Business Interoperability Interfaces for public procurement in Europe — Profile BII41 — European Single Procurement Document (ESPD)

Introduction

The BII Workshop established in May 2007 was a standardisation initiative with the objective of harmonising electronic public procurement in Europe. . It provides a framework for interoperability in

pan-European electronic transactions expressed as a set of technical specifications ("Profiles"). Profiles are designed to facilitate effective public e-procurement based on a modular approach for implementation, with a focus on global interoperability.

BII Profiles can be seen as “agreements” on message contents and business processes. The profile descriptions focus on the core information elements that typically cater to the majority of user requirements applicable across Europe and lower the need for detailed bilateral agreements between the trading partners.

Scope

Introduction

Profile BII41 ESPD describes a process providing electronic messaging support for requesting and providing a European Single Procurement Document (ESPD). As stated in Art. 59 of the directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, the ESPD is a self-declaration by economic operators providing preliminary evidence replacing the certificates issued by public authorities or third parties. Its objective is to reduce the administrative burden arising from the requirement to produce a substantial number of certificates or other documents related to exclusion and selection criteria. It is for the business process of tendering in a pre-awarding phase. The ESPD may be requested by a contracting authority of the economic operator, by a (potential) main contractor of its subcontractors or partner contractors in a consortium, or by a contractor to be generated by an ESPD service provider.

The key aspects covered by this profile are:

  • A contracting authority can use this profile to request the ESPD of an economic operator.

  • An economic operator can use this profile to request the ESPD of subcontractors or of other economic operators in a consortium according to specifications in Call for Tender documents.

  • The profile can be used by an economic operator to request a service provider to assemble its ESPD according to specifications in Call for Tender documents.

  • The ESPD transactions are specific to a particular call for tenders.

  • The ESPD can be used for qualification in a restricted procedure or for tendering in an open procedure. Qualification through providing a Virtual Company Dossier or through other Qualification profiles containing the necessary evidence documents, as well as tendering are out of the scope of this profile.

The open procedure is described in profile BII37, the restricted procedure in profile BII39.

Goals

The main business benefits to be gained by implementing this profile are:

ID Description

G41-001

The ESPD allows the contracting body to install a systematic qualification process, with considerable simplification for the benefit of both contracting authorities and economic operators.

G41-002

Economic operators can automatically generate an ESPD with the support of an ESPD service according to the criteria set out in a call for tender.

G41-003

Main contractors can easily request subcontractors or partner contractors in consortia to provide their ESPDs.

G41-004

The ESPD allows for a semi-automated and simple process to prove qualification of economic operators in tendering procedures through self-declarations.

Business environment

Introduction

The intended scope for this profile includes public procurement, but the profile may also be used in Business to Business (B2B) relations.

This profile is intended to support transmission of electronic documents for processing in (semi-)automated processes. The legal requirements that were taken into account are requirements from European legislation, in particular the EU directives, mentioned in section 6 of this profile.

The transactions, specified in this profile are intended to be exchanged between the tendering systems of economic operators and contracting bodies. This means that it is expected that the parties have connected their systems to the internet, and that they have middleware in place to enable them to send and receive the transactions in a secure way, using an agreed syntax.

The content model of the transactions can also be used in procurement platforms or portals, so that these platforms as well as procurement systems of economic operators and contracting bodies are based on the same information and process models, which makes them more interoperable. Even if platforms are not technically interoperable, the content model facilitates understanding the tendering documents and to participate in the tendering process.

Tendering procedures

Individual pre-award processes can be put in place using different procedures, depending on the value and the type of the contract to be awarded, on the legal nature of the contracting body and on specific member state national legislation (Directive 2014/24/EU art. 26). In open procedures, any economic operator can access the tender documents (including the call for tenders) and submit a tender before the time expires, without subscribing for interest and without any previous assessment of their capabilities. In restricted and negotiated procedures and in a competitive dialogue the interested economic operators must submit a request to participate in order to be invited in the tendering process by the contracting body. When the contracting body has published a notice, the interested economic operators may subscribe to obtain tendering information using profile BII46. Negotiated procedures require sending the invitation to tender (profile BII52) to identified candidates. Article 26 to 32 from Directive 2014/24/EU and article 43 to 50 from Directive 2014/25/EU describe the different tendering procedures that can be used by contracting bodies. For the purpose of electronic tendering, some of these procedures have been described in BII profiles BII37 (open procedure) and BII39 (restricted procedure). These profiles are included in CWA 3456 parts 106 and 108.

Official notification through publishing bodies is part of many procedures. eNotification covers the electronic transfer of electronic notices for publication and dissemination services with the ultimate aim of opening market opportunities. Profiles BII14 Prior Information Notice, BII10 Contract Notice and BII43 Contract Award Notice describe the exchange of a notice between a contracting body or his representative and a publisher. Profile BII61 describes the exchange of notices between publishers. The process by which notices can be searched for on a given platform are described in profiles BII62 Exchange of Notice Metadata and BII45 Search Notices. These profiles are included in CWA 2345.

Requirements

High Level Business Requirements

Req. ID Requirement statement Ref. to goal

br41-001

The ESPD must be linked to a tendering process in order for the contracting body to be able to handle the ESPD and to evaluate the qualification of the economic operator.

G41-001

br41-002

The contracting body shall provide the exclusion grounds and selection criteria for its tendering process as structured information – via ESPD template or structured list of criteria set out in a call for tender.

G41-001

G41-002

br41-003

The contracting body requests from the economic operator or a set of economic operators along a tendering process to submit the ESPD.

G41-001

Br41-004

An ESPD must enable identifying the candidate as one economic operator or a set of economic operators and their roles

G41-001

Br41-005

The economic operator shall generate the ESPD (semi)automatically and provide it to the contracting authority as structured information using this profile. Along this, the economic operator may be able to reuse as much information from the ESPD template or call for tender qualification information as possible when elaborating the ESPD. This requirement very much relies on the alignment of call for tenders and ESPD data models.

