Identifiers, References and Pointless Business Terms

The following sections further describe various identifiers and references:

Identifiers (to unequivocally identify an object),
Identifiers and References (to point to existing objects),
BTs introduced by the Regulation Annex irrelevant for the implementation.

Identifiers

Table 1. Identifiers
Business Term	Name of the Business Term	Field ID	Description	schemeName	ID format
BT-01	Procedure Legal Basis (ELI - celex)	BT-01-… BT-01(c)-Procedure BT-01(e)-Procedure		ELI, celex	Pattern matching / codes
BT-04	Procedure Identifier	BT-04-notice	Generated & assigned by OP/eSender	NA	UUID v4
BT-09	Cross Border Law	BT-09(a)-Procedure		NA	CrossBorderLaw
BT-137	Purpose Lot Identifier	BT-137-Lot BT-137-Part BT-137-LotsGroup	Encoded by the Contracting Authority in accordance with the prescribed format.	Lot Part LotsGroup	- LOT-XXXX, - PAR-XXXX, - GLO-XXXX
BT-150	Contract Identifier	BT-150-Contract	Defined and encoded by the Contracting Authority. Should be unique between all Contract Identifiers of the procedure	NA	No restriction yet
BT-22	Internal Identifier	BT-22-Lot BT-22-LotsGroup BT-22-Part BT-22-Procedure	CAs define it. No restriction besides string length.	InternalID	100 characters max.
BT-3201	Tender Identifier	BT-3201-Tender	Defined and encoded by the Contracting Authority. Should be unique between all Tender Identifiers of the procedure	NA	No restriction yet
BT-501	Organisation Identifier	BT-501-Business-European BT-501-Business-National BT-501-Organization-Company	Discussions ongoing. It will be encoded by the Contracting Authority		No restriction yet
BT-5010	EU Funds Financing Identifier	BT-5010-Lot	An identifier of the European Union programme used to at least partially finance the contract. The most concrete information must be given (e.g. the unique European identification number of the relevant programme when available, for example the CCI number for CPR funds, or grant agreement number, national identifier, project acronym, contract number).
BT-5011	Contract EU Funds Financing Identifier	BT-5011-Contract	Financing Identifier; the most concrete information must be given (e.g. grant agreement number, national identifier, project acronym, contract number)
BT-701	Notice Identifier	BT-701-notice	Generated & assigned by OP/eSender	NA	UUID v4
BT-757	Notice Version	BT-757-notice	01 for the initial version, assigned by the User Interface. Any new version should have a higher version number than any previous one.	NA	2 digits.
BT-784	Review Identifier	BT-784-Review	An identifier of a review request or a review decision. When appealed to a higher review body instance, a review request must receive a new identifier.
OPP-010	Notice Publication Number	OPP-010-notice	Information added by OP prior to publication	ojs-notice-id	XXXXXXXXXX-YYYY
OPP-011	OJEU Identifier	OPP-011-notice	Information added by OP prior to publication	ojs-id	XXX/YYYY
OPP-124	Gazette Issue Identifier	OPP-124-Business	Identifier of the local Gazette in which information has been published
OPT-001	UBL version ID (UBL)	OPT-001-notice	Currently based on version 2.3 of the standard.	NA	2.3
OPT-002	Customization ID (UBL)	OPT-002-notice	Customization ID based on the SDK versioning	NA	eforms-sdk-x.y
OPT-093	Review Technical Identifier	OPT-093-Review	Technical ID allowing reference to the Review. Should be unique between all Review technical identifiers of the procedure	review	REV-XXXX
OPT-111	Fiscal Legislation Document ID	OPT-111-Lot-FiscalLegis OPT-111-Part-FiscalLegis	Technical ID required by the standard		No restriction
OPT-112	Environmental Legislation Document ID	OPT-112-Lot-EnvironLegis OPT-112-Part-EnvironLegis	Technical ID required by the standard		No restriction
OPT-113	Employment Legislation Document ID	OPT-113-Lot-EmployLegis OPT-113-Part-EmployLegis	Technical ID required by the standard		No restriction
OPT-140	Procurement Documents ID	OPT-140-Lot OPT-140-Part	Technical ID required by the standard		No restriction
OPT-200	Organisation Technical Identifier	OPT-200-Organization-Company	Identifier used in the notice to refer to the Organisation	organization	ORG-XXXX
OPT-201	TouchPoint Technical Identifier	OPT-201-Organization-TouchPoint	Identifier used in the notice to refer to the alternate contact details associated to a specific role/subrole	touchpoint	TPO-XXXX
OPT-202	Beneficial Owner Technical Identifier	OPT-202-UBO	Identifier used in the notice to refer to the Ultimate Beneficial Owner	ubo	UBO-XXXX
OPT-210	Tendering Party ID	OPT-210-Tenderer	Technical ID allowing reference from the LotResult (or from the LotTender) to the Tendering Party with its composition (Tenderers and subcontractors).	Tendering-party	TPA-XXXX
OPT-316	Contract Technical Identifier	OPT-316-Contract	Technical ID allowing reference to the contract. Should be unique between all contract technical identifiers of the procedure	contract	CON-XXXX
OPT-321	Tender Technical Identifier	OPT-321-Tender	Technical ID allowing reference to the tender. Should be unique between all Tender technical identifiers of the procedure	tender	TEN-XXXX
OPT-322	LotResult Technical Identifier	OPT-322-LotResult	Technical ID allowing reference to the LotResult. Should be unique between all LotResult technical identifiers of the procedure	result	RES-XXXX

