has Total Awarded Value The awarded value of all lots announced in this notice, including options and renewals. Additional information: The values of the individual Lots awarded under a framework agreement and mentioned in this notice are included. The values of the individual lots announced in a CAN are to be traced back and added to provide this value. Used by eForms BT-161 WG Approval 03/12/2019 Award Criterion Criterion that describes a Requirement that the Tender needs to resolve and on which the Tender is evaluated and ranked. WG Approval 05/11/2018 Business A private law company registered in a national registry. WG Approval 28/04/2020 Buyer A Role of an Agent that awards a Contract and/or purchases items. Additional information: In Public Procurement the Role of Buyer is carried out by the following types of Organisation: Contracting Authority, Contracting Entity, a defense Contractor, an international Organisation, or an organisation awarding a Contract subsidized by a Contracting Authority. In Pre-Award, the Buyer generally awards the Contract, however future purchasers may be foreseen. In Post-Award the buyer generally refers to the purchaser of items. Contract A voluntary, deliberate, and legally binding agreement between two or more competent parties. WG approval 19/03/2024 Contract Term Conditions and stipulations defining particularities of the Post Award Phase. WG approval 23/11/2018 Direct Award Term Conditions and stipulations defining particularities of the award of a Contract without prior publication. Addtional Information: Direct award may refer to a previous Procedure and/or specific Lot(s). It may also refer to other justified situations whereby there is no previous Procedure. See Directive 2014/24/EU Article 32. WG Approval 22/11/2019 Framework Agreement Term Conditions and stipulations defining particularities in a Framework Agreement. Fund A financial resource used to support the Procurement. Additional Information: In the context of EU, Funds can be divided into programmes, actions and projects. Examples of EU funds are: the European Structural and Investment Funds, European Social Fund (ESF), the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) programme, or the ISA2 programme and its actions (e.g. Action 2016.05 European Public Procurement Initiative, which supports the eProcurement Ontology under sub-action 3). Funds may change between the lot and the contract, for example in the case of an emergency crisis, a contract may be financed by a budget that was not foreseen in the call. WG Approval 14/05/2019 Lot A qualitative, quantitative or strategic subdivision of the goods, services or works to be procured, allowing the award of one or more Contracts. WG approval 12/09/2018 Lot Award Outcome Result concerning the Lot that was attributed by the Awarder. WG Approval 19/03/2024 Mediator A Role of an Agent that attempts to resolve a dispute between different Agents and come to an agreement. WG approval 20/04/2021 Monetary Value A number of monetary units specified using a given unit of currency. Additional information: In the pre-award phase of the procurement, all monetary values are considered to exclude VAT based on the Directive 2014/24/EU. WG approval 13/04/2021 Notice Document published by the Buyer about market opportunities and results. WG Approval 23/05/2019 Notice Award Information Information about an Award Notice. Organisation Group Agreed collaboration of several Organisations. Additional Information: This concept has been created to fulfill the need to represent a grouping of Organisations that is not necessarily registered i.e, consortia. WG approval 15/04/2021 Procedure A legally defined set of administrative activities conducted to conclude one or more Contracts. Additional Information The Procedure is categorised in the law according to different rules determining whether the Procedure is Open, Restricted, Negotiated with or without publicity, etc. (see Procedure Type). WG Approval 20/08/2019 Procedure Term Conditions and stipulations defining particularities of the Procedure. WG approval 23/11/2018 Procurement Process Information Information about the temporal unfolding or succession of Procurement Objects. Purpose The description of the objectives related to a Procurement. Additional information: The description of the objectives includes the Subject Matter and Quantities. The quantification of the objectives related to a procurement. To be re-reviewed by the WG the soonest. (WG to be discussed, this was pointed out on the 09/04/2019 14:38:25 WG Meeting) The old definition read as follows: The description of the objectives related to a procurement. WG approval 05/12/2018 Result Notice An announcement of the award or non-award of a Contract by a Buyer. WG Approval 27/03/2019 Review Procedure Information Provider A Role of an Agent who is providing more information on the time limits for review Procedures. Review Term Conditions and stipulations defining particularities of the review. WG approval 23/11/2018 Reviewer Role of an Agent who investigates the overall correctness of a Procurement Procedure, producing a related report. Additional Information: Any Organisation or Person may request a review of a Procurement Procedure. WG approval 20/04/2021 Subcontracting Estimate Approximation concerning the foreseen Subcontracting. WG approval 19/03/2024 Submission Statistical Information Statistical information about submissions on a given competition, either at Lot level or Mini-Competition level. WG approval 30/05/2023 Tender Information submitted by the Economic Operator to specify its Offer regarding a specific Lot, in response to the call for Tender. WG approval 03/05/2022 Tender Award Outcome Result concerning the Tender attributed by the Awarder. Winner A Role of an Agent to whom a Lot is awarded. WG Approval 26/10/2021 announces Contract Relation indicating the formal communication of a Contract. WG approval 25/09/2025 announces Notice Award Information Relation indicating the formal communication of a Notice Award Information. WG approval 25/09/2025 announces Role Relation indicating the formal communication of a Role. WG approval 25/09/2025 comprises Tender Award Outcome Incorporates TenderAwardOutcome. concerns Procedure Relates to Procedure. WG Approval 05/03/2024 defines Specific Place Of Performance Relation indicating a ContractTerm has a specific place of performance. foresees Subcontracting Relation indicating that an instance of the concept plans to be Subcontracted. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Accelerated Procedure Justification The reasons why the procedure is accelerated. Additional Information: A procedure is accelerated to cover needs of extraordinary circumstances ie earthquake relief. (epo:Procedure) WG Approval 09/06/2020 has Additional Classification Relation indicating the additional Common Procurement Vocabulary code. has Additional Information Supplementary data about the instance of the concept. (epo:ProcurementElement) Supplementary data about the instance of the concept. (epo:ProcurementCriterion) Supplementary data about the instance of the concept. (epo:Document) Supplementary data about the instance of the concept. (epo:ChangeInformation) Supplementary data about the instance of the concept. (epo-cat:Line) Used by eforms BT-300 WG Approval 15/10/2019 has Amount Value The numeric value of the amount, including decimals. (epo:MonetaryValue) has Award Criterion Type Category of award criterion. has Award Status Indicates whether the lot is awarded, not awarded or still open. has Awarded Value The value of the procurement provided by the Award Decision. Additional Information: Different cases of awarded values may refer to a lot, the global value of the procedure, or of a combinatorial value of a group of lots. In the case of framework agreements and dynamic purchasing systems this refers to the maximum awarded value. WG Approval 10/12/2019 has Business Size The category of the business depending on number of employees and turnover. Additional information: See Commission Recommendation of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises. has Buyer Legal Type A category that indicates the right of an Organisation to play the role of a buyer. Additional Information: The category also effects the rules that the buyer has to abide to within the public procurement procedure. has Buyer Legal Type Description Self-explanatory text about the Buyer Legal Type. Additional information: This field is used when the Buyer Legal Type is not available in the controlled list at-voc:buyer-legal-type . This is necessary in to cover data provided in the TED Standard Forms. It shall be deprecated in the future. (org:Organization) WG Approval 06/09/2022 has Buyer Profile Website address where the buyer publishes information on its procurement procedures and general information. (epo:Buyer) Used by eForms BT-508 WG approval 04/05/2018 has Contact Name A short text by which a contact is known or referred to. (cpov:ContactPoint) WG Approval: 27/01/2022 has Contact Point In Role Relation indicating the Agent In Role has a Contact Point. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Contract Conclusion Date The date the contract was signed by the last signatory party. <u>Additional Information:</u> In exceptional cases contracts may be concluded without signature and therefore another date may be used. The date of contract conclusion is always later than the end of any standstill period. This concept is not to be confused with the date of completion/end of the contract. (epo:Contract) Used by eForms BT-145 WG Approval 09/01/2020 has Contract Nature Type Subject of the acquisition. has Country Code Relation indicating the Country code. has Cross Border Law The applicable law when buyers from different countries procure together within one procurement procedure. (epo:ProcedureTerm) Used by eForms BT-09 has Currency The identifier of the currency as in the standard code list used. has Direct Award Justification List of reasons for using a procedure which allows awarding contracts directly without publishing a notice. has Dispatch Date Date and time of transmission of a record to an Organization. (epo:Document) WG Approval 31/08/2023 has EU Received Tenders The amount of tenders received from economic operators in other EU countries other than the country of the buyer. (epo:SubmissionStatisticalInformation) has Electronic Tenders Electronic Tender Lots received. (epo:SubmissionStatisticalInformation) WG Approval 28/07/2020 has Estimated Percentage The estimated proportion foreseen to be subcontracted. (epo:SubcontractingEstimate) WG Approval 07/01/2020 has Fax The fax number used to reach a person or an organisation. (cpov:ContactPoint) has Highest Received Tender Value Amount of the Tender with the highest value. Additional Information The value must correspond to an admissible tender. For example, tenders compliant with the procurement document requirements, not having an abnormally low price or cost, etc. WG Approval 12/12/2019 has Internet Address The main web page used by the instance of the concept. (org:Organization) The main web page used by the instance of the concept. (cpov:ContactPoint) WG Approval 01/06/2023 has Justification An explanation about the reasons for using the concept. (epo:DirectAwardTerm) WG Approval 05/11/2019 has Legal Basis The legal basis under which the procurement procedure takes place. Additional Information: For example European Directives or Regulations, national laws etc. The recommended code list is the example for the legal basis at the European level. has Legal Name The officially registered name of an organisation. (org:Organization) WG Approval 10/01/2023 has Lowest Received Tender Value Amount of the Tender with the lowest value. Additional Information The value must correspond to an admissible tender. For example, tenders compliant with the procurement document requirements, not having an abnormally low price or cost, etc. WG Approval 12/12/2019 has Main Activity The principal sectoral area in which an organisation operates. Additional information: The activities associated with buyers are derived from the top level of the Classification of the functions of the government (COFOG) from the United Nations Statistics Division. The activities associated with buyer are derived from sectors explicitly falling within the sectoral directive (2014/25/EU Art. 8 - Art. 14). has Main Activity Description Self-explanatory text about the Main Activity . Additional information: This field is used when the Main Activity is not available in the controlled list at-voc:main-activity-type . This is necessary in to cover data provided in the TED Standard Forms. It shall be deprecated in the future. (org:Organization) WG Approval 06/09/2022 has Main Classification Relation indicating the main Common Procurement Vocabulary code. has Member Relation indicating a part of the instance of the concept. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Non Award Justification On hold; Enumeration. has Non Awarded Contract Number The number the contract would have had if it had been awarded. Additional information: This field is provided to support the data provided in the TED Standard Forms, and it should be discontinued in the future. (epo:LotAwardOutcome) WG Approval 06/09/2022 has Non Awarded Contract Title The title the contract would have had if it had been awarded. Additional information: This field is provided to support the data provided in the TED Standard Forms, and it should be discontinued in the future. (epo:LotAwardOutcome) WG Approval 06/09/2022 has Nuts Code Relation indicating the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics code. has Options The buyer reserves the right (not an obligation) for additional purchases from the contractor (while the contract is valid). (epo:ContractTerm) has Options Description The motivation and details about additional purchases that the buyer may undertake while the contract is valid. (epo:ContractTerm) WG Approval 09/04/2019 has Primary Contact Point Relation indicating the main Contact Point. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Procedure Type Identification of the Procedure used. has Procurement Highest Received Tender Value The highest received tender value for the procurement. Additional Information: This corresponds to section II.1.7.3. according to Regulation (EU) 2015/1986. has Procurement Lowest Received Tender Value The lowest received tender value for the procurement. Additional Information: This corresponds to section II.1.7.2. according to Regulation (EU) 2015/1986. has Procurement Scope Divided Into Lot Defines Lot. WG Approval 25/03/2025 has Publication Date Date of formal public issuance of the document. (epo:Document) WG approval 20/06/2023 has Purpose Relation indicating the Purpose of a concept. has Received Tenders The total amount of tenders received. (epo:SubmissionStatisticalInformation) WG Approval 12/12/2019 has Review Deadline Information The description of the time limits for review procedures. (epo:ReviewTerm) WG Approval 01/10/2019 has Subcontracting Estimated Value The estimated value of a single subcontract. Used by eForms BT-553 WG Approval 01/09/2020 is Accelerated Statement about the fact that the procedure will be reduced due to a state of urgency. Additional Information This modifies the time limit for the receipt of requests to participate or the receipt of tenders. (epo:Procedure) WG Approval 20/08/2019 is Awarded By CPB Procedure is awarded by a Central Purchasing Body. (epo:ProcedureTerm) is Competition Terminated No further contracts will be awarded in this procedure. Additional Information: This can be instantiated in the post award phase. PIN for Competition needs to be signaled. This field can be used even if no contracts are awarded in the contract award notice. (epo:ProcurementProcessInformation) Used by eForms BT-756 is Covered By GPA Specifies whether the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) applies. Additional information: The GPA aims to establish a multilateral framework of balanced rights and obligations relating to public contracts with a view to achieving the liberalization and expansion of world trade. (epo:ProcurementElement) Used by eForms BT-115 WG Approval 15/10/2019 is Funded By Funding is provided either completely or partially by a Fund. Additional information: Funds may change between the lot and the contract, for example in the case of an emergency crisis, a contract may be financed by a budget that was not foreseen in the call. Used by eForms BG - 61, eForms BG - 611 is Joint Procurement Multiple buyers procure together within the same procedure. Addition Information: In case the joint procurement involves buyers from different countries, the national law is specified by the epo:hasCrossBorderLaw in the ProcedureTerm . (epo:Procedure) is Submitted For Lot Relation indicating that the instance of the concept is formally sent for a Lot. WG approval 25/09/2025 is Using EU Funds The procurement foresees funding by the Union. Additional Information: The funding may cover the whole procurement or part of the procurement. For example the European Structural and Investment Funds or grants awarded by the European Union. (epo:ProcurementObject) played By Relation indicating the Agent that fulfills the function of the instance of the concept. WG approval 09/10/2025 refers To Lot Reference to a Lot. WG approval 25/09/2025 refers To Previous Reference to a prior instance of the concept. WG approval 25/09/2025 refers To Previous Procedure Reference to a previous procedure. Additional Information: In the case of Direct Award Terms, this property points to a previous Procedure justifying the use of Direct Award without a prior publication. eForms BT-1252 refers To Procedure Reference to a Procedure. WG approval 25/09/2025 results From Lot Award Outcome