G41-001

G41-002

Br41-006

The economic operator shall provide the ESPD as structured information to enable the contracting body to automatically check the non-existence of exclusion grounds and fulfilment of qualitative selection criteria.

G41-001

G41-004

Br41-006

An economic operator shall be able to ask its contractors in consortium or subcontractors to provide their ESPD to her/him using this profile

G41-003

Br41-007

The ESPD shall contain an URL and relevant access credentials to a national database, from where the evidence documents along the ESPD can be retrieved by the contracting body.

G41-004

G41-002

Key Examples

Example 1

 contracting body from Germany using the eTendering platform e-Vergabe
starts to prepare a tendering procedure, because it wants to buy goods
from any European supplier. First, it starts to prepare the relevant
documents in particular the tender notice and call for tender in any
local format (e.g. x-Vergabe9. As part of this process, the contracting
body specifies the qualification criteria in the form of a structured
ESPD Template, according to pre-defined codes, which need to be proven
by economic operators applying for the contract. The contracting body adds the standardised qualification criteria to the tender notice and/or
call for tender, or it includes the ESPD Template as an attachment to
the previous.
After having searched for interesting call for tenders across Europe,
having received an invitation to the call for tender , or having
received a notification from a platform where the economic operator is
subscribed to (e.g. TED), an economic operator from the Netherlands
subscribed interest (using TenderNed as his or her tendering platform to
prepare the bid) and received the tender documents, including
qualification criteria. In this ESPD profile, the most relevant document
received is the call for tender including the list of qualification
criteria (as part of the call for tender itself or as attached ESPD
Template). The list of qualification criteria is received in a
standardized, structured format. Besides preparing the content of the
tender in the tendering platform (e.g. TenderNed), the economic operator
opens the ESPD Template received and creates the standardized form
confirming that he/she fulfils all qualification criteria. The economic
operator inserts the finalized ESPD in the Tender Offer and submits it
together with the offer to e-Vergabe (using TenderNed as his/her
client). The contracting body receives the offer in e-Vergabe, including
the ESPD.

Example 2

long the procedure described in Example 1, the economic operator is not single tenderer. He / she bids in a consortium and has a subcontractor him- or herself. Hence, the economic operator as main contractor sends a request from his TenderNed client to the German subcontractor to provide the ESPD for the tender. The German subcontractor receives the request via DE-Mail. Furthermore, the economic operator sends a request from his TenderNed client to the Austrian, Italian and Greek partner contractors via eDelivery channels to provide their ESPDs for the tender.

The German subcontractor, being located in Berlin, logs in to the ESPD service provider portal of Auftragsberatungsstelle Brandenburg e.V. He uploads the ESPD template received, fills and signs the ESPD using the ESPD service there, and retrieves the filled and signed ESPD from the portal via download. Afterwards, he sends the ESPD to the main contractor’s tendering client (TenderNed) via DE-Mail.

The Austrian partner contractor contacts ANKÖ to generate the ESPD. He uploads the ESPD template received, fills and signs the ESPD using theNKÖ ESPD service, and sends from ANKÖ’s portal the ESPD to the TenderNed client of the main contractor.

The Italian economic operator uses the ESPD service of the European Commission (DG-GROW) to generate the ESPD. He uploads the ESPD template to the portal and fills the data. Then he retrieves the filled ESPD and sends it via eDelivery to the Dutch main contractor.

The Greek economic operator uses the Greek ESPD service which works similar to the German one as described before. To deliver the ESPD to the Dutch economic operator, he uses the eSens eDelivery service.

Finally, the Dutch economic operator adds all received ESPDs to the bid in the bidder client of TenderNed and submits the bid using eSubmission profiles of BII, where the ESPDs of all consortium members and subcontractors are included as attachment.

Example 3

The scope of the scenario is a combination of example 1 and example 2. However, the contracting body uses a two-stage procedure. The contracting body makes the same preparations as described in 3.2.1, except that the procedure is different.

The economic operator, as in example 1, subscribes to the procedure and receives the ESPD template. As it is a two-stage procedure, only the submission of the ESPD is required. Accordingly, he requests ESPDs of his consortium partners and subcontractors, and uses TenderNed to fill in his own ESPD – see the details described in example 2. Finally, the economic operator as main contractor submits the package of ESPDs from his TenderNed client via eDelivery to e-Vergabe.

Profile detailed description

Business processes in scope

Procurement is a complex domain with several key processes, some of which are illustrated in the following figure.

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Figure 1 — Procurement

The ESPD profile is realizing the ESPD process, as highlighted in the above figure. The ESPD process is part of the qualification process in the pre-awarding process area.

Parties and roles involved

The following business partners participate in this profile, acting in the roles as defined below.

Business partner Description

Governmental or private organisation

Any organisation

Role/actor Description

ESPD requester

An organisation that requests the ESPD of an economic operator or of a service provider.

ESPD provider

An economic operator or a service provider providing an ESPD.

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Figure 2 — ESPD process

ESPD Process

The following diagram shows the choreography of the business process implemented by the profile. The choreography of business collaborations defines the sequence of interactions when the profile is run within its context.

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Figure 3 — ESPD business process

Category Description

Description

The ESPD requester requests an ESPD from the ESPD provider. The ESPD provider prepares the ESPD and sends it to the ESPD requester.

Pre-conditions

The ESPD requester needs an ESPD.

Post-conditions

The ESPD has been provided to the ESPD requester

Activity Role involved Description

Send ESPD template

ESPD requester

The ESPD requester requests an ESPD from the ESPD provider. The request includes a template with a specification of the information that needs to be present in the ESPD.

Prepare ESPD

ESPD provider

The ESPD provider prepares the ESPD, based on the template.

Send ESPD

ESPD provider

The ESPD provider sends the ESPD to the ESPD requester.

Qualification transaction business requirements

Trdm070 ESPD request transaction

Categories Description and Values

Identifier

Trdm070

Description

A structured electronic business document for requesting qualification information through an ESPD (conform to an ESPD template). Directive 2014/24/EU, Art. 59.