IDs & References

Referring to objects

Table 2. References
Business Term	Name of the Business Term	Field ID	Defined by	schemeName	ID format
BT-125	Previous Planning Identifier	BT-125(i)-Lot BT-125(i)-Part	A combination of the Notice Identifier (BT-701) and the Notice Version (BT-757) of the previous planning notice	notice-id-ref	UUID-XX
BT-125	Previous Planning Identifier	BT-125(i)-Lot BT-125(i)-Part	Publication ID of the previous planning notice	ojs-notice-id	XXXXXXXX-YYYY
BT-1251	Previous Planning Part Identifier	BT-1251-Lot BT-1251-Part	Purpose Lot Identifier of the previous planning notice Part		PAR-XXXX
BT-1252	Direct Award Justification Previous Procedure Identifier	BT-1252-Procedure	Procedure Identifier (BT-04), or TEDXML OJS Notice ID		UUID v4, XXXXXXXX-YYYY
BT-13713	Result Lot Identifier	BT-13713-LotResult	Points to the Lot (BT-137, LOT-XXXX) the result is about	Lot	LOT-XXXX
BT-13714	Tender Lot Identifier	BT-13714-Tender	Reference to the Lot or Group of Lots the LotTender applies to.	Lot, LotsGroup	LOT-XXXX, GLO-XXXX
BT-13716	Change Previous Section Identifier	BT-13716-notice	NB: points to the section of the current notice		For eForms notices: Cf. Table 3
BT-1375	Group Lot Identifier	BT-1375-Procedure	Reference to individual lots that constitute a Group of Lots	Lot	LOT-XXXX
BT-1501(n)	Modification Previous Notice Identifier	BT-1501(n)-Contract	Reference to the CAN (eforms notice only) that announced the contract now subject to modification, using a combination of the Notice Identifier (BT-701) and the Notice Version (BT-757)	notice-id-ref	UUID-vv
BT-1501(n)	Modification Previous Notice Identifier	BT-1501(n)-Contract	Reference to the CAN (eforms or TEDXML) that announced the contract now subject to modification, using the Publication Number	ojs-notice-id	XXXXXXXXXX-YYYY
BT-1501(c)	Modified Contract	BT-1501(c)-Contract	Reference to the Contract that is being modified, using the Contract Technical ID (OPT-316-Contract)	contract	CON-XXXX
BT-1501(p)	Modified Notice Part Reference	BT-1501(p)-Contract	NB: points to the section of the current notice		For eForms notices: Cf. Table 3
BT-195	Unpublished Identifier		Values defined in a codelist of Unpublished Business Terms Codes		Cf. Withheld publication of information.
BT-3202	Contract Tender ID (Reference)	BT-3202-Contract	Points to one of the existing (Lot-) Tenders (OPT-321)	tender	TEN-XXXX
BT-330	Group Identifier	BT-330-Procedure	Points to a defined Group of Lots (BT-137, GLO-XXXX)	LotsGroup	GLO-XXXX
BT-556	Group Framework Value Lot Identifier	BT-556-NoticeResult	Reference to the Group of Lots the Framework applies to.	LotsGroup	GLO-XXXX
BT-758	Change Notice Version Identifier	BT-758-notice	A combination of the Notice Identifier (BT-701) and the Notice Version (BT-757) of the notice being changed (eForms notices only).	notice-id-ref	UUID-vv
BT-758	Change Notice Version Identifier	BT-758-notice	Publication ID of the notice being changed. eForms or TED XML notices.	ojs-notice-id	XXXXXXXX-YYYY
