Identifiers, References and Pointless Business Terms

In the sections below, the different identifiers are listed.

Identifiers

Table 1. Identifiers
Business Term Name of the Business Term Description schemeName ID format

BT-01

Procedure Legal Basis (ELI - celex)

ELI,

celex

Pattern matching / codes

BT-04

Procedure Identifier

Generated & assigned by OP/eSender

NA

UUID v4

BT-09

Cross Border Law

NA

CrossBoderLaw

BT-137

Purpose Lot Identifier

Encoded by the Contracting Authority in accordance with the prescribed format.

Lot

Part

LotsGroup

- LOT-XXXX,
- PAR-XXXX,
- GLO-XXXX

BT-150

Contract Identifier

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

CAs define it. No restriction besides string length.

InternalID

100 characters max.

BT-3201

Tender Identifier

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

Discussions ongoing. It will be encoded by the Contracting Authority

No restriction yet

BT-5011

Contract EU Funds Financing Identifier

Financing Identifier; The most concrete information must be given (e.g. grant agreement number, national identifier, project acronym, contract number)

BT-701

Notice Identifier

Generated & assigned by OP/eSender

NA

UUID v4

BT-757

Notice Version

01 for initial version, assigned by the User Interface, any new version should have a higher version number than any previous one.

NA

2 digits.

OPP-010

Notice Publication ID

Information added by OP prior to publication

ojs-notice-id

XXXXXXXXXX-YYYY

OPP-011

OJEU Identifier

Information added by OP prior to publication

ojs-id

XXX/YYYY

OPT-001

UBL version ID (UBL)

Currently based on version 2.3 of the standard.

NA

2.3

OPT-002

Customization ID (UBL)

Customization ID based on the SDK versioning

NA

eforms-sdk-x.y

OPT-111

Tax Legislation Document ID

Technical ID required by the standard

No restriction

OPT-112

Environmental Legislation Document ID

Technical ID required by the standard

No restriction

OPT-113

Employment Legislation Document ID

Technical ID required by the standard

No restriction

OPT-140

Procurement Documents ID

Technical ID required by the standard

No restriction

OPT-200

Company Technical Identifier

Identifier used in the notice to refer to the Organization

organization

ORG-XXXX

OPT-201

TouchPoint Technical Identifier

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

Identifier used in the notice to refer to the Ultimate Beneficial Owner

ubo

UBO-XXXX

OPT-210

Tendering Party ID

Technical ID allowing reference from the LotResult (or from the the LotTender) to the Tendering Party with its composition (Tenderers and sucontractors).

Tendering-party

TPA-XXXX

OPT-316

Contract Technical ID

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

Technical ID allowing reference to the tender. Should be unique between all Tender technical identifiers of the procedure

tender

TEN-XXXX

IDs & References

Referring to objects

Table 2. References
Business Term Name of the Business Term Defined by schemeName ID format

BT-125

Previous Planning Identifier

A combination of the Notice Identifier (BT-701) and the Notice Version (BT-757) of the previous planning notice

notice-id-ref

UUID-XX

Publication ID of the previous planning notice

ojs-notice-id

XXXXXXXX-YYYY

BT-1251

Previous Planning Part Identifier

Purpose Lot Identifier of the previous planning notice Part

PAR-XXXX

BT-1252

Direct Award Justification Previous Procedure Identifier

Procedure Identifier (BT-04)

UUID v4

BT-13713

Result Lot Identifier

Points to the Lot (BT-137, LOT-XXXX) the result is about

Lot

LOT-XXXX

BT-13714

Tender Lot Identifier

Reference to the Lot or Group of lots the LotTender applies to.

Lot,

LotsGroup

LOT-XXXX,

GLO-XXXX

BT-13716

Change Previous Notice Section Identifier

NB: points to the section of the current notice

For eForms notices:

Cf. Table 3

BT-1375

Group Lot Identifier

Reference to individual lots that constitute a Group of lot

Lot

LOT-XXXX

BT-1501(n)

Modification Previous Notice Identifier

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

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(s)

Modification Previous Notice Section Identifier

NB: points to the section of the current notice

A single contract modification per notice

RESULT

BT-195

Unpublished Identifier

Values defined in a codelist of Unpublished Business Terms Codes

Cf. Withheld publication of information.