Relation to indicate that a given type of Contract is a consequence of a given Lot Award Outcome. WG Approval 15/10/2024 uses Technique Relation indicating that a Technique is being applied. WG approval 25/09/2025 Access Term Conditions and stipulations about where and how to access the Procurement Documents. WG Approval 09/03/2021 Competition Notice An announcement of the launch of a Procurement Procedure by a Procuring Entity. WG Approval 18/05/2018 Procurement Procedure Information Provider A Role of an Agent responsible for providing additional information about the Procurement Procedure. Submission Term Conditions and stipulations defining particularities of submitting Documents to the Buyer. Additional Information: These Documents can be Tenders, Request To Participate and expressions of interest. WG Approval 14/07/2020 Tender Receiver A Role of an Agent responsible for receiving Tenders. defines Contract Duration Relation indicating a Contract has a Duration. WG Approval 28/11/2024 defines Contract Period Relation indicating a ContractTerm has a Period. has E Invoicing Electronic means will be used for invoicing in the post-award process. Additional Information: This attribute is used for standard form mappings. (epo:ContractTerm) WG Approval 12/09/2019 has E Ordering Electronic means will be used for requesting and purchasing in the post-award process. (epo:ContractTerm) WG Approval 12/09/2019 has E Payment Electronic means must be used for paying. (epo:ContractTerm) WG Approval 09/11/2021 has Estimated Value A forecast of the value of the procurement before competition. Additional Information: Different cases of estimated values may refer to a lot, the global value of the procedure, or of a combinatorial value of a group of lots. The forecast is calculated by the buyer and covers all revenues whether coming from the buyer or third parties. See for example recital (19), Article 5 of Directive 2014/24/EU and other articles from the rest of Directives about procurement. In the case of framework agreements and dynamic purchasing systems this refers to the maximum estimated value. Used by eForms BT-27, can be used for BT-157 Used by eForms BT-27,eForms BT-157 WG Approval 05/12/2019 has Language Language in which the submitted information is to be expressed. has Main Feature Main features of the procedure and information about where the full rules for the procedure can be found. Additional Information: This information should be given when the procedure is not one of those mentioned in the procurement directives. This can be the case for example for concessions, for social and other specific services, and in case of voluntary publication of procurement procedures below the EU procurement thresholds. (epo:Procedure) has Public Access URL Web page where the procurement documents can be downloaded. (epo:AccessTerm) Used by eForms BT-15 WG Approval 09/03/2021 has Receipt Deadline The time limit for receiving submissions. Additional Information This is the deadline by which the buyer must receive submissions (e.g. tenders, requests to participate, clarifications, etc.) and is not the time at which the information is submitted by the economic operator. This attribute should be used for standard forms mappings. (epo:SubmissionTerm) WG Approval 21/07/2020 has Submission URL The identifier of a resource used for Submission. (epo:SubmissionTerm) Used by eForms BT-18, eForms BT-509 WG approval 09/09/2025 has URL The identifier of a resource. Additional Information For example: 1. The URL of the system from where to access the procurement documents; 2. The URL of the system for the submission of tender documents; 3. The URL of the system from where to download a tool to communicate with the Buyer; 4. The URL of the system used by a Technique to allow Economic Operators to exchange information with the Buyer (e.g. eAuction and DPS Systems) 5. The URL of the system used to exchange information between Buyer and EO for questions and clarifications; (cccev:Evidence) The identifier of a resource. Additional Information For example: 1. The URL of the system from where to access the procurement documents; 2. The URL of the system for the submission of tender documents; 3. The URL of the system from where to download a tool to communicate with the Buyer; 4. The URL of the system used by a Technique to allow Economic Operators to exchange information with the Buyer (e.g. eAuction and DPS Systems) 5. The URL of the system used to exchange information between Buyer and EO for questions and clarifications; (epo:Fund) WG Approval 30/09/2019 is Procurement Document Restricted The access to certain procurement documents is restricted. (epo:AccessTerm) Used by eForms BT-14 WG Approval 10/10/2019 uses Channel Relation indicating the Channel to be utilised. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Maximum Lot Submission Allowed The total number of lots for which one Tenderer can submit Tenders. Additional information: This field is used to complement the SubmissionTerms (which are at the Lot level) for the Procedure level which is covered by the regulation (EU)-2015-1986 (modeled in the TED Standard Forms). (epo:ProcedureTerm) WG Approval 12/12/2018 has Maximum Number Of Lots To Be Awarded The maximum number of lots for which contract(s) can be awarded to one tenderer. Additional information: This field is used to complement the SubmissionTerms (which are at the Lot level) for the Procedure level which is covered by the regulation (EU)-2015-1986 (modeled in the TED Standard Forms). (epo:ProcedureTerm) WG Approval 22/08/2019 has National Procedure Rules The resource identifier where the information about the national rules applicable to the procedure can be found. (epo:ProcedureTerm) WG Approval 02/05/2024 Concession Estimate Approximation concerning the foreseen Concession Contract. WG approval 19/03/2024 foresees Concession Relation indicating that an instance of the concept plans to have a Concession. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Award Decision Date The official date of the award decision. (epo:AwardDecision) Used by eForms BT-1451 WG Approval 09/01/2020 has Calculation Method Formula for obtaining values. Additional Information: The possible values are monetary values, ranking scores, criterion weighting. (epo-cat:EnvironmentalEmissionInformation) Formula for obtaining values. Additional Information: The possible values are monetary values, ranking scores, criterion weighting. (epo:ConcessionEstimate) WG Approval 25/05/2018 has Estimated User Concession Revenue The estimated revenue coming from the use of the concession. Additional Information: Revenues are for example fees and fines. For example, the fees and fines coming from the cars using a motorway. Used by eForms BT-162 has Receipt Expression Deadline Time limit for receipt of expressions of interest. Pending of review by the WG (epo:SubmissionTerm) is One Lot Only Allowed Indicates whether tenders may be submitted for only one Lot. Additional information: This field is used to complement the SubmissionTerms (which are at the Lot level) for the Procedure level which is covered by the regulation (EU)-2015-1986 (modeled in the TED Standard Forms). (epo:ProcedureTerm) WG Approval 23/08/2022 has Restricted Access URL The internet address with information on accessing the restricted (part of the) procurement document. (epo:AccessTerm) Used by eForms BT-615 is Design Contest A competition which enables the buyer to acquire a plan or design via a jury. Additional information: Design contests have traditionally mostly been used in the fields of town and country planning, architecture and engineering or data processing, other purposes, such as to obtain plans for financial engineering The contest may include or not the award of prizes; (epo:Procedure) WG Approval 04/02/2021 has Bargain Price The value of procured supplies that have used a particularly advantageous opportunity available for a very short time at a value considerably lower than normal market prices. WG Approval 23/05/2023 has Duration Extension Justification The explanation of the reason why the framework agreement has an extended duration. Additional Information: The justification for exceptional cases when the duration of the framework agreement exceeds the legal limits. Four years in the case of the general procurement Directive, seven years in the case of the defence Directive, and eight years in the case of the sectoral Directive. (epo:FrameworkAgreementTerm) Used by eForms BT-109 WG Approval 26/09/2019 is DPS Terminated End of the Dynamic Purchase System (DPS). Additional Information: This property can be used in the contract award notice even if no contracts are awarded. (epo:ProcurementProcessInformation) WG Approval 22/11/2019 has Estimated Buyer Concession Revenue The expected payments made by the buyer to the economic operator awarded the concession that are not directly related to the use of the concession. <u>Additional Information:</u> For example the public buyer pays a yearly fee to provide a ticketing solution to the public. The fee the public pays for every ticket sold through the solution is not included in this estimation but in the estimation of the user concession revenue. Used by eForms BT-160 WG Approval 07/01/2020 has Lot Award Combination The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining lots or groups of lots. Additional Information: This property contains information about the Lots concerned. This property is required by the regulation (EU)-2015-1986 (modeled in the TED Standard Forms). (epo:ProcedureTerm) WG Approval 23/08/2022 Acquiring Central Purchasing Body Role of an Agent procuring activities conducted on a permanent basis in the form of the acquisition of supplies and/or services intended for other Buyers. Additional Information: In Public Procurement the Role of Acquiring Central Purchasing Body is carried out by a Central Purchasing Body for other Contracting Authorities. WG approval 05/08/2021 Ad Hoc Channel Web page where tools and devices for electronic communication that are not generally available can be downloaded free of charge. Used by eForms BT-724 WG Approval 10/01/2023 Award Decision Resolution of the Buyer as to the result of the Procurement Procedure. WG Approval 14/11/2018 Award Evaluation Term Conditions and stipulations defining particularities of the evaluation of Award Criteria. Awarding Central Purchasing Body Role of an Agent procuring activities conducted on a permanent basis in the form of the award of Public Contracts or the conclusion of Framework Agreements for works, supplies or services intended for other Buyers. Additional Information: In Public Procurement the Role of Awarding Central purchasing Body is carried out by a Central Purchasing Body for other Contracting Authorities. WG approval 05/08/2021 Change Information Alteration to previously provided details. Dynamic Purchase System Technique A Technique that allows the selection of Candidates throughout the Procedure via the Qualification Criteria, followed by individual Mini-Competitions for the Award of Purchase Contracts. WG approval 23/05/2023 E Auction Technique A repetitive Technique in which new Prices, revised downwards, and/or new values concerning certain elements of Tenders are bid on-line. Used by eForms BT-767 WG approval 20/07/2018 Exclusion Ground Criterion that describes a legal Requirement to be met by the Economic Operator to be a Candidate in the Procurement. Used by eForms BG-701 WG Approval 31/10/2018 Framework Agreement An agreement between one or more Contracting Authorities and one or more Economic Operators. Additional Information: When a Framework Agreement is concerned, the FA will result from LotAwardOutcome which describes a Lot which specifies the both the Qualification and Award Criteria. WG Approval 18/05/2021 Green Procurement Approach whereby Buyers seek to procure with a reduced Environmental Impact. Additional Information: The approach may apply to the complete life cycle. The reduced Environmental Impact is in comparison to goods, services and works with the same primary function that would otherwise be procured. Tightly related are article 68 - Life-cycle costing and article 67 - most economically advantageous Tender (see GPP handbook) https://ec.europa.eu/environment/gpp/pdf/Buying-Green-Handbook-3rd-Edition.pdf An instance of the class GreenProcurement is represented in eForms with the code "env-imp" defined in the codelist Strategic-Procurement.Paragraphs) https://ec.europa.eu/environment/gpp/pdf/Buying-Green-Handbook-3rd-Edition.pdf Innovative Procurement Approach whereby Buyers seek to procure an innovative work, supply or service. Additional Information: ‘innovation’ means the implementation of a new or significantly improved product, service or process, including but not limited to production, building or construction processes, a new marketing method, or a new organizational method in business practices, workplace Organisation or external relations inter alia with the purpose of helping to solve societal challenges or to support the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; See: Directive 2014/24 Articles: 2, 26 (3), 31, 67 (2.a) Lead Buyer A Role of an Agent who is a Buyer and takes the administrative lead of the Procedure. WG Approval 22/11/2022 Multiple Stage Procedure Term Conditions and stipulations defining particularities of Procedures carried out in several steps Additional Information: Generally this refers to Procedures where selection is carried out to qualify Tenderers who are then requested to submit the rest of their Tender for evaluation is Restricted Procedure. WG Approval 15/04/2021 Non Disclosure Agreement Term Conditions and stipulations about a non-disclosure agreement. Additional information: A non-disclosure agreement is a Contract between different parties which ensures information is not shared with other parties. WG approval 26/03/2024 Notice16 Contract notice - general directive, standard regime WG approval 16/09/2025 Notice17 Contract notice - sectoral directive, standard regime WG approval 16/09/2025 Notice20 Contract notice - general directive, light regime WG approval 16/09/2025 Notice29 Contract award notice - general directive, standard regime WG approval 16/09/2025 Offline Access Provider A Role of an Agent responsible for providing offline access to the Procurement Documents. Opening Term Conditions and stipulations defining particularities of the opening of Tenders. Additional Information: The opening of Tenders is the event when Tenders are made accessible for evaluation, it is generally the same date and time for all Tenders. WG Approval 15/04/2021 Participation Condition Criterion that describes a Requirement to take part in a procurement. WG approval 30/05/2023 Procurement Criterion A criterion specific to Procurement. WG Approval 23/04/2020 Procurement Document Document produced or referred to by the Buyer to describe or determine elements of the Procurement. Additional information: Procurement Documents are to be accessible since the date of publication of the Contract Notice or the prior information Notice when used as a call for competition. Examples of Procurement Documents are Technical Specifications, the Descriptive Document, proposed conditions of Contract, formats for the presentation of Documents by Candidates and Tenderers, information on generally applicable obligations. Other Documents related to the Procedure such as Notices are not considered to be Procurement Documents. WG Approval 23/05/2019 Procurement Service Provider Role of a public or private body which offers ancillary purchasing activities on the market. Additional information: "Ancillary Purchasing Activities" means activities consisting in the provision of support to purchasing activities, in particular in the following forms: (a) technical infrastructure enabling Contracting Authorities to award Public Contracts or to conclude Framework Agreements for works, supplies or services; (b) advice on the conduct or design of public Procurement Procedures; (c) preparation and management of Procurement Procedures on behalf and for the account of the Contracting Authority concerned; This would be equivalent to the concept of 'ProcuringEntity' in OCDS: 'The Entity managing the Procurement, which may be different from the Buyer who is paying / using the items being procured'. Directive 2014/24/EU, Article 2, paragraphs 17 and 15. WG Approval 24/03/2020 Purchase Contract A Contract resulting from using a Dynamic Purchasing System Technique or Framework Agreement Technique. Review Request Summary Overview of the requests received by the Buyer to review any of its decisions (e.g. the technical specifications, award decision), as set out in Art. 1(5) of Directive 89/665/EEC and Directive 92/13/EEC, and about the complainants that submitted the requests. WG approval 19/03/2024 Security Clearance Term Conditions and stipulations about the status requested of individuals allowing them access to classified information (state or organisational secrets) or to restricted areas, after completion of a thorough background check. Used by eForms BT-578, eForms BT-78, eForms BT-732 WG Approval 20/06/2023 Selection Criterion Criterion that describes a capacity Requirement that the Economic Operator needs to fulfill to participate in the procurement. Additional Information: Selection criteria may relate to: (a) suitability to pursue the professional activity; (b) economic and financial standing; (c) technical and professional ability WG approval 31/10/2018 Social Procurement Approach whereby Buyers seek to procure by fulfilling social objectives. Additional Information: Socially Responsible Public Procurement (SRPP) - ‘SRPP’ means Procurement Operations that take into account one or more of the following social considerations: employment opportunities, decent work, compliance with social and labour