BT-785	Review Previous Identifier	BT-785-Review	Identifier of the review request(s) that led to this decision or a review decision that is being appealed by this review request.
BT-786	Review Notice Section Identifier	BT-786-Review	An identifier of one or more sections within this notice. The information in the review section refers to this section or these sections.
OPP-090	Previous Notice Identifier	OPP-090-Procedure	Publication ID of the previous (TED XML) notice.	ojs-notice-id	XXXXXXXX-YYYY
OPT-100	Framework Notice Identifier	OPT-100-Contract	A combination of the Notice Identifier (BT-701) and the Notice Version (BT-757) of the notice that announced the Framework Agreement (eForms notices only)	notice-id-ref	UUID-vv
OPT-100	Framework Notice Identifier	OPT-100-Contract	Publication ID of the notice that announced the Framework Agreement (eForms or TED XML notices).	ojs-notice-id	XXXXXXXX-YYYY
OPT-300	Buyer Technical Identifier Reference	OPT-300-Procedure-Buyer	Points to the Organisation acting as a Buyer	organization	ORG-XXXX
OPT-300	Service Provider Technical Identifier Reference	OPT-300-Procedure-SProvider	Points to the Organisation acting as a Service Provider	organization	ORG-XXXX
OPT-300	Signatory Identifier Reference	OPT-300-Contract-Signatory	Points to the Organisation who signed the contract	organization	ORG-XXXX
OPT-300	Tenderer ID Reference	OPT-300-Tenderer	Points to an Organisation tendering alone, or jointly as part of a consortium or equivalent arrangement.	organization	ORG-XXXX
OPT-301	Additional Info Provider Technical Identifier Reference	OPT-301-Lot-AddInfo OPT-301-Part-AddInfo	Points to the Organisation, or its alternate contact details, from where additional information about the procurement procedure may be obtained.	organization, touchpoint	ORG-XXXX, TPO-XXXX
OPT-301	Document Provider Technical Identifier Reference	OPT-301-Lot-DocProvider OPT-301-Part-DocProvider	Points to the Organisation, or its alternate address, from where documents may be consulted offline.	organization, touchpoint	ORG-XXXX, TPO-XXXX
OPT-301	Employment Legislation Organization Technical Identifier Reference	OPT-301-Lot-EmployLegis OPT-301-Part-EmployLegis	Points to the Organisation, or its alternate contact details, from where additional information about the employment legislation may be obtained.	organization, touchpoint	ORG-XXXX, TPO-XXXX
OPT-301	Environmental Legislation Organization Technical Identifier Reference	OPT-301-Lot-EnvironLegis OPT-301-Part-EnvironLegis	Points to the Organisation, or its alternate contact details, from where additional information about the environmental legislation may be obtained.	organization, touchpoint	ORG-XXXX, TPO-XXXX
OPT-301	Fiscal Legislation Information Provider Technical Identifier Reference	OPT-301-Lot-FiscalLegis OPT-301-Part-FiscalLegis	Points to the Organisation, or its alternate contact details, from where additional information about the tax legislation may be obtained.	organization, touchpoint	ORG-XXXX, TPO-XXXX