Partner Types

Governmental or private organisation

Authorized Roles

ESPD requester

ESPD provider

Legal Implications

By providing an ESPD template to the economic operator, the contracting body is legally responsible for the correctness of the information provided.

By compiling an ESPD template through an ESPD service provider, the contracting body is legally responsible for the correctness of the information provided.

Initial Event

ESPD requester sends the ESPD request using an ESPD template.

Terminal event

ESPD provider receives and processes the ESPD request.

Scope

Open and restricted tendering procedures, with a focus on implementing the simplification in tendering procedures above threshold according to directives 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU.

Boundary

Trdm070

Trdm070 ESPD request transaction business requirements

Contracting body

ID Requirement

tbr70-001

The contracting body must be identified, hence information about the party is required, such as party name, country, identification, endpoint id.

tbr70-002

The contracting body must be able to list criteria for exclusion grounds according to directive 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EUnd/or according to national legislation.

tbr70-003

The contracting body must be able to list criteria for qualitative selection according to directive 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EUnd/or according to national legislation.

tbr70-004

The contracting body must be able to indicate which criteria for exclusion grounds and qualitative selection specific types of economic operators (e.g. subcontractors or partners in consortia) need to declare.

Tbr70-005

Where a call for tender is divided into lots, the contracting body must be able to indicate for each individual lot, what selection criteria are to be fulfilled. The contracting body shall also set the minimum yearly turnover that economic operators are required to have if they tender for more than one lot. In this case, the contracting body shall provide a reference to the groups of lots of the call for tender, to which the minimum turnover applies (art. 58 of 2014/24/EU).

Tbr70-006

The qualification document should contain contact information of the contracting body: Postal address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, contact person(s).

Call for tenders

ID Requirement

Tbr70-007

The ESPD request must contain a reference to the call for tenders, i.e. the procurement project ID, which defines the requirements (i.e. criteria) for which this document is created and submitted by the economic operator. It must be possible to maintain this information in order to keep track of the connection between request (call for tenders, ESPD template) and response (the ESPD).

Procurement lots

ID Requirement

Tbr70-08

The ESPD request may contain information about the procurement lots defined in a call for tender and indicate for each individual lot, what selection criteria are to be fulfilled. The contracting body shall also set the minimum yearly turnover that economic operators are required to have if they tender for more than one lot. In this case, the contracting body shall provide a reference to the group of lots of the call for tender, to which the minimum turnover applies (art. 58 of 2014/24/EU).

List of Criteria

ID Requirement

Tbr70-009

The ESPD template must contain information about the criteria that set the exclusion grounds. 2014/24/EU Art. 57 and referred to in 2014/25/EU Art. 80.

Tbr70-010

The ESPD template must contain information about the criteria that set the selection grounds. 2014/24/EU Art. 58 and 2014/25/EU Art. yy.

ESPD service provider

ID Requirement

Tbr70-011

The ESPD template shall contain information of identification regarding an ESPD service provider: Name, Party Identification, Endpoint ID.

Additional documentation

ID Requirement

Tbr70-012

The ESPD service provider should be able to provide complementary information such as liability statements.

Trdm070 ESPD request transaction model

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Figure 4 — ESPD request transaction model

Trdm070 ESPD request transaction information Requirements
InfReqID Card Tree and Business term Usage Data Type BusReqID

ESPD Request

1..1

Document identifier

Identifier of a document

Identifier

1..1

Document issue date

Date when the referred document was issued.

Date

0..1

Document issue time

Time when the document was issued.

Time

tir70-005

1..1

Reference number

An identifier that is specified by the buyer and used as a reference number for all documents in the procurement process. It is also known as procurement project identifier, procurement reference number or contract folder identifier. A reference to the procurement process to which this Qualification document is delivered as a response.

tbr70-007

0..1

Document version identifier

The version of the document that has been identified with the document identifier.

0..1

Minimum yearly turnover

The minimum yearly turnover that economic operators are required to have if they tender for more than one lot.

Amount

tbr70-008

0..n

Group of lots

Reference to the groups of lots of the call for tender, to which the minimum turnover applies (art. 58 of 2014/24/EU

0..1

Lot reference

A reference to one or more lots the economic operator is applying for. The original lot definition is part of the call for tender document. The Qualification instance only references the corresponding IDs in order to establish the connection to the call for tender information.

tbr70-008

1..1

Process control information

Information about the specification that apply to the transaction.

1..1

Business process type identifier

Identifies the business process context in which the transaction appears. It enables the buyer to process the invoice in an appropriate way.

Identifier

tbr00-001

1..1

Specification identification

An identification of the specification containing the total set of rules regarding semantic content, cardinalities and business rules to which the data contained in the instance document conforms. This identifies the European invoice norm, as well as any extensions applied. The identification may include the version of the specification.

Code

tbr00-002

1..1

Contracting body

The contracting authority or contracting entity who is buying supplies, services or public works using a tendering procedure as described in the applicable directive (Directives 2014/24/EU, 2014/25/EU).

tir70-026

1..1

Contracting body name

The name of the contracting body as it is registered.

tbr70-001

tir70-028

1..1

Contracting body identifier

The national identifier of a contracting body as it is legally registered (e.g. VAT identification, such as KBO)

Identifier

tbr70-001

1..1

Contracting body electronic address identifier

Electronic address of the contracting body.

Identifier

tbr70-001

tir70-027

1..1

Country of registration

The country where the party is registered. The country should always be given by using ISO code 3166 alpha 2

Code

tbr70-001

0..1

Postal Address

Address information.

tir70-029

0..1

Address line 1

The main address line in an address. Usually the street name and number or post office box.

Text

Tbr70-006

tir70-030

0..1

Address line 2

An additional address line in an address that can be used to give further details supplementing the main line.

Text

Tbr70-006

tir70-031

0..1

City

The common name of a city where the address is.

Text

Tbr70-006

tir70-032

0..1

Post code

The identifier for an addressable group of properties according to the relevant postal service, such as a ZIP code or Post Code.

