EIF Perspective attributes of European Single Procurement Document

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Solution's owner: European Commission - ISA office

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European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) is a self-declaration of the businesses' financial status, abilities and suitability for a public procurement procedure. It is available in all EU languages and used as a preliminary evidence of fulfilment of the conditions required in public procurement procedures across the EU. Thanks to the ESPD, the tenderers no longer have to provide full documentary evidence and different forms previously used in the EU procurement, which means a significant simplification of access to cross-border tendering opportunities. From October 2018 onwards the ESPD shall be provided exclusively in an electronic form.

EIF perspective reference

Type of solution: Common services

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The European Single Procurement Document implements the following:

Principles

Interoperability layers

Technical interoperability

European Single Procurement Document implements the following EIF recommendations as explained below:

Recommendation 4 | Openness

ESPD exchange data models are based on open specifications.
Recommendation 8 | Technological neutrality and data portability

By being based on open specifications, the ESPD exchange data model ensures technological neutrality.
Recommendation 9 | Technological neutrality and data portability

By providing a model to ensure interoperability of the ESPD services developed at national level and their technical compliance with the ESPD form set out by the Regulation, the ESPD EDM ensures data portability.
Recommendation 13 | User centricity

The use of ESPD exchange data model can be considered a cornerstone to achieve the once-only principle in public procurement in Europe.
Recommendation 17 | Administrative simplification

Being the technical representation of the legal European Single Procurement Document, the ESPD Exchange Data Model is simplifying administrative processes by supporting interoperability between ESPD services provided all over Europe.
Recommendation 33 | Technical interoperability

ESPD exchange data model ensures technical interoperability by using open specifications.