OPT-301	Financing Party (ID reference)	OPT-301-LotResult-Financing	Points to the Organisation whose Budget is used to pay the contract	organization	ORG-XXXX
OPT-301	Main Contractor ID Reference	OPT-301-Tenderer-MainCont	For a given Sub-contractor, points to the tenderer of the same tendering Party to which it is providing services	organization	ORG-XXXX
OPT-301	Mediator Technical Identifier Reference	OPT-301-Lot-Mediator OPT-301-Part-Mediator	Points to the Organisation, or one of its alternate contact details, dealing with mediation.	organization, touchpoint	ORG-XXXX, TPO-XXXX
OPT-301	Payer Party (ID reference)	OPT-301-LotResult-Paying	Points to the Organisation executing the payments	organization	ORG-XXXX
OPT-301	Review Info Provider Technical Identifier Reference	OPT-301-Lot-ReviewInfo OPT-301-Part-ReviewInfo	Points to the Organisation, or one of its alternate contact details, where more information on the time limits for review procedures may be obtained.	organization, touchpoint	ORG-XXXX, TPO-XXXX
OPT-301	Review Organization Technical Identifier Reference	OPT-301-Lot-ReviewOrg OPT-301-Part-ReviewOrg	Points to the Organisation, or one of its alternate contact details, dealing with reviews.	organization, touchpoint	ORG-XXXX, TPO-XXXX
OPT-301	Subcontractor ID Reference	OPT-301-Tenderer-SubCont	Points to the sub-contractor of a Tendering Party	organization	ORG-XXXX
OPT-301	Tender Evaluator Technical Identifier Reference	OPT-301-Lot-TenderEval OPT-301-Part-TenderEval	Points to the Organisation, or one of its alternate contact details, processing tenders or requests to participate	organization, touchpoint	ORG-XXXX, TPO-XXXX
OPT-301	Tender Recipient Technical Identifier Reference	OPT-301-Lot-TenderReceipt OPT-301-Part-TenderReceipt	Points to the Organisation, or one of its alternate contact details, receiving tenders or requests to participate	organization, touchpoint	ORG-XXXX, TPO-XXXX
OPT-301	Review Body (Reference ID)	OPT-301-ReviewBody	Points to the Organisation acting as a Review Body	organization	ORG-XXXX
OPT-301	Review Requester (Reference ID)	OPT-301-ReviewReq	Points to the Organisation that requested the review	organization	ORG-XXXX
OPT-302	Beneficial Owner Reference	OPT-302-Organization	For an economic operator acting as a tenderer or subcontractor, points to the Ultimate Beneficial Owner.	ubo	UBO-XXXX
OPT-310	Tendering Party ID Reference	OPT-310-Tender	From a LotResult or from a LotTender, points to the associated TenderingParty	tendering-party	TPA-XXXX
OPT-315	Contract Identifier Reference	OPT-315-LotResult	From a LotResult, points to a contract	contract	CON-XXXX
OPT-320	Tender Identifier Reference	OPT-320-LotResult	From a Contract points to a related tender and from a LotResult to a tender that applies to the Lot (or a Group of Lots containing it)	tender	TEN-XXXX