rights, social inclusion (including persons with disabilities), equal opportunities, accessibility design for all, taking account of sustainability criteria, including ethical trade issues and wider voluntary compliance with corporate social responsibility (CSR), while observing the principles enshrined in the Treaty for the European Union (TFEU) and the Procurement Directives. See Article 18 and Annex X Directive 2014/24. Buying Social - A Guide to Taking Account of Social Considerations in Public Procurement (Publications Office of the European Union, 2011) https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/cb70c481-0e29-4040-9be2-c408cddf081f/language-en Strategic Procurement Public Procurement that contributes to achieving pressing policy goals. Additional Information: Specific strategic goals could be, for example, Environmental Protection, innovation, job creation and the development of small and medium enterprises. The subclasses are given by the choices in BT-06 Strategic Procurement. Based on https://legalinstruments.oecd.org/en/instruments/OECD-LEGAL-0411 (see paragraph on "background information". Used by eForms BG-713 WG Approval 10/03/2020 Tender Processor A Role of an Agent responsible for processing Tenders. Tenderer A Role of an Agent that has submitted a Tender. Additional Information: A Tenderer is an Economic Operator or group of Economic Operators that has submitted a Tender. WG approval 05/08/2021 acts On Behalf Of Represents. announces Award Decision Relation indicating the formal communication of an Award Decision. WG approval 25/09/2025 announces Lot Relation indicating the formal communication of a Lot. WG approval 25/09/2025 announces Procedure Relation indicating the formal communication of a Procedure. WG approval 25/09/2025 comprises Award Outcome Incorporates AwardOutcome. concerns Lot Relates to Lot. concerns Notice Relates to Notice. WG Approval 14/05/2024 concerns Review Summary For Lot Relates to Lot review summary. Used by eForms BT-13722 concerns Tender Relates to Tender. WG Approval 14/05/2024 contextualised By The place of the AgentInRole in the procurement is expressed by a ProcurementObject. defines Mediator Relation indicating a ProcedureTerm has a Mediator. defines Offline Access Provider Relation indicating an AccessTerm has an OfflineAccessProvider. defines Procurement Procedure Information Provider Relation indicating an AccessTerm has a ProcurementProcedureInformationProvider. defines Review Procedure Information Provider Relation indicating a ReviewTerm has a ReviewProcedureInformationProvider. defines Reviewer Relation indicating a ReviewTerm has a Reviewer. defines Tender Processor Relation indicating a SubmissionTerm has a TenderProcessor. defines Tender Receiver Relation indicating a SubmissionTerm has a TenderReceiver. follows Rules Set By Complies with established norms. WG approval 25/09/2025 fulfills Requirement The requirement to which the concept meets. Indicates whether the Requirement is satisfied. (epo-qua:EvidenceOutcome) WG approval 09/09/2025 fulfills Strategic Procurement Relation indicating that the concept has a Strategic Procurement goal. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Abnormally Low Tenders Tenders received that were found irregular and non-acceptable due to an abnormally low price or cost. Additional Information The definition implies that abnormally Low Tender Lots are Inadmissible Tender Lots. (epo:SubmissionStatisticalInformation) WG Approval 28/07/2020 has Access URL Location where the resource can be accessed. (epo:Document) Location where the resource can be accessed. (epo-ord:DeliveryInformation) WG approval 07/04/2022 has Additional Contract Nature Additional type of acquisition taken into consideration in the contract. has Additional Information Deadline The time limit for requesting further information. Additional information: This is generally used to indicate the deadline for Economic Operators to request further information of the procedure before the submission deadline. (epo:AccessTerm) Used by eForms BT-13 WG Approval 09/06/2020 has Address URL The resource identifier for a Channel. (cv:Channel) WG Approval 26/03/2024 has Approximate Framework Agreement Value The estimated value to be spent within the Framework Agreement(s). Additional information: In the case of an Award Decision for a Lot, this relation represents the estimated value for the awarded Framework Agreement. In the case of a Notice, this relation represents the estimated value for all Framework Agreements covered by the Notice. has Award Criteria Evaluation Formula The mathematical equation or any other description used for complicated weighing of criteria (e.g. non-linear weighing, the analytic hierarchy process) when a weighing cannot be expressed per criterion. (epo:AwardEvaluationTerm) Used by eForms BT-543 has Award Rank The position of the tender (i.e. whether the tender ended up first, second, third, etc.) in a design contest, some framework agreements with multiple winners (e.g. cascades) or an innovation partnership. (epo:TenderAwardOutcome) Used by eForms BT-171 has Beneficial Owner A role of any natural person(s) who ultimately owns or controls the organisation or on whose behalf a transaction or activity is being conducted. Additional Information: This role is defined in the directive EU 2015/849 and it's beyond the scope for public eProcurement domain. WG Approval 14/09/2021 has Broad Place Of Performance Geopolitical zone where the contract can be executed. Additional Information Used for setting restrictions that cannot be established with one country code or a geographical zone identifier (like NUTS), because they have a broader scope (geographical, economic, political, other). has Buyer Category Description A classification of buyers participating in a framework agreement. Additional Information: Buyers that can use the Framework Agreement not mentioned by name. For example, the classification "all hospitals in the Tuscany region" is used instead of naming each individual buyer. (epo:FrameworkAgreementTerm) Used by eForms BT-111 WG Approval 06/05/2019 has Change Description Explanatory text about the instance of the concept. (epo:ChangeInformation) WG Approval 30/09/2019 has Change Justification Code explaining the change. has Change Reason Description Explanatory text about why the element is altered. (epo:ChangeInformation) Used by eForms BT-762 has DPS Scope Explanation as to whether a dps is used and by whom. The codelist to be used is at-voc:dps-usage which is available at http://publications.europa.eu/resource/dataset/dps-usage has Document Restriction Justification An explanation about the reasons why some procurement documents are restricted. has E Catalogue Permission The extent to which electronic catalogues may be used in tenders. has EEA Received Tenders The amount of tenders received from economic operators in other EEA countries other than the country of the buyer. (epo:SubmissionStatisticalInformation) WG Approval 12/12/2019 has E Invoicing Permission Relation indicating the eInvoicing Permission. has E Sender Dispatch Date The date and time the notice was transmitted electronically by the eSender to the Publications Office of the European Union. Additional Information: Typically, eSenders include national Official Journals, Buyers sending a large number of electronic Notices, public or private bodies acting on behalf of Buyers and eProcurement software developers. (epo:Notice) WG approval 20/06/2023 has E Submission Permission The requirements as to what extent electronic submission is allowed. has Estimated Invitation To Tender Date The estimated date of dispatch of the invitations to submit tenders in two (or more) stage procedures. (epo:MultipleStageProcedureTerm) Used by eForms BT-130 WG Approval 01/10/2019 has Financial Offer Value The value offered by the Tenderer for a Lot. Additional Information: This value is normally the one awarded for a winning Tender Lot. In case of negotiated procedures the original financial value may be reviewed and the offer updated. Used by eForms BT-720 has Fixed Value Constant number. (epo:AwardCriterion) Used by eForms BT-541, eForms BT-5422 WG approval 09/09/2025 has Fixed Value Type The method to interpret the fixed value as pertaining to a total or unit. has Form Type A categorisation of the steps in which the Notice is used. has Framework Agreement Maximum Value Relation indicating the maximum Monetary Value of the Framework Agreement. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Framework Agreement Type The form of framework agreement used in a procurement procedure. Addition information: A concept to distinguish the different types of framework agreement, which are: 1. Framework agreement without reopening of competition, 2. Framework agreement with reopening of competition, or 3. Framework agreement partly without reopening of competition. has Fund Programme Relation indicating the EU programme used for funding. has Guarantee Description Information on the financial commitment required from the economic operator. Additional Information: 1. This information may include the amount and the way of delivering of the guarantee 2. The financial commitment may be retained by the buyer in the case the tenderer withdraws the submitted information (i.e. tender, expression of interest and request for participation, but not request for clarifications) before the award of the contract or does not sign the contract. 3. Usual modalities are bonds, cheques, loans, other. (epo:SubmissionTerm) WG Approval 21/07/20 has Inadmissible Tenders Tenders received that cannot be awarded due to non-compliance to procurement document requirements or having an abnormally low price or cost. <u>Additional Information: </u> Non-compliance with a Procurement Document requirements include exclusion grounds, selection criteria and submission deadline, etc. (epo:SubmissionStatisticalInformation) WG Approval 12/12/2019 has Internal Identifier Relation indicating the in-house Identifier used by an Organization. Used by eForms BT-22 WG approval 25/09/2025 has Late Submission Information Description A narrative text explaining the content of the economic operator information that can be submitted late. Additional Information This does not apply to requests for clarifications. (epo:SubmissionTerm) has Late Submission Permission Whether economic operator-related information can be supplemented even after the submission deadline. Additional Information This is specific to the information on the economic operator and not the actual offer. This does not apply to the requests for clarification. has Launch Framework Agreement Maximum Value Relation indicating that the maximum value allowed for a Framework Agreement as defined by the Buyer at the outset. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Legal Basis Description Explanatory text about the legal basis. (epo:ProcurementElement) WG Approval 02/05/2024 has Legal Form Requirement The legal form to be taken by a Contractor. Additional Information: Generally, this is defined to cover the case where an Organisation Group is involved. Note that the codelist provided at national level should be used. (epo:ContractTerm) has Legal Identifier The officially registered Identifier. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Lot Reference Relation indicating the instance of the concept refers to a Lot. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Maximum Framework Agreement Awarded Value The maximum value which can be spent through all the framework agreements announced in this notice, including options and renewals of contracts. Additional information: The value provided is a threshold value that implicity means that it cannot be exceeded however it may not be reached during the execution of a contract. The Framework Agreements in a CAN are to be traced back and added to provide this value. Used by eForms BT-118 WG Approval 03/12/2019 has Maximum Number Of Candidates Maximum number of candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure. (epo:MultipleStageProcedureTerm) WG Approval 22/08/2019 has Maximum Number Of Renewals The maximum number of times the contract can be renewed. Additional Information By renewing, the buyer reserves the right (i.e. not an obligation) to renew the contract (i.e. extend its duration) without a new procurement procedure. For example, a contract may be valid for one year and the buyer may keep a possibility to renew it (e.g. once, twice) for another three months, if he is content with the services he received. PLEASE REVIEW THIS DEFINITION AGAIN WITH THE WORKING GROUP. It was originally taken from eForms. (epo:ContractTerm) has Maximum Participants Number The maximum number of participants in the framework agreement. Additional Information: Maximum number of tenderers who may be awarded a contract within the framework agreement. The number is a positive integer. (epo:FrameworkAgreementTerm) Used by eForms BT-113 WG Approval 05/02/2019 has Medium Tender Per Lots Tenders from medium-sized enterprise. <u>Additional Information:</u> See Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC. (epo:SubmissionStatisticalInformation) has Minimum Number Of Candidates Minimum number of candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure. (epo:MultipleStageProcedureTerm) WG Approval 22/08/2019 has Nationality Relation indicating the country code to which the instance of the concept officially belongs to. has No Negotiation Necessary The buyer reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without any further negotiations. Additional information: See Article 29(4) of Directive 2014/24/EU. (epo:MultipleStageProcedureTerm) has Non Accessibility Criterion Justification Reason for not applying accessibility criteria. (epo:SocialProcurement) Used by eForms BT-755 WG Approval 05/03/2019 has Non EEA Received Tenders The amount of tenders received from economic operators in non-EEA countries. (epo:SubmissionStatisticalInformation) WG Approval 12/12/2019 has Notice Publication Number The identifier of the published Notice. Additional information: The format of this identifier is XXXXXXXX-YYYY. (epo:Notice) WG approval 26/03/2024 has Notice Type Relation indicating the Notice Type. has OJS Issue Number The issue identifier of the Supplement to the EU Official Journal. Additional information: The format of this identifier is XX-YYYY. (epo:Notice) WG approval 26/03/2024 has Official Language The language(s) in which the instances of the given concepts are officially available. These linguistic versions are equally legally valid. has Opening Date Time Date and time for the opening of tenders. (epo:OpeningTerm) WG Approval 12/03/2019 has Opening Description Further information about the opening of tenders. Additional Information For example, who may participate in the opening and whether any authorization is needed. (epo:OpeningTerm) WG Approval 12/03/2019 has Payment Arrangement Information about financial clauses that will govern some economic aspects of the execution of the contract. Additional Information: These clauses usually refer to financial and payment provisions. This type of information should be structured instead of a free text in order to reuse it an ideal world. Unfortunately this is an information that in the real life no one is willing to provide pro-actively. WG Pending of discussion with eForms (epo:ContractTerm) has Performance Conditions The particular conditions and additional information related to the execution of the contract. Additional Information: For example, specific information about the place of performance, intermediary deliverables, compensation for damages, intellectual property rights. (epo:ContractTerm) WG approval 15/01/2019 has Performing Staff Qualification Information Explanation as to if and/or when information of the persons to carry out the contract is to be provided. The codelist to be used is at-voc:requirement-stage which is available at http://publications.europa.eu/resource/dataset/requirement-stage has Place Of Performance Additional Information Further details on the location of the execution of the contract. (epo:ContractTerm) WG Approval 30/07/2019 has Procurement Document Change Date The date and time of the change. (epo:ChangeInformation) Used by eForms BT-719 WG Approval 5/11/2019 has Receipt Participation Request Deadline The time limit until which requests to participate can be received. (epo:SubmissionTerm) WG Approval 02/05/2024 has Receipt Tender Deadline The time limit until which the Tenders can be received. (epo:SubmissionTerm) WG Approval 02/05/2024 has Received Micro Tenders The amount of tenders received from a micro enterprise. <u>Additional Information:</u> See Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC. (epo:SubmissionStatisticalInformation) has Received Participation Requests The amount of applications to participate from economic operators. (epo:SubmissionStatisticalInformation) WG Approval 12/12/2019 has Received Small Tenders Tenders from small enterprise. <u>Additional Information:</u> See Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC. (epo:SubmissionStatisticalInformation) has Recurrence Description Any additional information about the recurrence of the Procurement. Additional Information: For example estimated timing of the Procedure. (epo:ProcurementObject) Used by eForms BT-95 WG Approval 16/01/2019 has Renewal Description Any other information about the renewal(s). (epo:ContractTerm) WG Approval 16/04/2019 has Reserved Execution Relation indication whether the execution of the contract must be performed in the framework of sheltered employment programmes. has Reserved Procurement Explanation as to whether a procurement may be reserved for the participation of certain types of organisation. has SME Received Tenders The amount of tenders received from micro, small and medium-sized enterprises. <u>Additional Information:</u> See Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC. The ReceivedSMETenderLots is used when the size of the company is not exactly known. (epo:SubmissionStatisticalInformation) WG Approval 05/03/2020 has Scheme The name of the identification scheme. (adms:Identifier) has Selection Criterion Type The classification of the selection criteria. has Strategic Procurement Description Self-explanatory text about a concept. (epo:StrategicProcurement) has Subcontracting Relation indicating whether the Tender is subject to Subcontracting or not. has Successive Reduction The number of solutions or tenders will be reduced in iterative evaluations for multiple staged procedures. Additional information: This refers to multiple-stage procedures (included two-stage procedures, at least). Open Procedures can be seen as one-stage procedures. (epo:MultipleStageProcedureTerm) WG Approval 22/08/2019 has Tender Validity Duration Relation indicating the length of time a Tender remains valid. