-Evaluation e-Qualification e-Attestation

e-Submission scenario 19/04/2017 e-Submission scenario 1 The Contracting Authority creates the Call for Tenders (CFT) e-Submission Back Office 2 Information about the CFT is sent to the Back Office Contracting Authority (CA) e-ACCESS e-PRIOR Opening Board 3 The EO views the CFT on e-Access and is redirected to the e-Submission Front Office 7 At the opening date, the Opening Board is authorised to open the Tender e-Submission Front Office Economic Operator (EO) 6 The Tender Bundle and the Preparation report are sent to the e-Submission Back Office 4 The EO fills the tender template, attaches the required documents creating the Tender Bundle 5 A Preparation Report is created and made available to the EO European Commission - Internal Market & Services DG

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