Text

Tbr70-006

tir70-033

0..1

Country subdivision

The subdivision of a country such as region, county, state, province etc.

Text

Tbr70-006

tir70-034

0..1

Country code

A code that identifies the country. The lists of valid countries are registered with the ISO 3166-1 Maintenance agency, "Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions". It is recommended to use the alpha-2 representation.

Code

Tbr70-006

0..1

Contact person

Used to provide contacting information for a party in general or a person.

tir70-035

0..1

Contact point

The name of the contact point.

Text

Tbr70-006

tir70-036

0..1

Contact fax number

fax number for the contact point.

Text

tbr41-011

tir70-037

0..1

Contact telephone number

phone number for the contact point.

Text

Tbr70-006

tir70-038

0..1

Contact email address

An e-mail address for the contact point.

Text

Tbr70-006

1..1

Service provider

0..1

Service provider name

The name of the service provider.

Tbr70-011

0..1

Service provider identifier

The national identifier of a service provider as it is legally registered (e.g. VAT identification, such as KBO)

Tbr70-011

0..1

Service provider electronic address identifier

Electronic address of the service provider.

Tbr70-011

1..n

Exclusion criterion

0..1

Criterion identifier

language-independent token, e.g., a number, that allows to identify a criterion uniquely as well as allows to reference the criterion in other documents. A criterion describes a fact that is used by the contracting body to evaluate and compare tenders by economic operators and which will be used in the award decision.

Identifier

Tbr70-009

0..1

Criterion version identifier

Version of the criterion.

Identifier

Tbr70-009

1..n

Criterion domain identifier

Domain of the criterion.

Tbr70-009

0..1

Criterion name

short and descriptive name for a criterion. A criterion describes a fact that is used by the contracting body to evaluate and compare tenders by economic operators and which will be used in the award decision or to assess the eligibility of an economic operator.

Tbr70-009

0..1

Criterion description

An extended description of the criterion.

Tbr70-009

0..n

Lot reference

reference to one or more lots the economic operator is applying for. The original lot definition is part of the call for tender document. The Qualification instance only references the corresponding IDs in order to establish the connection to the call for tender information.

tbr70-005, tbr70-008

0..n

Economic operator role

The role of the economic operator when bidding from a consortium.

Code

tbr70-004

0..n

Criterion requirement

Requirement to fulfil a specific criterion.

0..1

Criterion requirement identifier

Identifier of the requirement that fulfils a specific criterion.

Identifier

0..1

Criterion requirement version identifier

Version identifier of the requirement that fulfils a specific criterion.

0..1

Criterion requirement description

Description of the requirement that fulfils a specific criterion.

0..n

Required evidence

0..1

Evidence identifier

Identifier for an evidence.

Identifier

0..1

Evidence name

The name of an evidence.

0..1

Evidence description

textual description of the evidence.

0..1

Evidence version identifier

Version identifier for an evidence.

0..1

Evidence type code

Type code for an evidence.

Code

0..1

Evidence issuer party

0..1

Evidence issuer party identifier

The identifier of the party issuer of the evidence.

0..1

Evidence issuer party name

The name of the party issuer of the evidence.

0..1

Postal Address

Address information.

0..1

Address line 1

The main address line in an address. Usually the street name and number or post office box.

Text

0..1

Address line 2

An additional address line in an address that can be used to give further details supplementing the main line.

Text

0..1

City

The common name of a city where the address is.

Text

0..1

Post code

The identifier for an addressable group of properties according to the relevant postal service, such as a ZIP code or Post Code.

Text

0..1

Country subdivision

The subdivision of a country such as region, county, state, province etc.

Text

0..1

Country code

A code that identifies the country. The lists of valid countries are registered with the ISO 3166-1 Maintenance agency, "Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions". It is recommended to use the alpha-2 representation.

Code

0..n

Criterion regulation

0..1

Regulation URI

URI that points to a particular regulation

Identifier

1..1

Jurisdiction level

Jurisdictional level of a particular regulation.

0..1

Regulation title

Title of a regulation.

1..n

Selection criterion

tbr70-003, tbr70-015

0..1

Criterion identifier

language-independent token, e.g., a number, that allows to identify a criterion uniquely as well as allows to reference the criterion in other documents. A criterion describes a fact that is used by the contracting body to evaluate and compare tenders by economic operators and which will be used in the award decision.

Identifier

Tbr70-010

0..1

Criterion version identifier

Version of the criterion.

Identifier

Tbr70-010

1..n

Criterion domain identifier

Domain of the criterion.

Tbr70-010

0..1

Criterion name

short and descriptive name for a criterion. A criterion describes a fact that is used by the contracting body to evaluate and compare tenders by economic operators and which will be used in the award decision or to assess the eligibility of an economic operator.

Tbr70-010

0..1

Criterion description

An extended description of the criterion.

Tbr70-010

0..n

Lot reference

A reference to one or more lots the economic operator is applying for. The original lot definition is part of the call for tender document. The Qualification instance only references the corresponding IDs in order to establish the connection to the call for tender information.

tbr70-005, tbr70-008

0..n

Economic operator role

The role of the economic operator when bidding from a consortium.

Code

0..n

Criterion requirement

Requirement to fulfil a specific criterion.

0..1

Criterion requirement identifier

Identifier of the requirement that fulfils a specific criterion.

Identifier

0..1

Criterion requirement version identifier

Version identifier of the requirement that fulfils a specific criterion.

0..1

Criterion requirement description

Description of the requirement that fulfils a specific criterion.

0..n

Required evidence

0..1

Evidence identifier

Identifier for an evidence.

Identifier

0..1

Evidence name

The name of an evidence.

0..1

Evidence description

textual description of the evidence.

0..1

Evidence version identifier

Version identifier for an evidence.

0..1

Evidence type code

Type code for an evidence.

Code

0..1

Evidence issuer party

0..1

Evidence issuer party identifier

The identifier of the party issuer of the evidence.

0..1

Evidence issuer party name

The name of the party issuer of the evidence.

0..1

Postal Address

Address information.