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Total Number Of Complainants The number of economic operators that requested the buyer to review any of its decisions (e.g. the technical specifications, award decision), as set out in Art. 1(5) of Directive 89/665/EEC and Directive 92/13/EEC. (epo:ReviewRequestSummary) Used by eForms BT-712 WG Approval 11/04/2019 has Unverified Tenders Offers received for which it has not been verified if they are admissible or inadmissible (e.g. because award criteria have been evaluated for all tenders and admissibility is checked only for the winning tender). (epo:SubmissionStatisticalInformation) WG Approval 28/07/2020 has Variant Permission The obligation or possibility for tenderers to submit variants or not. Additional Information: Variants are alternative ways to fulfil the buyer's needs as opposed to solutions indicated in the procurement documents. eForms: Whether tenderers are required, allowed or forbidden to submit tenders which fulfil the buyer's needs differently than as proposed in the procurement documents. Additional Information: Further conditions for submitting variant tenders are in the procurement documents. has Version A number that identifies a specific state of a document. (epo:Document) WG approval 18/11/2021 has Weight Value Type No definition. Waiting on CCCEV alignment. includes Accessibility Criterion Explanation as to whether accessibility Criterion are used or not. includes Tender Contains Tender. Used by eForms BT-3202 WG approval 09/10/2025 involves Procurement Document Is about Procurement Document. WG approval 09/10/2025 is Advanced Electronic Signature Required Advanced or qualified electronic signature or seal (as defined in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014) is required. The submitted information is required to be signed electronically. Additional Information: Signature can be defined as "data in electronic form which is attached to or logically associated with other data in electronic form and which is used by the signatory to sign. For more details on the meaning and uses of electronic signature you may consult different authoritative sources, a relevant one being for instance the Regulation (EU) 910/2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market. (epo:SubmissionTerm) WG Approval 21/07/2020 is Guarantee Required The submitted information must include a financial commitment to be used in case of default. Additional Information: See the additional information provided in the definition of the 'Guarantee Description' element. (epo:SubmissionTerm) WG Approval 21/07/2020 is Listed Company Public companies listed on a stock exchange and subject to disclosure requirements (either by stock exchange rules or through law or enforceable means), which impose requirements to ensure adequate transparency of beneficial ownership. <u>Additional Information:</u> In eForms this indicator is used when the nationality of beneficial owner is not provided because the Economic Operator is registered in a regulated market that is subject to disclosure requirements consistent with Union law or subject to equivalent international standards which ensure adequate transparency of ownership information. (epo:Business) WG Approval 21/11/2019 is Multiple Tender Submission Allowed Tenderers may submit more than one competing tenders. (epo:SubmissionTerm) WG Approval 10/10/2019 is Non Disclosure Agreement Required A non-disclosure agreement is needed. Additional information: A non-disclosure agreement is a Contract between different parties which ensures information is not shared with other parties. (epo:NonDisclosureAgreementTerm) WG Approval 26/03/2024 is Procurement Document Changed One or more procurement documents have been changed. (epo:ChangeInformation) Used by eForms BT-718 WG Approval 05/11/2019 is Recurrent The Procurement being notified is likely to be included in another procedure in the foreseeable future. Additional Information: For example, a regularly re-tendered municipal service. This does not include awarding multiple contracts within a single qualification system, framework agreement, or a dynamic purchasing system. (epo:ProcurementObject) Used by eForms BT-94 WG Approval 12/05/2020 is SME Suitable The procurement is suitable for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). (epo:LotGroup) The procurement is suitable for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). (epo:ProcurementElement) WG Approval 15/10/2024 is Security Clearance Required Security Clearance is needed. (epo:SecurityClearanceTerm) WG Approval 02/05/2024 is To Be Relaunched Indicator of whether the procurement object is to be relaunched. Additional information: This can be instantiated in the post award phase. (epo:ProcurementProcessInformation) Used by eForms BT-634 WG Approval 18/01/2022 is Used For Candidate Restriction The criterion will be used to select the candidates to be invited for the second stage of a multistage procedure. Additional Information: This property is only used if a maximum number of candidates was foreseen in the procedure. (epo:SelectionCriterion) Used by eForms BT-40 is Variant Alternative solution to fulfil the buyer's needs as opposed to solutions indicated in the procurement documents. Additional Information: The permission to offer variants is only allowed if specified in a Contract Notice or a Prior Information Notice that used as a means for calling for a competition. The buyer lays out minimum requirements in the procurement documents that must be respected by tenderers submitting variants. (epo:Tender) WG Approval 29/05/2019 refers To Previous Notice Reference to a Notice published before. Used by eForms BT-758 WG approval 25/09/2025 refers To Role Reference to a Role. WG approval 25/09/2025 relates To E Form Section Identifier Is about a specific eForms section. WG approval 25/09/2025 signed By Buyer Relation indicating the Buyer that signs the instance of the concept. WG approval 09/10/2025 specifies Procurement Criterion Relation indicating the Procurement Criterion to be used. WG approval 25/09/2025 summarises Information For Award Outcome Relates to submission for the given competition, either at Lot level or Mini-Competition level. WG Approval 30/05/2023 uses Clean Vehicle Directive The procurement falls within the scope of the European Parliament and Council 2009/33/EC (Clean Vehicles Directive – CVD). (epo:GreenProcurement) Notice19 Concession notice - concessions directive, standard regime WG approval 16/09/2025 Quantity A counted number of non-monetary units possibly including fractions. Tax Information Provider A Role of an Agent responsible for providing information concerning the general regulatory framework for taxes applicable in the place where the contract is to be performed. concerns Green Procurement Relates to Green Procurement. WG Approval 07/05/2024 defines Information Provider Relation indicating a ProcedureTerm has an information provider. has Alias Acronym or alternative name of the Agent. (foaf:Agent) WG Approval 25/03/2021 has Award Criteria Order Justification The justification for only indicating the award criteria's order of importance, not their weighing. (epo:AwardEvaluationTerm) Used by eForms BT-733 has Quantity Value The numeric value of the quantity, including decimals. (epo:Quantity) has Threshold Type The method to interpret the threshold value as minimum or a maximum. has Threshold Value The cut-off level for a given concept. Additional Information: This value is given as e.g. a minimum score, a maximum number of tenders with the highest score passing (see codelist at-voc:number-threshold). (cccev:Constraint) has Total Quantity The number of units required. Additional Information: The quantity needs to go along with the unit. has Unit Code Relation indicating the Measurement Unit. has Unofficial Language The language translation(s) in which the instances of the given concepts are available. These linguistic versions are not an official translation, they are provided only for information. is Contracting Entity Role of entities, which: (a) are contracting authorities or public undertakings and which pursue one of the activities referred to in Articles 8 to 14 of the Directive 2014/25/EU. (b) when they are not contracting authorities or public undertakings, have as one of their activities any of the activities referred to in Articles 8 to 14, or any combination thereof and operate on the basis of special or exclusive rights granted by a competent authority of a Member State. Additional Information: The indicator is needed in order to discriminate between those contracts where the Contracting Entity acts as a Contracting Authority undergoing the limits and the rules of Directive 24 and those where it acts as a Contracting Entity, with certain relaxed constraints. For example, the Contracting Entities have different thresholds for the application of Directive 24 if compared with Contracting Authorities. (epo:Buyer) WG Approval 28/04/2020 is Submission For All Lots Required Indicates whether tenders must be submitted for all Lots. (epo:ProcedureTerm) lead By The epo:OrganisationGroup epo:leadBy org:Organization was implemented to be used in case of an Economic Operator Group. specifies Clean Vehicle Directive Contract Type Relation indicating the Clean Vehicle Directive Contract type. Budget Provider A role of an agent whose Budget is used to pay for the Contract. Employment Information Provider A Role of an Agent responsible for providing information concerning the general regulatory framework for employment protection and working conditions applicable in the place where the contract is to be performed. Environmental Protection Information Provider A Role of an Agent responsible for providing information concerning the general regulatory framework for Environmental Protection applicable in the place where the contract is to be performed. Lot Group Combination of several Lots to conduct comparative assessment of the Tenders. Additional Information: The comparative assessment may refer to the Selection Criteria, Award and Value that apply to several Lots. Pending of discussion with eForms Member States may provide that, where more than one lot may be awarded to the same tenderer, contracting authorities may award contracts combining several or all lots where they have specified in the contract notice or in the invitation to confirm interest that they reserve the possibility of doing so and indicate the lots or groups of lots that may be combined. Payment Executor A Role of an Agent responsible for executing the Payment. Subcontractor A Role of an Agent that has an agreement to perform part or all of the obligations of another Agents's Contract. Additional information For some Procedures, the Subcontractor signs as well the Contract between the Buyer and the Contractor. At tendering time, entities relied upon by the Economic Operators can be Subcontractors or not. When modelling ESPD we will analyze whether we need or not a Role named "relied upon". WG approval 05/08/2021 defines Lot Group Relation indicating a ProcedureTerm has a LotGroup. defines Payment Executor Relation indicating a ContractTerm has a PaymentExecutor. has Clean Vehicles The number of all clean vehicles that have either been purchased, leased, rented, hired-purchased or their use has been contractually committed to for the provision of a purchased service. Additional Information: In the European Union, the legal requirements and scope for the provision of these vehicles or services are covered by Directive 2009/33/EC. (epo:CleanVehicleDirectiveInformation) WG Approval 28/07/2020 has Constraint Relation indicating that the instance of the concept has a Constraint. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Non Electronic Submission Description Textual explanation of how non-electronic information is to be presented. (epo:SubmissionTerm) WG Approval 21/07/2020 has Total Vehicles The number of all vehicles (regardless of whether clean or not) that have either been purchased, leased, rented, hired-purchased or their use has been contractually committed to for the provision of a purchased service. Additional Information: In the European Union, the legal requirements and scope for the provision of these vehicles or services are covered by Directive 2009/33/EC. (epo:CleanVehicleDirectiveInformation) WG Approval 28/07/2020 has Zero Emission Vehicles The number of all zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles that have either been purchased, leased, rented, hired-purchased or their use has been contractually committed to for the provision of a purchased service. Additional Information: In the European Union, the legal requirements and scope for the provision of these vehicles or services are covered by Directive 2009/33/EC. (epo:CleanVehicleDirectiveInformation) WG Approval 28/07/2020 sets Grouping Context For Lot Incorporates Lot. WG approval 09/10/2025 specifies Clean Vehicle Directive Vehicle Category Relation indicating the Clean Vehicle Directive Category. Notice15 Notice on the existence of a qualification system - sectoral directive WG approval 16/09/2025 Notice18 Contract notice - defence directive, standard regime WG approval 16/09/2025 Subcontract Term A concept to describe the main information regarding the share of parts of the Contract to third parties. has E Auction URL The internet address of the electronic auction. (epo:SubmissionTerm) Used by eForms BT-123 has Subcontracting Obligation The requirement the tender must meet with regard to subcontracting parts of the contract. has Tender Subcontracting Information The information about subcontracting that must be indicated in the tender. has Non Electronic Submission Justification Reason for not accepting electronic information. has Deadline The time limit by which the security clearance must be submitted to the buyer. (epo:SecurityClearanceTerm) WG Approval 02/05/2024 Planned Procurement Part A subdivision of a Planned Procurement that may later become one or more Lots or a self-standing Procedure. Additional Information: A Lot or a Procedure can also cover one or more parts of the Planned Procurement. WG Approval 20/06/2019 Planning Notice Notice which sets out the Contracting Authority's purchasing intentions. It is used by Contracting Authorities to provide Suppliers with information about a Procurement Process. Process Planning Term Conditions and stipulations defining particularities of the unfolding of the Procurement Process. announces Planned Procurement Part Relation indicating the formal communication of a Planned Procurement Part. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Estimated Contract Notice Publication Date Foreseen date for publication of Contract Notice. (epo:ProcessPlanningTerm) Used by eForms BT-127 is Subject To Term Relation indicating that the instance of the concept applies a Term. WG approval 25/09/2025 Abstract Container Gathering class for Packages and Transport Handling Units. WG Approval 14/05/2024 Abstract Item Gathering class for the Items, Item Requests and Deliverables. Additional information: The subclasses have in common that they are related to a procurement need. WG approval 09/10/2025 Acquiring Party The Role of an Agent that acts on the buying side of a Procurement Process. Agent In Role Relative concept that ties an Agent to a part they play in a given Situational Context. Additional information: The classification of roles is based is based on the degree of involvement into the Procurement Process: - Primary (Procurement) Pole is directly involved in the Procurement Process; - Secondary (Procurement sub-) Role is secondary to the Procurement Process - Tertiary (Related) Role is not involved in the Procurement Process. Allowance Charge Information Information about discounts, taxes, duties and fees imposed. WG Approval 16/05/2023 Allowance Information Information about the discounts imposed. WG Approval 16/05/2023 Asset Resource necessary for the provision of a service. WG approval 09/10/2025 Auxiliary Party Role of an Agent who may be mentioned in the information exchanged during the Procurement Process but who does not play an active part in it. Award Criteria Summary Overview of the Award Criteria. WG approval 19/03/2024 Award Decision Notification A formal communication sent by the Buyer to inform Tenderers of the Award Decision. WG approval 11/09/2025 Award Outcome Result concerning the competition that was attributed by the Awarder. WG approval 19/03/2024 Awarder A Role of an Agent that signs the Award Decision. Additional information: BT-08 can be Awarding CBP; BG-03 is the Buyer. But Awarding CPB is not the same as the Buyer; the organisations may differ for these roles. Having the Awarder Role allows us to specify which Organisation is involved in the Award Decision. Batch A production lot in which the Item instances were produced. WG Approval 10/03/2022 Brand Name given by an organisation to its product or service, or range of products or services. Additional information: Brand name allows economic operators to distinctively describe an item in their eCatalogue. This may be different from the "item name". WG Approval 10/03/2022 CAN Defence- D81 Contract Award Notice Defence under Directive 81. WG approval 16/09/2025 CAN Social- D25 Contract Award Notice using the light regime under Directive 25. WG approval 16/09/2025 CAN Social Notice Announcement of the results of a call for competition concerning contracts or concessions for social and other specific services. WG approval 09/10/2025 CAN Social Notice- D25 Additional information: Social and other specific services – utilities CAN Standard- D24 Contract Award Notice using the standard regime under Directive 24. WG approval 16/09/2025 CAN Standard Notice Announcement of the results of a call for competition concerning contracts or concessions. WG approval 09/10/2025 CAN Transportation Notice Announcement that a public service contract for public passenger transport services has been directly awarded. WG approval 09/10/2025 CN Defence- D81 Competition Notice Defence under Directive 81. WG approval 16/09/2025 CN Social- D25 Competition Notice using the light regime under Directive 25. WG approval 16/09/2025 CN Social Notice Announcement of a call for competition concerning contracts for social and other specific services. WG approval 09/10/2025 CN Social Notice- D25 Additional information: Social and other specific services – utilities CN Standard- D24 Competition Notice using the standard regime under Directive 24. WG approval 16/09/2025 CN Standard Notice Announcement of a call for competition concerning contracts or concessions. Additional information: Contract notices shall be used as a means of calling for competition in respect of all procedures, without prejudice to the relevant articles of the Directive. WG approval 09/10/2025 Call For Expression Of Interest Invitation for economic operators to be included in a list of pre-selected candidates or vendors, ensuring transparency and competition. WG approval 09/10/2025 Candidate The Role of an Agent that has sought an invitation or has been invited to take part in a restricted Procedure, in a competitive Procedure with negotiation, in a negotiated Procedure without prior publication, in a competitive dialogue or in an innovation partnership. WG approval 30/05/2023 Carrier The Role of an Agent who handles the physical Delivery/Transportation of the (Despatched) Shipment. Additional Information: This Role is often referred to as the deliverer. WG Approval 14/05/2024 Catalogue A phase-agnostic Document describing a set of Items offered for purchase that can be processed in an electronic way. Catalogue Line Aggregated information about the Terms and specifications for procuring an Item. Details about an Item, like Prices, packaging, discounts, special promotions, etc. TC 440: Detailed information of an Item, Price and its composition in a Catalogue. Composition: e.g. information referring to its description, how to order it, what it is made of, properties, delivery conditions, etc. Catalogue Provider A Role of an Agent compiling and supplying a Catalogue. Additional Information: The Catalogue Provider Role is usually played by the Agent that acts as a Seller, or by another Agent that acts on behalf of the Seller. WG Approval 28/01/2021 Catalogue Receiver A Role of an Agent processing a Catalogue. Additional Information: The Catalogue Receiver may not only receive it but also validate it, process it, etc. The Catalogue Receiver role is usually played by the agent that acts as a Buyer, or by another Agent that acts on behalf of the Buyer. WG Approval 28/01/2021 Catalogue Response A formal reply from the Catalogue Receiver to the Catalogue Provider stating the Catalogue Receiver's ability to apply the catalogue for placing orders. Additional Information: The Catalogue Response is used to inform on the acceptance or rejection of a Catalogue. Catalogue Response Information Information about a Catalogue Response. WG approval 11/09/2025 Catalogue Response Line Details concerning the Catalogue Receiver’s ability to apply a given Catalogue Line for placing orders. Additional information: The Catalogue Response Line is used to inform on the acceptance or rejection of a Catalogue Line. Central Purchasing Body Role of an Agent that provides centralised purchasing activities and, possibly, ancillary purchasing activities for other Buyers. Additional Information: In Public Procurement the Role of Central Purchasing Body is carried out by a Contracting Authority for other Contracting Authorities. Contracting Authority procuring activities conducted on a permanent basis, in one of the following forms:[...](b) the award of Public Contracts or the conclusion of Framework Agreements for works, supplies or services intended for Contracting Authorities; WG approval 05/08/2021 Certificate Proof of conformance of the instance of the concept to a defined set of criteria. Additional Information: Certificates provide assurance of credibility, trust, and transparency in the procurement process. WG approval 16/05/2023 Certification Label Concept that stands for a set of norms, expectations, standards and policies. Additional Information: Such standards may relate to social, ethical and quality etc. WG approval 26/07/2022 Certifier The role of an agent who issues a certificate. Additional Information: The certifier is responsible for verifying and confirming the conformance of the instance of the concept to a defined set of criteria. WG approval 16/05/2023 Charge Information Information about fee or duty imposed. Additional Information: Charge category indicates the nature of the duty/fee, for example CAR, etc. Charge category modifier may be used in case different levels, exemptions or other modifications apply. The charge can be fixed or relative to the price. WG Approval 16/05/2023 Clean Vehicle Directive Information Information related to clean vehicles legislation. Additional information: In the European Union, the legislation concerned is the European Parliament and Council 2009/33/EC (Clean Vehicles Directive – CVD). WG approval 07/05/2024 Completion Notice An announcement of the end of a Procurement by a Buyer. Concession Award Notice- D23 Concession Award Notice under Directive 23. WG approval 16/09/2025 Concession Contract A Contract between one or more Buyers and one or more Economic Operators giving the right to the Economic Operators to exploit the rights foreseen in the Contract which may include the receipt of Payments. WG Approval 24/05/2022 Concession Notice- D23 Concession Notice under Directive 23. WG approval 16/09/2025 Consignee A Role of an Agent that receives the Shipment of the Procurement (service, goods or works) and who is taking possession. Additional information: The Role is carried out by the Customer or on behalf of the Customer. The possession of the goods does not necessary imply ownership. The Consignee may be the end-user or the beneficiary. (Consignee) Definition from PEPPOL Despatch: The Consignee is the person or Organisation to which the products will be shipped and who is taking possession. The Role is carried out by the Customer or on behalf of the Customer. WG Approval 21/02/2023 Consignment A batch of goods destined for or delivered to someone. Additional information: Consignment is a Transport Agreement between the Despatcher and the Consignee as to who and how the goods are despatched and received. WG Approval 14/05/2024 Context Description A description concerning a Procurement Object or a Notice in a specific Situation Context. Additional Information: The description has its own identity (+I) but is dependent (+D) on the concerned Entity. We say that ContextDescription *concerns* an Entity. Contextual Projection Projection of an Entity and all of its properties that hold in a given Situation Context. Additional Information: The contextual projection does not have its own identity (-I), is dependent (+D) on the described Entity, and is anti-rigid (~R) We say that ContextualProjection *describes* an Entity. Adaptation of ContextSlices pattern encoding a 4D view. http://ontologydesignpatterns.org/wiki/Submissions:Context_Slices Contract Amendment A change to an existing Contract that is agreed by the contracting parties. Contract Information Information about the Contract. WG Approval 20/04/2023 Contract Lot Completion Information Information related to a given Lot at the end of the procurement. Contract Modification Information Information about a Contract Amendment. WG approval 11/09/2025 Contract Modification Notice An announcement of the Modification of a Contract/Concession during its term by a Procuring Entity. Contractor The Role of an Agent that has signed a Contract with a Buyer. WG approval 08/11/2022 Credit Note A Document sent by the Seller to the Buyer to reduce or cancel all or part of the amount previously invoiced. WG approval 16/09/2025 Credit Note Line Details concerning a given unit of goods, services or works mentioned in the Credit Note. WG approval 16/09/2025 Credit Transfer Information Information about a direct payment of money from one bank account into another. WG Approval 11/07/2024 Deliverable Item that the supplier is obligated to provide under a contract. WG approval 11/09/2025 Delivery Agreement Term applying to the delivery of goods, services and works. Additional Information: Delivery terms identifier can normally be Incoterms accompanied by the description of specific conditions related to the delivery. WG Approval 16/05/2023 Delivery Information Information about the timing, the delivery destination, the delivery agreement and the involved parties. WG Approval 16/05/2023 Design Contest- D24 Design Contest Notice Directive 24. WG approval 16/09/2025 Design Contest- D25 Design Contest Notice under Directive 25. WG approval 16/09/2025 Design Contest Notice Announcement of a call for competition concerning the acquisition, mainly in the fields of town and country planning, architecture and engineering or data processing, of a plan or design selected by a jury. WG approval 09/10/2025 Design Contest Regime Term Conditions and stipulations defining particularities of a Design Contest. WG approval 04/02/2021 Design Contest Result- D24 Design Contest Result Notice under Directive 24. WG approval 16/09/2025 Design Contest Result- D25 Design Contest Result Notice under Directive 25. WG approval 16/09/2025 Design Contest Result Notice Announcement of the results of a call for competition concerning the acquisition, mainly in the fields of town and country planning, architecture and engineering or data processing, of a plan or design selected by a jury. WG approval 09/10/2025 Despatch Advice A document notifying the sending of goods or the execution of works or services. WG Approval 14/05/2024 Despatch Line Details concerning the fulfilment of an Order Line. WG Approval 21/05/2024 Despatcher The Role of an Agent who sends the goods or notifies of the service or works execution. Additional Information: The Role is carried out by the Supplier or on behalf of the Supplier. This Role is often referred to as the Despatch Party, Consignor or Deliverer. WG Approval 02/07/2024 Dimension Information Information about the physical or measurable attributes of the instance of the concept described. WG approval 11/09/2025 Direct Award Prenotification Notice Notice which sets out the Buyer's purchasing intention to award a Contract without prior notification of Competition. Direct Contract A Contract resulting from Lot Award Outcome. Additional information: A Framework Agreement is not a Direct Contract. WG Approval 19/03/2024 Document A set of interrelated Business Information representing the Business facts and associated metadata. The information may be conveyed in any language, medium or form, including textual, numerical, graphic, cartographic, audio-visual forms, etc. WG approval 23/05/2019 Documentary Evidence An Evidence submitted by an Economic Operator to prove compliance with legal, technical or financial requirements, or inapplicability of exclusion grounds in a Procurement Procedure. WG approval 16/09/2025 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. WG approval 11/09/2025 ESPD A self-declaration of an economic operator, stating that it does not fall under the Exclusion Grounds and that it meets the Selection Criteria for a specific procurement. WG Approval 05/03/2024 ESPD Request A document issued by a Buyer defining how the Exclusion Grounds and the Selection Criteria should be addressed in an European Single Procurement Document for a specific procurement. WG Approval 05/03/2024 Economic Standing Summary Overview of the financial viability of the economic operator. WG approval 19/03/2024 Electronic Signature Data in electronic form which is attached to or logically associated with other data in electronic form and which is used by the signatory to sign. Additional information: The definition comes from REGULATION (EU) No 910/2014. WG approval 19/03/2024 Employment Documentation Documentation concerning the general regulatory framework for employment protection and working conditions. WG approval 11/09/2025 Energy Efficiency Information 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. WG approval 11/09/2025 Environmental Documentation Documentation concerning the general regulatory framework for Environmental Protection. WG approval 11/09/2025 Environmental Emission Information Information about the emissions related to a product, work or service that are released into the environment. WG approval 11/09/2025 Estimate An approximate calculation or a judgement of the value, number, Quantity or extent of something. Evaluation Board Committee set up to evaluate the Tenders submitted. Additional Information: The committee may be a regular board or a jury. WG approval 13/04/2021 Evaluation Criterion A Criterion used by the Buyer to assess and compare Tenders in order to determine which Offer best meets the objectives of the Procurement Procedure. WG approval 11/09/2025 Evaluation Report Summary of the Evaluation. WG approval 16/09/2025 Evaluation Term Conditions and stipulations defining particularities of the Tender evaluation. WG approval 23/11/2018 Evaluator A Role of an Agent that asses the Tender submitted for a Lot. WG approval 16/09/2025 Evidence Information Information about a Certificate. WG Approval 12/03/2024 Evidence Outcome Result concerning the submitted Evidence. Evidence Receipt A Document sent by the Buyer to the Economic Operator confirming the receival of an Evidence Submission. Evidence Request A Document sent by the Buyer to the Economic Operator asking for the submission of an Evidence. Evidence Submission A Document sent by the Economic Operator to the Buyer which contains an Evidence. Excluded Candidate List Record of Candidates prevented from participating in a Procurement because one or more Exclusion Grounds apply. WG approval 16/09/2025 Exclusion Grounds Summary Overview of the Exclusion Grounds. WG approval 19/03/2024 Expression Of Interest Document presenting an Economic Operator's Request to be considered for Procedures covering a specific domain. WG approval 13/04/2021 Framework Agreement Technique Technique that establishes the terms governing Contracts to be awarded during a given Period, in particular with regard to Price and, where appropriate, the Quantity envisaged. WG approval 18/05/2021 Freight Forwarder The Role of an Agent who organise the logistic operations need for a fulfilment. WG Approval 21/05/2024 Goods Item An Item including its initial packaging during transportation. Additional information: For example, the Item being bought is the computer. The weight of the computer is X. The weight of the Goods Item is the weight of the computer plus the weight of the initial packaging. During transportation you have for example trace ID which is applied to the GoodsItem, rather than on the Item itself. The declared statistical value can only apply once you have a GoodsItem. WG Approval 30/03/2023 Information Hub Grouping of data that may be associated to various concepts. Additional Information: For example, AllowanceChargeInformation may be associated to the Order or the Catalogue (either at the Line level or at the Document level), amongst others. WG Approval 16/05/2023 International Procurement Instrument Measures Information Information about the legislative framework adopted by the European Union to promote reciprocity in international public procurement markets. WG approval 11/09/2025 Invoice A commercial Document issued by the Seller to the Buyer to collect payments for the goods or services provided and to state the VAT amount due by the Buyer. WG Approval 04/07/2024 Invoice Line Details concerning a given unit of goods, services or works mentioned in the Invoice. WG Approval 11/07/2024 Invoice Note Textual note that is relevant to the Invoice as a whole. WG Approval 11/07/2024 Invoicee The Role of an Agent who receives and processes the Invoices. WG Approval 03/04/2025 Item A product, work, service or any combination of them. Additional Information: An Item can be an atomic Thing or a composition of things that together are seen as a unit, e.g. a tetrabrik of milk or an indivisible package of six tetrabriks. No distinction is provided between services, goods and works to leave room for innovation. An Item is used to fulfill a need which is described in an Item Request. WG approval 09/10/2025 Item Accessory Relation Combination of two Items where the former enhances the latter. WG Approval 30/06/2022 Item Complementary Relation Combination of two Items which mutually enhance one another. WG Approval 30/06/2022 Item Composition Inclusion of an Item into in the described Item. Additional Information: The Item is provided