The EC e-Procurement platform

Open Source World Conference

Granada, 12/01/2012

Introduction

Data exchange is going digital

Digital Agenda for EuropeICT-enabled benefits for EU society

Action 88: [...] Lead by example [...] implementing an ambitious eCommission 2011-2015 action plan, including full electronic procurement.

Granada Ministerial Declaration on the European Digital AgendaDigital Single Market

Stimulate cross-border e-commerce by the promotion, and government adoption, of interoperable e-procurement, e-invoicing and e-payment systems based

on open and flexible technologies.

e-Procurement

The e-Procurement solution

for European Commission,

Agencies and Institutions

Open-source version of e-PRIOR*

for Public Administrations in the Member States

* Provides the same functionality as e-PRIOR

Buyer

the e-Procurement solution

• Operational e-Procurement solution that can be used by

buyers to connect to its suppliers through web-service

interfaces

• Electronic Business Documents as specified by the

CEN’s WS/BII

European Committee for StandardizationComité Européen de Normalisation

the e-Procurement solution

SUPPLIER

1st episode: e-PRIOR

SUPPLIER PORTAL

CUSTOMER PORTAL

SOA platforme-Request

e-Invoicing

e-Ordering• Traceability

• Integrity

• Non-repudiation

• Routing

• Archiving

Supplier systems

Back Office

Supplier systems

Back Office

CUSTOMERCommunication platform

e-Fulfilment

EC Back Office

� e-Invoicing via web-services in production since 2009

Achievements

� First e-invoice received through PEPPOL

� e-Request, e-Catalogue and e-Ordering in production since 2010

� Adapted for SMEs and individuals (e-Invoicing and e-Ordering Supplier Portal)

Other Agencies and DGs of the EC are adopting e-PRIOROther Agencies and DGs of the EC are adopting e-PRIOR

4 service providers currently interfacing with e-PRIOR4 service providers currently interfacing with e-PRIOR

~ 30 suppliers connected to e-PRIOR by January~ 30 suppliers connected to e-PRIOR by January

and more …

DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion

CDT

DG Translation

DG Education And Culture

DG Enterprise and Industry

and others …

Users

External parties

e-TrustEx GUI

Back Office

SOA platform

e-Greffe

COMP

External

Back Offices

External

Back Offices

Internal partiesCommunication platform

2nd episode: e-TrustEx

• Traceability

• Integrity

• Non-repudiation

• Routing

• Archiving

What’s next?

Pre-AwardingNotification Submission Awarding

Framework

Contract

• Feasibility study will focus on e-Submission and e-Awarding

• Making the full procurement cycle digital, bridging the gap

between Ted and e-PRIOR post-award

• Feasibility study in 2011

• Development in 2012 - 2013

Helping European Public

Administrations

to take the leap towards e-procurement

� as e-Procurement infrastructure

� Supplier Portal to connect SME

and individuals

� as Advanced PEPPOL Access Point

+ Support for Public Administrations in implementing

Open e-PRIOR

+ Future evolution of the product

Helping European Public Administrations

� Interoperability with PEPPOL

� Deployed in Greece & Portugal

� More than 1000 downloads on Joinup.eu

� Other Member States interested to

implement Open e-PRIOR :

• Norway

• Croatia

• Italy

• ...

Achievements

http://www.osor.eu/projects/openeprior

• Worth 3+ years of analysis, development and testing

• Worth 3+ years of analysis, development and testing

• Fully operational• Fully operational

• Ready to be implemented in any Public Administration

• Ready to be implemented in any Public Administration

• Direct connection with PEPPOL

• Direct connection with PEPPOL

• Is a free-to-use open-source platform

• Is a free-to-use open-source platform

• Assistance is provided to Member States, Agencies and Institutions

• Assistance is provided to Member States, Agencies and Institutions

Where to start?

• Open e-PRIOR’s source code and documentation

are freely available on Joinup.eu:http://joinup.ec.europa.eu/software/openeprior/home

�including a guide on how to get Open e-PRIOR running

• A dedicated support team is helping Public

Administrations to install Open e-PRIOR

In the forum on Joinup.eu: http://joinup.ec.europa.eu/software/openeprior/forum/all

Via email:DIGIT-EPRIOR-SUPPORT@ec.europa.eu

2011: Study to explore how the EC can fully exploit the benefits of Open Source for Open e-PRIOR

Collaboration with University of Agder (Norway)

� Define a formal communication plan

� Make a formal dissemination plan for Open e-PRIOR

� Define a formal co-developer recruitment plan

� Require that all contributors sign a Contributors License

Agreement (CLA) or Joint Copyright Assignment (JCA), renouncing

their ownership of intellectual property to ensure that EC keeps

copyright of all material

� Make sure the offline community is also online

� Start using joinup.eu as development environment

� Consolidate and integrate all communication channels used by the

community

Recommendations

� Master Thesis: “Business strategy for Open e-PRIOR”

� Master Thesis: “Dependencies handling through build automation”

� Master Thesis: “Dynamic Business Process Management”

� Project: Build Administration Console

Foreseen follow-up in 2012

Delivery estimated in May 2012

Conclusion of the Study

“DIGIT is in the forefront paving the way with the

Open e-PRIOR open source development.

The initiative is visionary and in the right time”