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.