with its components, however, the component Items may also be provided separately. For example, a bicycle has wheels as components, but they may be provided as spare parts as well. This relation is useful to describe different package levels of an item or hierarchies of Items. WG Approval 19/05/2022 Item Model A specific design or version of a product or service. Additional information: This class is meant as a reusable reference to the model name rather than as a set of specifications of an Item of this particular model. WG Approval 10/03/2022 Item Property Construct meant to represent the association between an attribute defined in an external classification scheme and the value ascribed to it. WG Approval 26/07/2022 Item Relation Connection between two Items. WG Approval 30/06/2022 Item Replacement Supplantment, displacement or suspension of an Item by the described Item. WG Approval 30/06/2022 Item Requirement Necessity of an Item by the described item. Additional Information: The described item is provided without other items that are required for proper functionality. For example, a printer cannot be used without ink cartridge; or a Server cannot be used without its installation. WG Approval 19/05/2022 Jury Member Role of an Agent who evaluates a design contest. WG approval 19/03/2024 Legal Representative The Role of an Agent that can represent an Organization. WG Approval 05/03/2024 Line Component of a document providing specific information. WG approval 11/09/2025 Local Legal Basis Information Information about the legal basis at the level of the Member State. WG approval 11/09/2025 Lot Group Award Information Award information related to a given Group of Lots. Mandate An authorization to act as a representative of an Organization. WG Approval 05/03/2024 Manufacturer The Producer of goods or provider of services. Additional Information: Also, known as Supplier and Manufacturer. We do not care who provides these service or products we care with whom Business is done. PEPPOL - Invoice: The Supplier is the Legal Person or Organisation who provides a product and/or service. PEPPOL - Order: The supplier is the legal person or organisation who provides a product or service. Examples of supplier roles: seller, despatch party, creditor, economic operator. Maskable Object Entity within the procurement data model whose visibility, accessibility, or disclosure may be conditionally restricted due to legal, confidentiality, or security requirements. WG approval 11/09/2025 Mini Competition Award Outcome Result concerning the mini-competition that was attributed by the Awarder. Additional Information: The mini-competition is the process where multiple winners or candidates of previous stages of a procedure bid for a specific procurement. It is typically used in framework agreements where the suppliers have already been pre-selected, and the mini competition is used to determine which supplier is best suited for a particular project or contract. It is also used in a Dynamic Purchasing System where the suppliers come from a list of Candidates. WG Approval 19/03/2024 Modification- D23 Modification Notice under Directive 23. WG approval 16/09/2025 Modification- D24 Modification Notice under Directive 24. WG approval 16/09/2025 Modification- D25 Modification Notice under Directive 25. WG approval 16/09/2025 Non Published Information Information about fields not published in this Notice. Additional Information: The non-published information may become available at a later date and may differ from one element to another within a given Document. Examples of fields that may not be immediately published are Winner, Tender and Procedure Lot Result, etc., e.g. for security reasons. Notice1 Notice of the publication of a prior information notice on a buyer profile - general directive WG approval 16/09/2025 Notice10 Prior information notice used as a call for competition - general directive, standard regime WG approval 16/09/2025 Notice11 Periodic indicative notice used as a call for competition - sectoral directive, standard regime WG approval 16/09/2025 Notice12 Prior information notice used as a call for competition - general directive, light regime WG approval 16/09/2025 Notice13 Periodic indicative notice used as a call for competition - sectoral directive, light regime WG approval 16/09/2025 Notice14 Prior information notice used as a call for competition - concessions directive, light regime WG approval 16/09/2025 Notice2 Notice of the publication of a periodic indicative notice on a buyer profile - sectoral directive WG approval 16/09/2025 Notice21 Contract notice - sectoral directive, light regime WG approval 16/09/2025 Notice22 Subcontract notice - defence directive WG approval 16/09/2025 Notice23 Design contest notice - general directive, design WG approval 16/09/2025 Notice24 Design contest notice - sectoral directive, design WG approval 16/09/2025 Notice25 Voluntary ex-ante transparency notice - general directive WG approval 16/09/2025 Notice26 Voluntary ex-ante transparency notice - sectoral directive WG approval 16/09/2025 Notice27 Voluntary ex-ante transparency notice - defence directive WG approval 16/09/2025 Notice28 Voluntary ex-ante transparency notice - concession directive WG approval 16/09/2025 Notice3 Notice of the publication of a prior information notice on a buyer profile - defence directive WG approval 16/09/2025 Notice30 Contract award notice - sectoral directive, standard regime WG approval 16/09/2025 Notice31 Contract award notice - defence directive, standard regime WG approval 16/09/2025 Notice32 Concession award notice - concession directive, standard regime WG approval 16/09/2025 Notice33 Contract award notice - general directive, light regime WG approval 16/09/2025 Notice34 Contract award notice - sectoral directive, light regime WG approval 16/09/2025 Notice35 Concession award notice - concessions directive, light regime WG approval 16/09/2025 Notice36 Design contest result notice - general directive, design WG approval 16/09/2025 Notice37 Design contest result notice - sectoral directive, design WG approval 16/09/2025 Notice38 Contract modification notice - general directive WG approval 16/09/2025 Notice39 Contract modification notice - sectoral directive WG approval 16/09/2025 Notice4 Prior information notice used only for information - general directive WG approval 16/09/2025 Notice40 Contract modification notice - concessions directive WG approval 16/09/2025 Notice5 Periodic indicative notice used only for information - sectoral directive Notice6 Prior information notice used only for information - defence directive Notice7 Prior information notice used to shorten time limits for receipt of tenders - general directive Notice8 Periodic indicative notice used to shorten time limits for receipt of tenders - sectoral directive Notice9 Prior information notice used to shorten time limits for receipt of tenders - defence directive Notice CEI Call for Expression of Interest for purchases below the Public Procurement Directive’s threshold as defined in the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the Union. WG approval 09/10/2025 Notice E1 Voluntary Pre-market Consultation Notice for purchases below the Public Procurement Directive threshold. WG approval 09/10/2025 Notice E2 Voluntary Prior Information Notice for purchases below the Public Procurement Directive threshold. WG approval 09/10/2025 Notice E3 Voluntary Contract Notice for purchases below the Public Procurement Directive threshold. WG approval 09/10/2025 Notice E4 Voluntary Award Notice for purchases below the Public Procurement Directive threshold. WG approval 09/10/2025 Notice E5 Voluntary Completion Notice for purchases below the Public Procurement Directive threshold. WG approval 09/10/2025 Notice E6 Voluntary Contract Modification Notice for purchases below the Public Procurement Directive threshold. WG approval 09/10/2025 Notice T01 Planning notice for public passenger transport services by rail and by road. WG approval 09/10/2025 Notice T02 Result notice for public passenger transport services by rail and by road. WG approval 09/10/2025 Notification Receiver The Role of an Agent that is informed about the arrival of a Shipment at a destination. Additional information: This could be for example customs and excise. WG Approval 21/05/2024 Offer Document providing the Monetary Value and the details to fulfill the Requirements set out in the Procurement Documents or Request for Offer. Additional information: A quotation is considered to be an Offer in the eProcurement Ontology. WG approval 09/02/2023 Offer Issuer The Role of an Agent that distributes an Offer. WG approval 09/02/2023 Offering Party The Role of an Agent that acts on the Economic Operator side during a Procurement Process. Additional information: As per the European Procurement Directives the notion of ‘Economic Operators’ should be interpreted in a broad manner so as to include any Persons and/or Entities which offer the execution of works, the supply of products or the provision of services on the market, irrespective of the legal form under which they have chosen to operate. Thus, firms, branches, subsidiaries, partnerships, cooperative societies, limited companies, universities, public or private, and other forms of entities than natural Persons should all fall within the notion of Economic Operator, whether or not they are ‘Legal Persons’ in all circumstances. Order A formal request of the Buyer to the Seller specifying the goods, services or works to be delivered. Additional Information: A Buyer submits an Order for delivery of goods, services or works to a Seller. WG Approval 23/04/2023 Order Agreement A Document sent from the Seller to Buyer specifying the goods, services or works to be delivered concerning a specific Order. WG approval 16/09/2025 Order Agreement Line Details concerning a given unit of goods, services or works mentioned in the Order Agreement. WG approval 16/09/2025 Order Cancellation A Document providing information on the formal response from the Buyer to the Seller to cancel a previous Order or Order Change. WG approval 16/09/2025 Order Cancellation Confirmation A Document providing information on the acknowledgment of the Order Cancellation. WG approval 16/09/2025 Order Cancellation Rejection A Document providing information on the non-acceptance of the Order Cancellation. WG approval 16/09/2025 Order Change A Document providing information on the formal request from the Buyer to the Seller specifying the requested change in goods, services or works to be delivered in respect to a previous Order. WG approval 16/09/2025 Order Change Confirmation A Document providing information on the acknowledgment of the Order Change. WG approval 16/09/2025 Order Change Line Details concerning a given unit of goods, services or works requested in the Order Change. WG approval 16/09/2025 Order Change Rejection A Document providing information on the non-acceptance of the Order Change. WG approval 16/09/2025 Order Line Details concerning a given unit of goods, services or works requested in the Order. Additional information: In general, an Order Line contains the Quantity and Price of the goods, services and goods requested in the Order. However, in certain cases, the Price may not be known, as the Price may fluctuate from one day to the other. WG Approval 20/04/2023 Order Response A formal reply from the Seller to the Buyer stating the Seller's ability to fulfil the order. Additional Information: The Order Response is used to inform on the acceptance or rejection of an Order or to make a counter-offer. WG Approval 20/04/2023 Order Response Information Information about an Order Response. WG approval 16/09/2025 Order Response Line Details concerning the Seller's ability to fulfil a given Order Line. Additional Information: The Order Response Line is used to inform on the acceptance or rejection of an Order Line or to make a counter-offer. WG Approval 20/04/2023 Organisation Information Summary Information about the specific features or characteristics that qualify an economic operator to take part in a tendering process. WG Approval 03/03/2025 Originator A Role of an Agent that expresses the needs to trigger the Procurement. Additional Information: The Originator is often the end-user or the Beneficiary. WG Approval 20/10/2022 Originator Information Information about the Originator of the Order. WG Approval 20/03/2023 Originator Request Document in which the Originator describes his needs. WG approval 09/02/2023 PI N- CFC Social- D25 Prior information notice used as a Call For Competition using the light regime under Directive 25. Additional information: The light regime is generally used for procurement of social and other specific services. The light regime may enable reserving Contracts for social enterprises and sheltered workshops. WG approval 16/09/2025 PI N- CFC Social Notice Announcement of intentions of planned procurements used as a call for competition concerning contracts for social and other specific services. WG approval 09/10/2025 PI N- CFC Social Notice- D25 Additional information: Social and other specific services – utilities PI N- CFC Standard- D24 Prior information notice used as a Call For Competition using the standard regime under Directive 24. Additional information: The standard regime refers to the core rules for public procurement, which mandates that public authorities award contracts in compliance with EU principles of equal treatment and transparency. WG approval 16/09/2025 PI N- CFC Standard Notice Announcement of intentions of planned procurements used as a call for competition. Additional information: For restricted procedures and competitive procedures with negotiation, sub-central contracting authorities may use a prior information notice as a call for competition pursuant to the relevant article of the Directive. WG approval 09/10/2025 PI N- RT L- D24 Prior information notice - Reduced Time Limit under Directive 24. WG approval 16/09/2025 PI N- RT L- D25 Prior information notice - Reduced Time Limit under Directive 25. WG approval 16/09/2025 PIN Defence- D81 Prior Information Notice Defence under Directive 81. WG approval 16/09/2025 PIN Only- D24 Prior Information Notice Only under Directive 24. WG approval 16/09/2025 PIN Only- D25 Prior Information Notice Only under Directive 25. WG approval 16/09/2025 PIN Only Notice Announcement of intentions of planned procurements for information purposes. WG approval 09/10/2025 PIN Profile- D24 Prior Information Notice Profile under Directive 24. WG approval 16/09/2025 PIN Profile- D25 Prior Information Notice Profile under Directive 25. WG approval 16/09/2025 PIN Profile- D81 Prior Information Notice Profile under Directive 81. WG approval 16/09/2025 PIN Profile Notice Announcement of intentions of planned procurements. WG approval 09/10/2025 PIN Time Limit Notice Announcement of intentions of planned procurements in view of shortening time limits for reception of tenders. Additional information: Where contracting authorities have published a prior information notice which was not itself used as a means of calling for competition, the minimum time limit for the receipt of tenders may be shortened. WG approval 09/10/2025 PIN Transportation Notice Announcement of the intention to award a public service contract for public passenger transport services. WG approval 09/10/2025 Package Container used for transportation. WG Approval 14/05/2024 Participation Conditions Summary Overview of the Participation Conditions. WG approval 19/03/2024 Participation Request Processor A Role of an Agent responsible for processing Requests To Participate. Participation Request Receiver A Role of an Agent responsible for receiving Requests To Participate. Participation Request Term Conditions and stipulations defining particularities of requesting participation in a Procedure. Payee A Role of an Agent that receives the payment. Additional Information: The role of Payee may be fulfilled by another party than the Seller, e.g. a factoring service. WG Approval 11/07/2024 Payment Card Information Information about card used for payment contemporaneous with invoice issuance. WG Approval 11/07/2024 Payment Information Information about a remittance. Payment Instructions Information Information about the payment. WG Approval 11/07/2024 Planned Procurement A high-level description of a procurement activity foreseen by a Buyer. WG approval 11/09/2025 Post Award Catalogue A Document describing a set of Items offered for purchase that can be processed in an electronic way, after a Contract is signed. Post Award Document Document created after the award of a Contract during a Procurement Procedure. WG approval 11/09/2025 Power Of Attorney A legal document that grants someone the authority to make decisions on behalf of an Organization. WG Approval 05/03/2024 Pre Market Consultation Notice Announcement of a pre-market consultation. Additional information: A pre-market consultation is not a call for competition and no procurement documents are available at the time of consultation. A consultation may or may not be followed by a future competition. WG Approval 02/05/2024 Price Amount of money required or given in exchange for Items. Additional information: The Price excludes any charges (such as taxes, duties and fees) and discounts. WG approval 26/07/2022 Prize A reward given in a Contest. WG approval: 15/04/2021 Procurement Criteria Summary Overview of the Procurement Criteria. WG approval 19/03/2024 Procurement Element Gathering class for critical/central elements in the Procurement Process. TODO: add definition Additional information: Alias: ProcurementComponent Procurement Object The whole or a division of goods, services or works to be procured. Additional Information: Anything that can specify the procurement content (i.e. goods, services, work) is a Procurement Object. In a sense, such an "object" can constitute the "object of a Contract". To test whether something is a Procedure Object check if it can have a Purpose and/or CPV classification (<i>The CPV establishes a single classification system for public procurement aimed at standardising the references used by Contracting Authorities and entities to describe the subject of Procurement Contracts.