0..1

Address line 1

The main address line in an address. Usually the street name and number or post office box.

Text

0..1

Address line 2

An additional address line in an address that can be used to give further details supplementing the main line.

Text

0..1

City

The common name of a city where the address is.

Text

0..1

Post code

The identifier for an addressable group of properties according to the relevant postal service, such as a ZIP code or Post Code.

Text

0..1

Country subdivision

The subdivision of a country such as region, county, state, province etc.

Text

0..1

Country code

code that identifies the country. The lists of valid countries are registered with the ISO 3166-1 Maintenance agency, "Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions". It is recommended to use the alpha-2 representation.

Code

0..n

Criterion regulation

0..1

Regulation URI

URI that points to a particular regulation

Identifier

1..1

Jurisdiction level

Jurisdictional level of a particular regulation.

0..1

Regulation title

Title of a regulation.

0..n

Additional document

Information about an attached document.

tir41-182

0..1

Attachment identifier

An identifier that can be used to reference the attached document, such as an unique identifier.

Identifier

Tbr70-012

tir41-183

0..n

Attachment description

A short description of the attached document

Text

Tbr70-012

tir41-184

0..1

Attached document

An attached document embedded as binary object. Attached document is used when documentation shall be stored with the invoice for future reference or audit purposes.

Binary Object

Tbr70-012

Trdm092 ESPD transaction

Categories Description and Values

Identifier

BiiTrans092

Description

A structured electronic business document for providing qualification information in a simplified way through an ESPD when responding to a Call for Tender.

Partner Types

Governmental or private organisation

Authorized Roles

ESPD requester

ESPD provider

Legal Implications

By providing an ESPD template to the economic operator, the contracting body is legally responsible for the correctness of the information provided.

By submitting an ESPD to the contracting body, the economic operator is legally responsible for the correctness of the information provided.

By compiling an ESPD template through an ESPD service provider, the contracting body is legally responsible for the correctness of the information provided.

Initial Event

ESPD provider prepares and sends the qualification document (ESPD)

Terminal event

ESPD requester receives and processes the qualification document (ESPD).

Scope

Open and restricted tendering procedures, with a focus on implementing the simplification in tendering procedures above threshold according to directives 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU.

Boundary

None specified.

Trdm092 ESPD transaction business requirements

Economic Operator

ID Requirement

tbr92-001

The economic operator must be able to include all information necessary for identification: Party Name, Party Identification, endpoint id.

tbr92-002

The economic operator must be able to include contact information: Postal address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, contact person(s), Internet address.

tbr92-003

The economic operator must be able to define his country of registration. The country of registration is needed to identify relevant evidences and the legal domain of evidence provision.

Tbr92-004

The economic operator must be able to indicate, whether he is a micro, a small or a medium-sized enterprise (SME).

Tbr92-005

In case of reserved procurement, the economic operator must be able to indicate that he is in a sheltered program (e.g. sheltered workshop, social business, etc.). If so, he must be able to indicate the corresponding percentage of disabled or disadvantaged workers and details on whether the employees concerned belong to a specific category.

Tbr92-006

If the economic operator is registered on an official list of approved economic operators or is in possession of an equivalent certificate (e.g. under a national (pre)qualification system), he must be able to provide

a) the relevant registration or certification number,

b) in case the certificate is available electronically: the web address, issuing body, and precise reference of the documentation;

c) the references on which the registration or certification is based, as well as the classification obtained in the official list;

d) whether the registration or certification covers all the required exclusion grounds and selection criteria.

Tbr92-007

If the call for tender demands a certificate with regard to the payment of social security contributions and taxes, the economic operator must be able to indicate if he can provide such a certificate.nd if so, in the case the certificate can be retrieved free of charge electronically: the web address, issuing body, and precise reference of the documentation.

Tbr92-008

The economic operator must be able to indicate if he is participating together with others (e.g. with subcontractors or with other partners). If so, he must be able to provide

a) the role of the economic operator in the group (leader, responsible for specific tasks, etc.);

b) the identification of the other economic operators participating in the procurement procedure;

c) (where applicable) name of the participating group.

Representative of the economic operator

ID Requirement

tbr92-009

The economic operator must be able to name a natural person that is acting as the representative of the economic operator and to include the personal information necessary for identifying this natural person (e.g. Identifier, name, nationality, address, place of birth, date of birth). .

tbr92-010

The economic operator must also be able to specify the position (acting capacity) the natural person takes in the company in the qualification/tendering phase. If needed, the economic operator shall be able to provide detailed information on the representation (its forms, extent, purpose, etc.)

Contracting authority

ID Requirement

tbr92-011

The contracting authority must be identified, hence information about the party are required, such as party name, country, identification, endpoint id.

tbr92-012

The ESPD should contain contact information of the contracting authority: Postal address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, contact person(s).

Call for tender reference

ID Requirement

tbr92-013

The ESPD must contain a reference to the call for tenders, i.e. the procurement project ID, which defines the requirements (i.e. criteria) for which this document is created and submitted by the economic operator.

Procurement lots

ID Requirement

Tbr92-014

Where the call for tender is divided into lots, the economic operator must be able to indicate, which lot he is tendering.

List of Criteria

ID Requirement

Tbr92-015

The ESPD must contain corresponding information about the (non)existence of exclusion grounds as set out in the call for tender or ESPD template (cf. tbr70-009). The information shall contain a legal reference (EU level, contracting authority national level, economic operator national level). Furthermore it must contain the name of criterion and criterion group to which it belongs (according to names of Art. 57 of 2014/24/ECnd referred to in Art. 80 of 2014/25/EC) as well as indications of (non)existence of each single exclusion ground contained and details and explanations as requested according to Art. 57 of directive 2014/25/EUnd the ESPD form agreed among the Member State.

Where demanded and if available electronically, the ESPD shall provide the following information to relevant documentation: the web address, issuing body, and precise reference of the documentation.

The ESPD shall also accommodate information of self-cleaning measures and reliability explanations in cases, where an exclusion ground exists.