Referring to sections of a notice

When creating a change or modifying a Contract, an author has to identify the notice sections involved. The section references will be extracted from the Change notice or Contract Modification notice itself (i.e. the technical identifiers will exist and be known). The following table lists the usable identifiers available to refer to the different sections. Sections for which the text is in grey italic can’t be updated with a Change notice and there is therefore no code associated (NA).

Table 3. Sections IDs
ID	Object	Information
BUYER	Buyers
CON-XXXX	Contract	Tenders that led to the contract Contract Title Dates EU funding and for Contract Modification to identify the modified Contract
ORG-XXXX	Organisations	Any organisation
PROCEDURE	Procedure	Purpose Place of performance Value General information Procurement terms Exclusion grounds
PAR-XXXX	N^th part	Purpose Place of performance Duration (planned period) Value General information Procurement documents Techniques Organisations
GLO-XXXX	N^th Group of Lots	Value General information Award criteria
LOT-XXXX	Lot N	Purpose Place of performance Duration (planned period) Renewal Value General information Strategic procurement Accessibility criteria Selection criteria Award criteria Procurement documents Procurement terms Techniques Organisations
RESULT	Notice Result	Group of Lots Frameworks values Notice value
RES-XXXX	Result for Lot N	Winner(s) Tenderer(s) Statistical information
TEN-XXXX	Tender	The Lot the Tender is submitted for Values IPI/FSR measures Subcontracting information
TPA-xxxx	Tendering Party	Main Contractors Sub-contractors Contractors the sub-contractor is providing services to
TPO-XXXX	Touchpoint	Contact details of the Touchpoint
REV-xxxx	Review	Review information
UBO-XXXX	Ultimate Beneficial Owner	Ultimate Beneficial Owner information
NA	Contract modification	A "change" on a "Contract Modification" will act on the other sections of the parent "Contract Modification" notice
NA	Changes	A "change" on a "Change" will act on the other sections of the parent "Change" notice
NA	Notice information	Notice metadata can not be modified with a "Change".

Pointless Business Terms due to design

Structural differences between the eForms Regulation Annex and UBL (e.g. normalized vs denormalized data) make some Business Terms not necessary and not possible to represent. Additionally, some indicators based rules make those indicators and their associated Business Terms useless.

Table 4. Pointless BTs due to technical design
Field	Name of the field	Explanation
BT-557	Group Framework Maximum Value Lot Identifier	BT-137
BT-1371	Previous Planning Lot Identifier	BT-137
BT-1372	Place Performance Lot Identifier	BT-137
BT-1373	Duration Lot Identifier	BT-137
BT-1374	Funds Lot Identifier	BT-137
BT-1376	Second Stage Lot Identifier	BT-137
BT-1377	Rewards Lot Identifier	BT-137
BT-1378	Selection Lot Identifier	BT-137
BT-1379	Requirements Lot Identifier	BT-137
BT-13717	Terms Lot Identifier	BT-137
BT-13710	Award Criteria Lot Identifier	BT-137
BT-13711	Techniques Lot Identifier	BT-137
BT-13712	Communication Lot Identifier	BT-137
BT-13718	Documents Lot Identifier	BT-137
BT-13719	Submission Lot Identifier	BT-137
BT-13720	Organisation Notice Section Identifier	Links conveyed by UBL elements at dedicated places within the XML (cf. Linking roles/subroles to organizations)
BT-13721	Strategic Procurement Notice Section Identifier	BT-137
BT-13722	Buyer Review Lot Identifier	BT-137
BT-13715	Additional Information Lot Identifier	BT-137
BT-53	Options	Not represented in UBL. Not required as BT-54 is mandatory when BT-53 is "Yes". If BT-54 is not there, then BT-53 is "No"
BT-724	Tool Atypical	When dealing with an atypical tool, the URL where the tool may be found (BT-124) is mandatory, else it is not allowed. The presence of BT-124 is sufficient to detect whether the tool is atypical or not.
BT-778	Framework Maximum Participants	Not represented in UBL. Not required, if BT-113 is mandatory when BT-778 is "Yes". If BT-113 is not there, then BT-778 is "No"
BT-5561	Group Framework Re-estimated Value Lot Identifier	BT-556

Identifiers, References and Pointless Business Terms

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Pointless Business Terms due to design

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