</i>). Note: Procedure, seems to be an exception from this rule. Because it is a conflated term: it carries process properties and "purpose" properties. Product Specification Document providing information about an Item. WG Approval 07/04/2022 Professional Suitability Summary Overview of the professional ability required for the economic operator to execute the contract. WG approval 19/03/2024 Project A collaborative enterprise that is carefully planned to achieve a particular aim. Q S- D25 Qualification System under Directive 25. WG approval 16/09/2025 QS Notice Announcement of a system of qualification of economic operators on the basis of exclusion and selection criteria. Additional information: The announcement can be used as a call for competition. When a call for competition is made by means of a notice on the existence of a qualification system, specific contracts for the works, supplies or services covered by the qualification system shall be awarded by restricted procedures or negotiated procedures, in which all tenderers and participants are selected among the candidates already qualified in accordance with such a system. WG approval 09/10/2025 QS Notice- D25 Additional information: Social and other specific services – utilities Qualification Criteria Summary Overview of the Qualification Criteria. WG Approval 19/03/2024 Qualification Criterion Criterion used in the first stage of procurement. WG approval 30/05/2023 Qualification Decision Information Information about the aggregated result of the Evidence Outcomes. Qualification Reponse A formal reply from the Buyer to the Economic Operator informing the Economic Operator that it may participate in a procurement. Quality Target Information Information about a specific performance goal. WG approval 23/09/2025 Receipt Advice A formal reply from the Buyer to the Seller acknowledging the physical or electronic receipt of goods or services delivered under a Procurement Contract. WG approval 16/09/2025 Receipt Advice Information Information about the Receipt Advice. WG approval 16/09/2025 Receipt Advice Line Details concerning the Fulfilment of a Despatch Line. WG approval 16/09/2025 Relied Upon Entity Economic Operator (who is not a Subcontractor) on which the Tenderer relies upon, to meet Selection Criteria. Remittance Advice Document sent by the Buyer to the Seller, informing about the payment made. Remittance Advice Line Details concerning a given Invoice from the Remittance Advice. Request For Offer A Document sent by the Buyer to the Economic Operator, requesting the submission of a commercial proposal to supply goods, services, or works under specified conditions. WG approval 16/09/2025 Request For Offer Line Details concerning a given unit of goods, services or works mentioned in the Request For Offer. WG approval 16/09/2025 Response An answer given to a question that is part of an ESPD Request. WG Approval 12/03/2024 Review Decision Information about Review Decisions. Review Information Information about the Review Decision or the Review Request. WG approval 11/09/2025 Review Irregularity Summary Overview of the number and type of requests the Buyer received to review any of its decisions (e.g. the Technical Specifications, Award Decision). WG approval 19/03/2024 Review Request Information about requests to review procedures. WG Approval 23/10/2021 Review Requester Role of an Agent who requests the review of a (Procurement) Procedure. WG Approval 23/10/2021 Selected Candidate List Record of Candidates admitted to take part in award phases of procurements. WG approval 30/05/2023 Selection Criteria Summary Overview of the Selection Criteria. WG approval 19/03/2024 Selection Evaluation Term Conditions and stipulations defining particularities of the evaluation of Selection Criteria. Seller A Role of an Agent who transfers the ownership of the Procurement results (goods, services or works) to the Buyer. Additional information: A Role of an Agent that sells a Procurement Result (goods, services or work) to a Buyer. The Seller is bound by a Contract i.e. it has legal responsibility. The Seller may or may not be the same as the Supplier. The Seller may or may not issue the Invoice. The Seller may or may not be the owner of the credit owed by the Buyer. WG Approval 08/09/2022 Seller Tax Representative A Role of an Agent that can represent an Organization for taxation purposes. Additional Information: The Seller Tax Representative Role is not a Legal Representative. WG Approval 11/07/2024 Shipment Agreement The commercial agreement between the Buyer and the Seller. Additional Information: The Shipment Agreement describes the items being shipped. WG Approval 21/05/2024 Shipment Information Information about the transportation of an identifiable collection of Goods Items from the Despatcher to the Consignee. WG Approval 21/05/2024 Shipment Stage Part of the itinerary of a shipment. Additional information: In the context of fulfilment only the last part of the itinerary is taken into consideration. WG Approval 21/05/2024 Social And Other Specific Services- D23 Social And Other Specific Services under Directive 23. WG approval 16/09/2025 Social And Other Specific Services- D24 Social And Other Specific Services under Directive 24. WG approval 16/09/2025 Specification Information Information about the characteristics and standards used in a technical implementation. WG approval 11/09/2025 Standard Forms Notice Standard Forms Notice Statistical Information Statistical data on the Procedure and the Lot. Additional Information At the present time Procurement Procedures are not fully electronic. At a later date, information on the Tenders received could be inferred by the data in the eProcurement System. Therefore this class is temporal and should cease to exist in fully electronic Procurement. The need for its presence responds also to the alignment with the Regulation (EU) 2019/1780 (eForms). Attention will have to be paid in the future to possible inconsistencies derived from data placed in other classes and data held in the Statistical Information class; e.g. the TenderEvaluation class (see eEvaluation diagram) has the attribute admissibileTender indicator, which in case of being false, may enter in contradiction with the highest or lowest Tender value for that very same inadmissible Tender. WG Approval 12/12/2019 Subcontract- D81 Subcontract Notice under Directive 81. WG approval 16/09/2025 Subcontract Notice Announcement of a call for competition by successful tenderers which are not contracting authorities/entities concerning contracts for social and other specific services. WG approval 09/10/2025 System Software application used for performing Procurement activities. WG Approval 28/04/2020 Tax Breakdown Information Information about tax breakdown by different categories, rates and exemption reasons. WG Approval 11/07/2024 Tax Documentation Documentation concerning the general regulatory framework for taxes. WG approval 11/09/2025 Tax Information Information about the imposition of mandatory levies required by law. WG Approval 25/04/2023 Technical Ability Summary Overview of the expertise required for the economic operator to execute the contract. WG approval 19/03/2024 Technical Specification A set of documented Requirements applicable to the object of the Procurement. Additional Information: A specification often includes technical standards. WG approval 20/04/2021 Technique Method used for conducting Procurement Procedures. Several Techniques can be combined in one single Procurement Procedure (e.g. eAuction can be carried out in a Framework Agreement or DPS). Used by eForms BG-706 WG Approval 19/09/2019 Temperature Specification Description of the temperature requirements during shipment. WG Approval 21/05/2024 Tender Clarification A Document sent by the Tenderer to the Buyer in response to the Tender Clarification Request. Additional Information: The Tender Clarification may not alter the Tender. WG approval 16/09/2025 Tender Clarification Request A demand for elucidation of specific aspects of the Tender. Additional Information: This request and its answer may not alter the Tender. Tender Group Specific Offer in response to a Lot Group. Additional Information: This class is generally used to provide the Monetary Value in response to a Lot Group. Term A governing condition or stipulation. Transport Equipment Description of the apparatus used during transportation. Additional information: The equipment may be a container, a trailer, means of assistance to load or unload the Goods Items. WG Approval 21/05/2024 Transport Equipment Seal Means used to ensure that the Transport Equipment is not tampered during transportation. WG Approval 21/05/2023 Transport Handling Unit The outermost Package that the Carrier is handling. WG Approval 14/05/2024 Transport Means Description of a particular vehicle or vessel used for the conveyance of goods or persons. WG Approval 21/05/2024 Transport Means Operator The Role of an Agent who is responsible for controlling the Transport Means. WG Approval 21/05/2024 Unique Responsible Of The Procurement A Role of an Agent that holds sole responsibility for initiating, managing, and executing a procurement procedure. WG approval 11/09/2025 VEA T- D23 Voluntary ex-ante transparency notice under Directive 23. WG approval 16/09/2025 VEA T- D24 Voluntary ex-ante transparency notice under Directive 24. WG approval 16/09/2025 VEA T- D25 Voluntary ex-ante transparency notice under Directive 25. WG approval 16/09/2025 VEA T- D81 Voluntary ex-ante transparency notice under Directive 81. WG approval 16/09/2025 Voluntary Ex- Ante Transparency Notice Announcement of the intention to award of a contract without prior publication of a contract notice. WG approval 09/10/2025 This version is automatically generated from eAccess.xml on 2025-10-10 5.2.0 http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#acc-5.1.0 4.2.0 eProcurement Ontology Access - core 2021-06-01 eProcurement Ontology Access - core © European Union, 2014. Unless otherwise noted, the reuse of the Ontology is authorised under the European Union Public Licence v1.2 (https://eupl.eu/). The eProcurement Ontology Access core describes the concepts and properties representing the European Public Procurement Access domain. The provision of these semantics offers the basis for a common understanding of the domain for all stakeholders ensuring the quality of data exchange and transparency. The ontology restrictions are published in a separate artefact. 2025-10-10 http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/corporate-body/PUBL epo http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology# This version is automatically generated from eAccess.xml on 2025-10-10 5.2.0 http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#acc-restriction-5.1.0 4.2.0 eProcurement Ontology Access - core restrictions 2021-06-01 eProcurement Ontology Access - core restrictions © European Union, 2014. Unless otherwise noted, the reuse of the Ontology is authorised under the European Union Public Licence v1.2 (https://eupl.eu/). The eProcurement Ontology Access core restrictions provides the restrictions and the inference-related specifications on the concepts and properties in the eProcurement Ontology Access core. 2025-10-10 http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/corporate-body/PUBL epo http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology# agreed By Buyer Accepted by Buyer. WG Approval 10/06/2024 agreed By Seller Accepted by Seller. WG Approval 10/06/2024 amends Contract Modifies or changes the terms of an existing Contract. WG approval 25/09/2025 announces Completion Of Contract Relation indicating the formal communication of the Completion of a Contract. WG approval 25/09/2025 announces Contract Amendment Relation indicating the formal communication of a Contract Amendment. WG approval 25/09/2025 announces Lot Group Relation indicating the formal communication of a Lot Group. WG approval 25/09/2025 announces Lot Group Award Information Relation indicating the formal communication of a Lot Group Award Information. WG approval 25/09/2025 announces Planned Procurement Relation indicating the formal communication of a Planned Procurement. WG approval 25/09/2025 announces Review Request Relation indicating the formal communication of a Review Request. WG approval 25/09/2025 answers Question Relation indicating that the Response replies to a question. WG Approval 12/03/2024 answers Review Request Responds to a Review Request. WG approval 25/09/2025 applies Foreign Subsidies Regulation Indicates whether the Foreign Subsidies Regulation is implemented. (epo:ProcurementElement) WG approval 09/09/2025 associated With The document to which a document is associated. WG Approval 01/03/2022 attested By Label Relation indicating which label the certificate is about. WG Approval 28/07/2022 This version is automatically generated from eAwarding.xml on 2025-10-10 5.2.0 http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#awa-5.1.0 4.2.0 eProcurement Ontology Awarding - core 2021-06-01 eProcurement Ontology Awarding - core © European Union, 2014. Unless otherwise noted, the reuse of the Ontology is authorised under the European Union Public Licence v1.2 (https://eupl.eu/). The eProcurement Ontology Awarding core describes the concepts and properties representing the European Public Procurement Awarding domain. The provision of these semantics offers the basis for a common understanding of the domain for all stakeholders ensuring the quality of data exchange and transparency. The ontology restrictions are published in a separate artefact. 2025-10-10 http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/corporate-body/PUBL epo http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology# This version is automatically generated from eAwarding.xml on 2025-10-10 5.2.0 http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#awa-restriction-5.1.0 4.2.0 eProcurement Ontology Awarding - core restrictions 2021-06-01 eProcurement Ontology Awarding - core restrictions © European Union, 2014. Unless otherwise noted, the reuse of the Ontology is authorised under the European Union Public Licence v1.2 (https://eupl.eu/). The eProcurement Ontology Awarding core restrictions provides the restrictions and the inference-related specifications on the concepts and properties in the eProcurement Ontology Awarding core. 2025-10-10 http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/corporate-body/PUBL epo http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology# binds Buyer Provides legal constraint on the Buyer. binds Contractor Provides legal constraint on the Contractor. can Provide Evidence Relation showing that an Organization can supply an Evidence with regard to the payment of social security contributions and taxes. WG Approval 12/03/2024 can Provide Non Discriminatory Evidence Relation showing that an Organization can supply an Evidence with regard to the fulfilment of non-discriminatory criteria or the rules applied in order to reduce the number of participants. WG Approval 12/03/2024 This version is automatically generated from eCatalogue.xml on 2025-10-10 5.2.0 http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#cat-5.1.0 4.2.0 eProcurement Ontology Catalogue - core 2021-06-01 eProcurement Ontology Catalogue - core © European Union, 2014. Unless otherwise noted, the reuse of the Ontology is authorised under the European Union Public Licence v1.2 (https://eupl.eu/). The eProcurement Ontology Catalogue core describes the concepts and properties representing the European Public Procurement Catalogue domain. The provision of these semantics offers the basis for a common understanding of the domain for all stakeholders ensuring the quality of data exchange and transparency. The ontology restrictions are published in a separate artefact. 2025-10-10 http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/corporate-body/PUBL epo http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology# This version is automatically generated from eCatalogue.xml on 2025-10-10 5.2.0 http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#cat-restriction-5.1.0 4.2.0 eProcurement Ontology Catalogue - core restrictions 2021-06-01 eProcurement Ontology Catalogue - core restrictions © European Union, 2014. Unless otherwise noted, the reuse of the Ontology is authorised under the European Union Public Licence v1.2 (https://eupl.eu/). The eProcurement Ontology Catalogue core restrictions provides the restrictions and the inference-related specifications on the concepts and properties in the eProcurement Ontology Catalogue core. 2025-10-10 http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/corporate-body/PUBL epo http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology# comprises Catalogue Line Incorporates Catalogue Line. WG approval 25/09/2025 comprises Catalogue Response Line Incorporates Catalogue Response Line. WG approval 25/09/2025 comprises Credit Note Line Incorporates Credit Note Line. WG approval 25/09/2025 comprises Despatch Line Incorporates Despatch Line. WG Approval 10/06/2024 comprises Evidence Outcome Incorporates Evidence Outcome. WG approval 25/09/2025 comprises Invoice Line Incorporates Invoice Line. WG approval 25/09/2025 comprises Order Agreement Line Incorporates Order Agreement Line. WG approval 25/09/2025 comprises Order Change Line Incorporates Order Change Line. WG approval 25/09/2025 comprises Order Line Incorporates Order Line. WG approval 25/09/2025 comprises Order Response Line Incorporates Order Response Line. WG approval 25/09/2025 comprises Receipt Advice Line Incorporates Receipt Advice Line. WG approval 25/09/2025 comprises Remittance Advice Line Incorporates Remittance Advice Line. WG approval 25/09/2025 comprises Request For Offer Line Incorporates Request For Offer Line. WG approval 25/09/2025 comprises Tender Incorporates Tender. This version is automatically generated from eContract.xml on 2025-10-10 5.2.0 http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#con-5.1.0 4.2.0 eProcurement Ontology Contract - core 2021-06-01 eProcurement Ontology Contract - core © European Union, 2014. Unless otherwise noted, the reuse of the Ontology is authorised under the European Union Public Licence v1.2 (https://eupl.eu/). The eProcurement Ontology Contract core describes the concepts and properties representing the European Public Procurement Contract domain. The provision of these semantics offers the basis for a common understanding of the domain for all stakeholders ensuring the quality of data exchange and transparency. The ontology restrictions are published in a separate artefact. 