Tbr92-016

The ESPD must contain corresponding information about the fulfilment of selection criteria as set out in the call for tender or ESPD template (cf. tbr70-010). The information shall contain a legal reference (EU level, contracting authority national level, economic operator national level). Furthermore it must contain the name of criterion and criterion group to which it belongs (according to names of Art. 58 of 2014/24/ECnd referred to in Art. 80 of 2014/25/EC) as well as indications of fulfilment of selection criteria contained as well as details and explanations as requested according to Art. 58 of directive 2014/25/EUnd the ESPD form agreed among the Member State.

Where demanded and if available electronically, the ESPD shall provide the following information to relevant documentation: the web address, issuing body, and precise reference of the documentation.

Link to Evidences

ID Requirement

tbr92-017

The economic operator must be able to add the internet address of a national database (including any identification data and, where applicable, the necessary declaration of consent cf. Art. 59 of 2014/24/EC) from which a contracting authority can directly retrieve any evidence documents and certificates or supporting documents which prove the EOs compliance to the requested criteria defined in the call for tender and stated in the ESPD.

Evaluation of criteria

ID Requirement

tbr92-018

The ESPD shall contain structured information describing the fulfilment of selection criteria and non-existence of exclusion grounds. This is essential for automatic evaluation of criteria.

Issuing date and time

ID Requirement

tbr92-019

The ESPD shall have an ID and reflect the date and time when it has been issued.

Versioning

ID Requirement

tbr92-020

The ESPD should allow to include a VersionID to the ESPD. The VersionID helps to identify the status of subsystems that have supported the creation of the ESPD. It is needed to trace changes that have occurred.

ESPD service provider

ID Requirement

tbr92-021

The ESPD may reflect information about the issuing service that was used to create the ESPD itself.

Additional documentation

ID Requirement

Tbr92-022

The economic operator should be able to include any additional documents that are not classified as evidence information that prove specific exclusion grounds or selection criteria.

Date, place of issuance and signature

ID Requirement

Tbr92-023

The economic operator must be able to indicate date and place where the ESPD has been compiled. Where required, he must be able to digitally sign the ESPD.

Trdm092 ESPD transaction model

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Figure 5 — ESPD transaction model

Trdm092 ESPD transaction information Requirements

InfReqID

Cardinality

Tree and Business term

Usage

Data Type

BusReqID

ESPD

tir92-022

1..1

Document identifier

Identifier of a document An transaction instance must contain an identifier. The identifier enables positive referencing the document instance for various purposes including referencing between transactions that are part of the same process.

Identifier

tbr92-026

tir92-002

0..1

Document issue date

Date when the referred document was issued.

Date

tbr92-026

tir92-003

0..1

Document issue time

Time when the document was issued.

Time

tbr92-026

1..1

Reference number

An identifier that is specified by the buyer and used as a reference number for all documents in the procurement process. It is also known as procurement project identifier, procurement reference number or contract folder identifier. reference to the procurement process to which this Qualification document is delivered as a response.

tbr92-014

tir92-001

0..1

Document version identifier

The version of the document that has been identified with the document identifier.

tbr92-027

1..1

Process control information

Information about the specification that apply to the transaction.

1..1

Business process type identifier

Identifies the business process context in which the transaction appears. It enables the buyer to process the invoice in an appropriate way.

Identifier

tbr00-001

tir41-025

1..1

Specification identification

An identification of the specification containing the total set of rules regarding semantic content, cardinalities and business rules to which the data contained in the instance document conforms. This identifies the European invoice norm, as well as any extensions applied. The identification may include the version of the specification.

Code

tbr00-002

1..1

Contracting body

The contracting authority or contracting entity who is buying supplies, services or public works using a tendering procedure as described in the applicable directive (Directives 2014/24/EU, 2014/25/EU).

tir92-026

1..1

Contracting body name

The name of the contracting body as it is registered.

tbr92-010

tir92-028

1..1

Contracting body identifier

The national identifier of a contracting body as it is legally registered (e.g. VAT identification, such as KBO)

Identifier

tbr92-010

0..1

Postal Address

Address information

tir92-029

0..1

Address line 1

The main address line in an address. Usually the street name and number or post office box.

Text

tbr92-011

tir92-030

0..1

Address line 2

An additional address line in an address that can be used to give further details supplementing the main line.

Text

tbr92-011

tir92-031

0..1

City

The common name of a city where the address is.

Text

tbr92-011

tir92-032

0..1

Post code

The identifier for and addressable group of properties according to the relevant postal service, such as a ZIP code or Post Code.

Text

tbr92-011

tir92-033

0..1

Country subdivision

The subdivision of a country such as region, county, state, province etc.

Text

tbr92-011

tir92-034

0..1

Country code

A code that identifies the country. The lists of valid countries are registered with the ISO 3166-1 Maintenance agency, "Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions". It is recommended to use the alpha-2 representation.

Code

tbr92-011

0..1

Contact person

Used to provide contacting information for a party in general or a person.

tir92-035

0..1

Contact point

The name of the contact point.

Text

tbr92-011

tir92-036

0..1

Contact fax number

A fax number for the contact point.

Text

tbr92-011

tir92-037

0..1

Contact telephone number

A phone number for the contact point.

Text

tbr92-011

tir92-038

0..1

Contact email addressAn e-mail

Address for the contact point.

Text

tbr92-011

1..n

Economic operator

Any natural or legal person or public entity or group of such persons and/or entities, including any temporary association of undertakings, which offers the execution of works and/or a work, the supply of products or the provision of services on the market. Information about the party submitting the qualification.

Identifier

tbr92-017, tbr92-010, tbr92-028, tbr92-029

tir92-039

1..1

Economic operator identifier

An identifier that identifies the economic operator, such as a legal registration identifier.

Identifier

tbr92-001

tir92-200

0..1

Economic operator electronic address identifier

Electronic address of the economic operator.

tbr92-001

tir92-010

0..1

Economic operator registration country code

The registration country code of the economic operator.