BT-3202

Contract Tender Identifier

Points to one of the existing (Lot-) Tenders (OPT-321)

tender

TEN-XXXX

BT-330

Group Identifier

Points to a defined Group of lots (BT-137, GLO-XXXX)

LotsGroup

GLO-XXXX

BT-556

Group Framework Maximum Value Lot Identifier

Reference to the Group of lots the Framework applies to.

LotsGroup

GLO-XXXX

BT-758

Change Notice Version Identifier

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

Publication ID of the notice being changed. eForms or TEDXML notices.

ojs-notice-id

XXXXXXXX-YYYY

OPP-090

Previous Notice

Publication ID of the previous (TED XML) notice.

ojs-notice-id

XXXXXXXX-YYYY

OPT-100

Framework Notice Identifier

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

Publication ID of the notice that announced the Framework Agreement (eForms or TEDXML notices).

ojs-notice-id

XXXXXXXX-YYYY

OPT-300

Buyer Technical Identifier Reference

Points to the Organization acting as a Buyer

organization

ORG-XXXX

OPT-300

Service Provider Technical Identifier Reference

Points to the Organization acting as a Service Provider

organization

ORG-XXXX

OPT-300

Signatory Identifier Reference

Points to the Organization who signed the contract

organization

ORG-XXXX

OPT-300

Tenderer ID Reference

Points to an Organization tendering alone, or jointly as part of a consortium or equivalent arrangement.

organization

ORG-XXXX

OPT-301

Additional Info Provider Technical Identifier Reference

Points to the Organization, 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

Points to the Organization, 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

Points to the Organization, 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

Points to the Organization, or its alternate contact details, from where additional information about the environmental legislation may be obtained.

organization,

touchpoint

ORG-XXXX,

TPO-XXXX

OPT-301

Tax Legislation Information Provider Technical Identifier Reference

Points to the Organization, 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)

Points to the Organization whose Budget is used to pay the contract

organization

ORG-XXXX

OPT-301

Main Contractor ID Reference

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

Points to the organization, or one of its alternate contact details, dealing with mediation.

organization,

touchpoint

ORG-XXXX,

TPO-XXXX

OPT-301

Payer Party (ID reference)

Points to the organization executing the payments

organization

ORG-XXXX

OPT-301

Review Information Providing Organization Technical Identifier Reference

Points to the Organization, 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

Points to the Organization, or one of its alternate contact details, dealing with reviews.

organization,

touchpoint

ORG-XXXX,

TPO-XXXX

OPT-301

Subcontractor ID Reference

Points to the sub-contractor of a Tendering Party

organization

ORG-XXXX

OPT-301

Tender Evaluator Technical Identifier Reference

Points to the Organization, 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

Points to the Organization, or one of its alternate contact details, receiving tenders or requests to participate

organization,

touchpoint

ORG-XXXX,

TPO-XXXX

OPT-302

Beneficial Owner Reference

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

From a LotResult or from a LotTender, points to the associated TenderingParty

tendering-party

TPA-XXXX

OPT-315

Contract Identifier Reference

From a LotResult, points to a contract

contract

CON-XXXX

OPT-320

Tender Identifier Reference

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, an author has to identify the notice sections involved. The section references will be extracted from the Change 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. Section for which the text is in grey italic can’t be modified with a Change notice and there is therefore no code associated (NA).

Table 3. Sections IDs
ID Object Information

BUYER

Buyers

PROCEDURE

Procedure

  • Purpose

  • Place of performance

  • Value

  • General information

  • Procurement terms

  • Exclusion grounds

PAR-XXXX

Nth part

  • Purpose

  • Place of performance

  • Duration (planned period)

  • Value

  • General information

  • Procurement documents

  • Techniques

  • Organisations

GLO-XXXX

Nth 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

  • Framework Group of Lots Frameworks values

  • Notice value

RES-XXXX

Result for Lot N

  • Winner(s)

  • Tenderer(s)

  • Statistical information

NA

Contract modification

A "change" on a "Contract Modification" will act on the other sections of the parent "Contract Modification" notice

ORG-XXXX

Organizations

  • Any organization

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