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

2. 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.

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

4. 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]

5. Profiles

6. 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

7. 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

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

9. 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)

10. 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

11. 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

12. Get involved https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/software/openeprior/home
@ePRIOR_EU