Working Group Meeting

Date: 25/02/2025
Participants: Victorio Bentivogli, Natalie Muric, Dragos Stoica,
Model editor:  Andreea Pasăre
Note editor: Achilles Dougalis

Agenda

  • eAwarding

  • eRequest

Discussions

  • During the meeting, the eRequest ORSD was developed.

    • The introduction was expanded: “In the procurement domain, eRequest represents a document created by the Buyer to request an offer for goods and services from a Contractor within a Framework Agreement and direct awards for procurements below threshold (small scale procurement).”

    • The Roles Involved were expanded:

      • Buyer

      • Contractor

      • Offer Issuer

    • The Activity description was expanded:

      • The Buyer sends a Request for Offer to the Contractor.

      • The Contractor receives the Request for Offer and analyses it.

      • The Offer Issuer issues and sends the Offer to the Buyer.

      • The Buyer receives the Offer and analyses it.

        • If the Offer is accepted, the Buyer writes the Contract/Order based on the Offer.

        • If the Offer is not accepted, the Buyer may ask for modifications of the Request for Offer and re-start the process.

  • During the meeting, the eAwarding ORSD was further developed.

    • The DPS was further explained by sharing this document.

    • The Description was divided into two segments: Awarding Notification and Dynamic Purchase System.

    • For the Dynamic Purchase System the following description was added: “Dynamic Purchase System

      1. The Buyer creates a Call For Competition.

      2. The Unique Responsible of the Procurement *ensures *the evidence for the Participation Conditions and the Qualification Criteria are fulfilled by Candidates proposed for Qualification.

      3. If the evidence is good, the Qualification Response is *sent *by the Unique Responsible of the Procurement to the Candidate mentioning he is accepted on the Candidate List.

      4. If the evidence is not good, the Qualification Response is *sent *by the Unique Responsible of the Procurement to the Candidate mentioning he is not accepted on the Candidate List. “

      5. A Call for Tender is created.

  • The Award Decision Notification diagram for the eAwarding module was presented and expanded. By the end of the WGM the diagram looked like this:

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  • In the above diagram epo-awa:AwardDecisionNotification was defined.

  • AwardDecision Attribute hasAdditionalNonAwardJustification became hasAwardJustification.

    • Definition was updated as follows: "Description of the reason behind an award or non-award of a given Tender.Additional information: This is generally used when the non award justification code is set to "Other" and when the Lot is awarded. It may highlight the justification of the non-award of a Tender with regard to awarded Tenders."

Action Points