General Information
Name of the solution: ESPD Exchange data model
Solution's owner: European Commission
Description: 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.
Type of solution: Generic tools; Common services
ESPD exchange data model implements the following:
| Principles | Interoperability layers |
|---|---|
| ✅ Openness | ✅ Technical Interoperability |
| ✅ Technological neutrality | |
| ✅ User-centricity | |
| ✅ Administrative simplification |
ESPD exchange data model implements the following recommendations as explained below:
✅ Recommendation 4 | Principle 2: Openness
ESPD exchange data models are based on open specifications.
✅ Recommendation 8 | Principle 5: Technological neutrality
By being based on open specifications, the ESPD exchange data model ensures technological neutrality.
✅ Recommendation 9 | Principle 5: Technological neutrality
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 | Principle 6: 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 | Principle 10: 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 | Interoperability layer: Technical interoperability
ESPD exchange data model ensures technical interoperability by using open specifications.