Code

tbr92-003

tir92-011

1..1

Economic operator name

The name of the economic operator.

tbr92-001

tir41-040

0..1

Economic operator role

The role of the economic operator when bidding from a consortium. (main contractor, subcontractor , additional)

Code

tbr92-004

tir92-201

0..1

National database URI

Unrestricted and full direct access to tools and devices used for electronic communication is possible at this URL.

tbr92-004

tir92-202

0..1

National database access credentials

Unrestricted and full direct access to tools and devices used for electronic communication is possible at this URL.

tbr92-004

0..1

Postal address

Address information.

tir92-041

0..1

Address line 1

The main address line in an address. Usually the street name and number or post office box.

Text

tbr92-002

tir92-042

0..1

Address line 2

An additional address line in an address that can be used to give further details supplementing the main line.

Text

tbr92-002

tir92-043

0..1

City

The common name of a city where the address is.

Text

tbr92-002

tir92-044

0..1

Post code

The identifier for and addressable group of properties according to the relevant postal service, such as a ZIP code or Post Code.

Text

tbr92-002

tir92-045

0..1

Country subdivision

The subdivision of a country such as region, county, state, province etc.

Text

tbr92-002

tir92-046

0..1

Country code

A code that identifies the country. The lists of valid countries are registered with the ISO 3166-1 Maintenance agency, "Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions". It is recommended to use the alpha-2 representation.

Code

tbr92-002

0..1

Contacting details

Used to provide contacting information for a party in general or a person.

tir92-047

0..1

Contact point

The name of the contact point.

Text

tbr92-002

tir92-048

0..1

Contact fax number

A fax number for the contact point.

Text

tbr92-002

tir92-049

0..1

Contact telephone number

A phone number for the contact point.

Text

tbr92-002

tir92-050

0..1

Contact email addressAn e-mail

Address for the contact point.

Text

tbr92-002

0..n

Procurement project lot

0..1

Lot identifier

An identifier for the lot.

Identifier

0..1

Exclusion criterion

0..1

Criterion identifier

A language-independent token, e.g., a number, that allows to identify a criterion uniquely as well as allows to reference the criterion in other documents. A criterion describes a fact that is used by the contracting body to evaluate and compare tenders by economic operators and which will be used in the award decision.

Identifier

tbr92-016

0..1

Criterion version identifier

Version of the criterion.

Identifier

tbr92-016

1..n

Criterion domain identifier

Domain of the criterion.

tbr92-016

0..1

Criterion name

A short and descriptive name for a criterion. A criterion describes a fact that is used by the contracting body to evaluate and compare tenders by economic operators and which will be used in the award decision or to assess the eligibility of an economic operator.

tbr92-016

0..1

Criterion description

An extended description of the criterion.

tbr92-016

0..n

Criterion requirement

Requirement to fulfil a specific criterion.

0..1

Criterion requirement identifier

Identifier of the requirement that fulfils a specific criterion.

Identifier

0..1

Criterion requirement version identifier

Version identifier of the requirement that fulfils a specific criterion.

0..1

Criterion requirement description

Description of the requirement that fulfils a specific criterion.

0..n

Required evidence

0..1

Evidence identifier

Identifier for an item of evidence.

Identifier

0..1

Evidence name

The name of an evidence.

0..1

Evidence description

A textual description of the evidence.

0..1

Evidence version identifier

Version identifier for an evidence.

0..1

Evidence type code

Type code for an item of evidence.

Code

0..1

Evidence issuer party

0..1

Evidence issuer party identifier

The identifier of the party issuer of the evidence.

tbr92-022

0..1

Evidence issuer party name

The name of the party issuer of the evidence.

0..1

Postal Address

Address information.

0..1

Address line 1

The main address line in and address. Usually the street name and number or post office box.

Text

0..1

Address line 2

An additional address line inn address that can be used to give further details supplementing the main line.

Text

0..1

City

The common name of a city where the address is.

Text

0..1

Post code

The identifier for an addressable group of properties according to the relevant postal service, such as a ZIP code or Post Code.

Text

0..1

Country subdivision

The subdivision of a country such as region, county, state, province etc.

Text

0..1

Country code

A code that identifies the country. The lists of valid countries are registered with the ISO 3166-1 Maintenance agency, "Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions". It is recommended to use the alpha-2 representation.

Code

0..n

Criterion regulation

0..1

Regulation URI

URI that points to a particular regulation

Identifier

tbr92-019

1..1

Jurisdiction level

Jurisdictional level of a particular regulation.

tbr92-019

0..1

Regulation title

Title of a regulation.

tbr92-019

0..1

Selection criterion

0..1

Criterion identifier

A language-independent token, e.g., a number, that allows to identify a criterion uniquely as well as allows to reference the criterion in other documents. A criterion describes a fact that is used by the contracting body to evaluate and compare tenders by economic operators and which will be used in the award decision.

Identifier

tbr92-016

0..1

Criterion version identifier

Version of the criterion.

Identifier

tbr92-016

1..n

Criterion domain identifier

Domain of the criterion.

tbr92-016

0..1

Criterion name

A short and descriptive name for a criterion. A criterion describes a fact that is used by the contracting body to evaluate and compare tenders by economic operators and which will be used in the award decision or to assess the eligibility of an economic operator.

tbr92-016

0..1

Criterion description

An extended description of the criterion.

tbr92-016

0..n

Criterion requirement

Requirement to fulfil a specific criterion.

0..1

Criterion requirement identifier

Identifier of the requirement that fulfils a specific criterion.

Identifier

0..1

Criterion requirement version identifier

Version identifier of the requirement that fulfils a specific criterion.

0..1

Criterion requirement description

Description of the requirement that fulfils a specific criterion.

0..n

Required evidence

0..1

Evidence identifier

Identifier for an item of evidence.

Identifier

tbr92-022

0..1

Evidence nameThe name of an evidence.

0..1

Evidence description

A textual description of the evidence.

0..1

Evidence version identifier

Version identifier for an evidence.

0..1

Evidence type code

Type code for an evidence.

