Working Group Meeting

Date: 11/09/2025
Participants: Natalie Muric, Sellitto Giovanni Paolo
Model editor: Andreea Pasare
Note editor: Andreea Pasare

Agenda

  • Discuss proposed definitions for the concepts that do not have a definition in ePO 5.1.0

Discussion

The following definitions were approved and a skos:historyNote tag with value "WG approval 11/09/2025" will be added for each concept in ePO conceptual model:

epo:Documentation

A structured collection of records, reports, or supporting materials that provide context or explanation regarding a process, requirement, or decision within a procurement activity.

epo:EmploymentDocumentation

Documentation concerning the general regulatory framework for employment protection and working conditions.

epo:EnergyEfficiencyInformation

Information about the energy performance, consumption, or sustainability characteristics of a product, service, building, or process relevant to the execution or evaluation of a procurement procedure.

epo:EnvironmentalDocumentation

Documentation concerning the general regulatory framework for Environmental Protection.

epo:InternationalProcurementInstrumentMeasuresInformation

Information about the legislative framework adopted by the European Union to promote reciprocity in international public procurement markets.

epo:LocalLegalBasisInformation

Information about the legal basis at the level of the Member State.

epo:MaskableObject

Entity within the procurement data model whose visibility, accessibility, or disclosure may be conditionally restricted due to legal, confidentiality, or security requirements.

epo:PlannedProcurement

A high-level description of a procurement activity foreseen by a Buyer.

epo:ReviewInformation

Information about the Review Decision or the Review Request.

epo:SpecificationInformation

Information about the characteristics and standards used in a technical implementation.

epo:TaxDocumentation

Documentation concerning the general regulatory framework for taxes.

epo:UniqueResponsibleOfTheProcurement

A Role of an Agent that holds sole responsibility for initiating, managing, and executing a procurement procedure.

epo-awa:AwardDecisionNotification

A formal communication sent by the Buyer to inform Tenderers of the Award Decision.

epo-cat:CatalogueResponseInformation

Information about a Catalogue Response.

epo-cat:DimensionInformation

Information about the physical or measurable attributes of the instance of the concept described.

epo-cat:EnvironmentalEmissionInformation

Information about the emissions related to a product, work or service that are released into the environment.

epo-cat:Line

Component of a document providing specific information.

epo-cat:PostAwardDocument

Document created after the award of a Contract during a Procurement Procedure.

epo-con:ContractModificationInformation

Information about a Contract Amendment.

epo-con:Deliverable

Item that the supplier is obligated to provide under a contract.

Some definitions were modified:

  • Updated definitions for epo:TaxInformationProvider, epo:EmploymentInformationProvider, epo:EnvironmentalProtectionInformationProvider to fully align with the definitions from the organisation-role codelist.

  • Added additional information to epo:PlannedProcurementPart: "A Lot or a Procedure can also cover one or more parts of the Planned Procurement."

  • Removed "Additional Information: This Procurement Criterion can be only Exclusion Ground, Selection Criterion or Award Criterion. Each of these Criteria can contain subcriteria (Criterion class)."" from epo:ProcurementCriterion definition.

Action Points

  • Create GitHub issues for:

    • Make and epo-ord:Order a type of epo:Contract.

    • Rename epo-eva:EvaluationCriterion concept.