Code

0..1

Evidence issuer party

0..1

Evidence issuer party identifier

The identifier of the party issuer of the evidence.

tbr92-022

0..1

Evidence issuer party name

The name of the party issuer of the evidence.

0..1

Postal Address

Address information.

0..1

Address line 1

The main address line in and address. Usually the street name and number or post office box.

Text

0..1

Address line 2

An additional address line in an address that can be used to give further details supplementing the main line.

Text

0..1

City

The common name of a city where the address is.

Text

0..1

Post code

The identifier for an addressable group of properties according to the relevant postal service, such as a ZIP code or Post Code.

Text

0..1

Country subdivision

The subdivision of a country such as region, county, state, province etc.

Text

0..1

Country code

A code that identifies the country. The lists of valid countries are registered with the ISO 3166-1 Maintenance agency, "Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions". It is recommended to use the alpha-2 representation.

Code

0..n

Criterion regulation

0..1

Regulation URI

URI that points to a particular regulation

Identifier

tbr92-019

1..1

Jurisdiction level

Jurisdictional level of a particular regulation.

tbr92-019

0..1

Regulation title

Title of a regulation.

tbr92-019

0..n

NaturalPerson

Information about individuals who in one way or the other represent the economic operator.

tbr92-018

tir92-055

1..1

Natural person name

Name of the natural person.

tbr92-006

tir92-056

0..1

Natural person identifier

Identifier of the natural person.

Identifier

tbr92-006

tir92-057

0..1

Natural person role

Role of the natural person.

tbr92-007

tir92-065

0..1

Natural person birth place

Place of birth of the natural person.

tbr92-006

tir92-066

0..1

Natural person birth date

Date of birth of the natural person.

Date

tbr92-006

tir92-064

0..1

Natural person registration country

Country of registration  of the natural person.

Code

tbr92-009

tir92-067

0..1

Power of attorney

Power of attorney of the natural person.

tbr92-008

0..1

Postal address

Address information.

tir92-058

0..1

Address line 1

The main address line in an address. Usually the street name and number or post office box.

Text

tbr92-008

tir92-059

0..1

Address line 2

An additional address line in an address that can be used to give further details supplementing the main line.

Text

tbr92-008

tir92-060

0..1

City

The common name of a city where the address is.

Text

tbr92-008

tir92-061

0..1

Post code

The identifier for an addressable group of properties according to the relevant postal service, such as a ZIP code or Post Code.

Text

tbr92-008

tir92-062

0..1

Country subdivision

The subdivision of a country such as region, county, state, province etc.

Text

tbr92-008

tir92-063

0..1

Country code

A code that identifies the country. The lists of valid countries are registered with the ISO 3166-1 Maintenance agency, "Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions". It is recommended to use the alpha-2 representation.

Code

tbr92-008

0..1

Suitability criterion

0..1

Criterion identifier

A language-independent token, e.g., a number, that allows to identify a criterion uniquely as well as allows to reference the criterion in other documents. A criterion describes a fact that is used by the contracting body to evaluate and compare tenders by economic operators and which will be used in the award decision.

Identifier

0..1

Criterion version identifier

Version of the criterion.

Identifier

1..n

Criterion domain identifier

Domain of the criterion.

0..1

Criterion name

A short and descriptive name for a criterion. A criterion describes a fact that is used by the contracting body to evaluate and compare tenders by economic operators and which will be used in the award decision or to assess the eligibility of an economic operator.

0..1

Criterion description

An extended description of the criterion.

0..n

Criterion requirement

Requirement to fulfil a specific criterion.

0..1

Criterion requirement identifier

Identifier of the requirement that fulfils a specific criterion.

Identifier

0..1

Criterion requirement version identifier

Version identifier of the requirement that fulfils a specific criterion.

0..1

Criterion requirement description

Description of the requirement that fulfils a specific criterion.

0..n

Required evidence

0..1

Evidence identifier

Identifier for an evidence.

Identifier

0..1

Evidence name

The name of an item of evidence.

0..1

Evidence description

A textual description of the evidence.

0..1

Evidence version identifier

Version identifier for an evidence.

0..1

Evidence type code

Type code for an evidence.

Code

0..1

Evidence issuer party

0..1

Evidence issuer party identifier

The identifier of the party issuer of the evidence.

0..1

Evidence issuer party name

The name of the party issuer of the evidence.

0..1

Postal Address

Address information.

0..1

Address line 1

The main address line in and address. Usually the street name and number or post office box.

Text

0..1

Address line 2

An additional address line in an address that can be used to give further details supplementing the main line.

Text

0..1

City

The common name of a city where the address is.

Text

0..1

Post code

The identifier for an addressable group of properties according to the relevant postal service, such as a ZIP code or Post Code.

Text

0..1

Country subdivision

The subdivision of a country such as region, county, state, province etc.

Text

0..1

Country code

A code that identifies the country. The lists of valid countries are registered with the ISO 3166-1 Maintenance agency, "Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions". It is recommended to use the alpha-2 representation.

Code

0..n

Criterion regulation

0..1

Regulation URI

URI that points to a particular regulation

Identifier

1..1

Jurisdiction level

Jurisdictional level of a particular regulation.

0..1

Regulation title

Title of a regulation.

0..1

Service provider

0..1

Service provider name

The name of the service provider. Issuer body of the ESPD.

tbr92-028

0..1

Service provider identifier

The national identifier of a service provider as it is legally registered (e.g. VAT identification, such as KBO) Issuer body of the ESPD.

tbr92-028

0..1

Service provider electronic address identifier

Electronic address of the service provider. Issuer body of the ESPD.

tbr92-028

0..n

Additional document

Information about an attached document.

tir92-182

0..1

Attachment identifier

An identifier that can be used to reference the attached document, such as an unique identifier.

Identifier

tbr92-020

tir92-183

0..n

Attachment description

A short description of the attached document

Text

tbr92-020

tir92-184

0..1

Attached document

An attached document embedded as binary object. Attached document is used when documentation shall be stored with the invoice for future reference or audit purposes.

Binary Object

tbr92-020

Implementation

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