2025-10-10 http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/corporate-body/PUBL epo http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology# This version is automatically generated from eContract.xml on 2025-10-10 5.2.0 http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#con-restriction-5.1.0 4.2.0 eProcurement Ontology Contract - core restrictions 2021-06-01 eProcurement Ontology Contract - core restrictions © European Union, 2014. Unless otherwise noted, the reuse of the Ontology is authorised under the European Union Public Licence v1.2 (https://eupl.eu/). The eProcurement Ontology Contract core restrictions provides the restrictions and the inference-related specifications on the concepts and properties in the eProcurement Ontology Contract core. 2025-10-10 http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/corporate-body/PUBL epo http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology# concerns Award Outcome Relates to Award Outcome. WG approval 25/09/2025 concerns Consignee Relates to Consignee. WG approval 25/09/2025 concerns Contract Relates to Contractor. WG approval 25/09/2025 concerns Contract Amendment Relates to Contract Amendment. WG approval 25/09/2025 concerns Contract Term Relates to Contract Term. WG approval 23/09/2025 concerns Energy Efficiency Item Category Relates to Energy Efficiency Item Category. concerns Evaluation Report Relates to Evaluation Report. WG approval 25/09/2025 concerns Goods Item Relates to Goods Item. WG approval 25/09/2025 concerns International Procurement Instrument Measure Relates to International Procurement Instrument Measure. concerns Item Relates to Item. WG approval 25/09/2025 concerns Lot Award Outcome Relates to Lot Award Outcome. WG approval 25/09/2025 concerns Lot Group Relates to Lot Group. WG approval 25/09/2025 concerns Masked Object Relates to Masked Object. WG approval 25/09/2025 concerns Organisation Relates to Organization. WG Approval 05/03/2024 concerns Originator Relates to Originator. WG approval 25/09/2025 concerns Originator Request Relates to Originator Request. WG approval 25/09/2025 concerns Package Relates to Package. WG approval 25/09/2025 concerns Procurement Element Relates to Procurement Element. WG approval 25/09/2025 concerns Review Decision Relates to Review Decision. WG approval 25/09/2025 concerns Review Request Relates to Review Request. WG approval 25/09/2025 concerns Total Items Number of total Items the instance of the concept relates to. (epo:EnergyEfficiencyInformation) WG approval 09/09/2025 concerns Transport Equipment Relates to Transport Equipment. WG approval 25/09/2025 concerns Transport Means Relates to Transport Means. WG approval 25/09/2025 conforms To Legal Basis The Notice was designed in accordance with the given legal basis. Additional Information: This Notice can be used for Procedures which do not have the same legal basis. This holds for standard forms. contains Candidate Includes Candidate. WG Approval 14/05/2024 contains Goods Item Includes Goods Item. WG Approval 10/06/2024 contains Package Includes Package. WG Approval 10/06/2024 contains Transport Handling Unit Includes Transport Handling Unit. WG Approval 10/06/2024 This version is automatically generated from ePO_core.xml on 2025-10-10 5.2.0 http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#core-5.1.0 4.2.0 eProcurement Ontology - core 2021-06-01 eProcurement Ontology - core © European Union, 2014. Unless otherwise noted, the reuse of the Ontology is authorised under the European Union Public Licence v1.2 (https://eupl.eu/). The eProcurement Ontology core describes the concepts and properties representing the European Public Procurement domain. The provision of these semantics offers the basis for a common understanding of the domain for all stakeholders ensuring the quality of data exchange and transparency. The ontology restrictions are published in a separate artefact. 2025-10-10 http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/corporate-body/PUBL epo http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology# This version is automatically generated from ePO_core.xml on 2025-10-10 5.2.0 http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#core-restriction-5.1.0 4.2.0 eProcurement Ontology - core restrictions 2021-06-01 eProcurement Ontology - core restrictions © European Union, 2014. Unless otherwise noted, the reuse of the Ontology is authorised under the European Union Public Licence v1.2 (https://eupl.eu/). The eProcurement Ontology core restrictions provides the restrictions and the inference-related specifications on the concepts and properties in the eProcurement Ontology core. 2025-10-10 http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/corporate-body/PUBL epo http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology# covers All Selection Criteria Indicator that the Certificate proves whether the Organization fulfils all Selection Criteria. (epo-sub:EvidenceInformation) WG Approval 12/03/2024 defines Budget Provider Relation indicating a ProcedureTerm has a BudgetProvider. defines Catalogue Provider Relation indicating an AccessTerm has a CatalogueProvider. defines Catalogue Receiver Relation indicating an AccessTerm has a CatalogueReceiver. defines Estimated Contract Duration Relation indicating a Contract has an estimated Duration. WG Approval 28/11/2024 defines Participation Request Processor Relation indicating a ParticipationRequestTerm has a ParticipationRequestProcessor. defines Participation Request Receiver Relation indicating a ParticipationRequestTerm has a ParticipationRequestReceiver. defines Prize Relation indicating a DesignContestRegimeTerm has a Prize. defines Public Transportation Kilometers Relation indicating the distance of passenger transport services of general economic interest provided to the public on a non-discriminatory and continuous basis. WG approval 25/09/2025 defines Subcontracting Term Relation indicating a ContractTerm has a SubcontractingTerm. delegates Ancillary Activities To Entrusts ancillary purchasing activities to ProcurementServiceProvider. describes Asset Characterises Asset. WG approval 09/10/2025 describes Direct Award Prenotification Notice Characterises Direct Award Prenotification Notice. WG approval 25/09/2025 describes Item Characterises Item. WG approval 25/09/2025 describes Lot Group Characterises Lot Group. WG approval 25/09/2025 describes Minimum Level Of Standards Explanatory text regarding the minimum level of standards required. (epo:SelectionCriteriaSummary) WG Approval 02/05/2024 describes Objective Participation Rules General explanatory text on the rules and criteria to be fulfilled by the Tender. (epo:ParticipationConditionsSummary) WG Approval 02/05/2024 describes Profession Explanatory text about the profession. (epo:ProfessionalSuitabilitySummary) WG Approval 02/05/2024 describes Profession Relevant Law Explanatory text about the law concerning the profession. (epo:ProfessionalSuitabilitySummary) WG Approval 02/05/2024 describes Result Notice Characterises Result Notice. WG approval 25/09/2025 describes Verification Method General explanatory text on the means used to validate the Participation Conditions. (epo:ParticipationConditionsSummary) WG Approval 02/05/2024 distributes Offer Sends the Offer. WG approval 25/09/2025 does Not Require Selection Criterion Type Relation indicating that a Selection Criterion type is not used. e Forms Notice eForms Notice This version is automatically generated from eEvaluation.xml on 2025-10-10 5.2.0 http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#eva-5.1.0 4.2.0 eProcurement Ontology Evaluation - core 2021-06-01 eProcurement Ontology Evaluation - core © European Union, 2014. Unless otherwise noted, the reuse of the Ontology is authorised under the European Union Public Licence v1.2 (https://eupl.eu/). The eProcurement Ontology Evaluation core describes the concepts and properties representing the European Public Procurement Evaluation domain. The provision of these semantics offers the basis for a common understanding of the domain for all stakeholders ensuring the quality of data exchange and transparency. The ontology restrictions are published in a separate artefact. 2025-10-10 http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/corporate-body/PUBL epo http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology# This version is automatically generated from eEvaluation.xml on 2025-10-10 5.2.0 http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#eva-restriction-5.1.0 4.2.0 eProcurement Ontology Evaluation - core restrictions 2021-06-01 eProcurement Ontology Evaluation - core restrictions © European Union, 2014. Unless otherwise noted, the reuse of the Ontology is authorised under the European Union Public Licence v1.2 (https://eupl.eu/). The eProcurement Ontology Evaluation core restrictions provides the restrictions and the inference-related specifications on the concepts and properties in the eProcurement Ontology Evaluation core. 2025-10-10 http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/corporate-body/PUBL epo http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology# evaluates Procurement Criterion Assesses Procurement Criterion. WG approval 25/09/2025 exposes Channel Makes available a Channel. WG approval 25/09/2025 foresees Package Relation indicating that an instance of the concept plans to have a Package. WG approval 25/09/2025 foresees Procurement Object Relation indicating the instance of a Procurement Object that is planned. Additional Information: The properties of the Procurement Object that is foreseen should be read as foreseen properties. For example, Procedure isSMESuitable should be read as Procedure foreseesToBeSMESuitable. For example, Procedure isFundedBy should be read as Procedure foreseesToBeFundedBy. foresees Subcontractor Relation indicating that an Organization plans to have a Subcontractor. Additional information: In eForms, in a Result Notice, the foreseen Subcontractors in a Tender are associated to the Organization that proposes the Subcontractors. The Subcontractor is associated to the Organization, rather than the Tenderer, so that, in the case of multiple Organizations being a Tenderer, it is clear to which Organization the proposed Subcontractor is associated. WG Approval 26/11/2024 foresees Technique Relation indicating that an instance of the concept plans to apply a Technique. WG approval 25/09/2025 foresees Term Relation indicating that an instance of the concept plans to be subject to a Term. WG approval 25/09/2025 This version is automatically generated from eFulfilment.xml on 2025-10-10 5.2.0 http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#ful-5.1.0 4.2.0 eProcurement Ontology Fulfilment - core 2021-06-01 eProcurement Ontology Fulfilment - core © European Union, 2014. Unless otherwise noted, the reuse of the Ontology is authorised under the European Union Public Licence v1.2 (https://eupl.eu/). The eProcurement Ontology Fulfilment core describes the concepts and properties representing the European Public Procurement Fulfilment domain. The provision of these semantics offers the basis for a common understanding of the domain for all stakeholders ensuring the quality of data exchange and transparency. The ontology restrictions are published in a separate artefact. 2025-10-10 http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/corporate-body/PUBL epo http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology# This version is automatically generated from eFulfilment.xml on 2025-10-10 5.2.0 http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#ful-restriction-5.1.0 4.2.0 eProcurement Ontology Fulfilment - core restrictions 2021-06-01 eProcurement Ontology Fulfilment - core restrictions © European Union, 2014. Unless otherwise noted, the reuse of the Ontology is authorised under the European Union Public Licence v1.2 (https://eupl.eu/). The eProcurement Ontology Fulfilment core restrictions provides the restrictions and the inference-related specifications on the concepts and properties in the eProcurement Ontology Fulfilment core. 2025-10-10 http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/corporate-body/PUBL epo http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology# fulfills Procurement Criterion Indicates whether the Procurement Criterion is satisfied. (epo-eva:EvaluationCriterion) WG approval 25/09/2026 has Acceptance Status Relation indicating the acceptance status. has Accessibility Date The date at which unpublished data shall be published. (epo:NonPublishedInformation) WG Approval 11/06/2020 has Accessory Item An additional item that can enhance the original item. WG Approval 30/06/2022 has Accounting Cost The accounting reference used by the Buyer to specify the account to which the order and the corresponding invoice are booked. (epo-ord:Order) The accounting reference used by the Buyer to specify the account to which the order and the corresponding invoice are booked. (epo-ord:OrderLine) WG Approval 26/01/2023 has Activity Code Relation indicating the Activity Code. has Activity Description In the ePO ontology a taxonomy with all activities, based on different classifications (COFOG, UTILITIES, NACE), will be provided. In ePO this field is to be used exclusively to complement the definition attached to the MainActivityCode. However, in eForms there is the code "other" to cover undefined activities. For mapping to this eForms feature one could also use this property. (epo:Buyer) has Actual Delivery Date The date when the Delivery occured. (epo-ord:DeliveryInformation) WG approval 25/09/2026 has Alleged Irregularity Type Relation indicating the presumed Irregularity Type. has Allowance Charge Reason The justification for using the Allowance or the Charge. has Allowance Charge Reason Description Explanatory text about the motive of the Allowance Charge. (epo-ord:AllowanceChargeInformation) WG approval 25/09/2026 has Amount The predetermined monetary value charged in addition to the price. WG Approval 26/07/2022 has Amount Due For Payment Relation indicating the Monetary Value that has to be paid. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Approximate Group Framework Agreement Value Relation indicating the estimated Monetary Value of the Lot Group within the Framework Agreement. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Arrival Shipment Information Shipment Information about the destination of the Consignment for a given Shipment Stage. WG Approval 18/06/2024 has Associated Document Is related to a Document. WG Approval 06/10/2024 has Attribute Type The property defined in a classification scheme. Additional Information: For example, the following two properties are defined in the ECLASS classification of goods and services: (0173-1#02-AAA026#007) drilling diameter: drilling diameter, (0173-1#02-AAA030#007) flange diameter: flange diameter . (epo-cat:ItemProperty) WG Approval 28/07/2022 has Award Criteria Evaluation Score The total number of points obtained while assessing the Award Criteria. (epo-eva:EvaluationReport) WG approval 25/09/2026 has Award Criteria Stated In Procurement Documents The Award Criteria are provided in the Procurement Documents. (epo:AwardCriterion) WG Approval 26/03/2024 has Award Date Scheduled Planned date for the award decision. (epo:ProcessPlanningTerm) WG Approval 09/11/2021 has Award Justification 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. (epo:AwardOutcome) WG Approval 25/02/2025 has Backorder Quantity Relation indicating the number of Items that cannot be fulfilled immediately. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Balance Amount Relation indicating the outstanding amount that remains unpaid or unsettled. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Banking Identifier An unique banking reference identifier of the Payee or Seller, assigned by the Payee or Seller bank. WG Approval 11/07/2024 has Base Quantity The quantity at which the net monetary value applies. has Batch ID The identifier assigned to a specific batch of the produced Item. WG Approval 16/05/2023 has Best Before Date The day until which the quality of the item will remain optimal. (epo-cat:Batch) WG Approval 10/03/2021 has Brand Relation indicating that the instance of the concept has a Brand. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Business Classification Description Explanatory text about the size of the Business. Additional information: The values of this property may come from the recommended codelist: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/economic-operator-size (epo-sub:OrganisationInformationSummary) WG approval 09/09/2025 has Buyer Item ID The general identifier assigned to the concept as defined by the Buyer.​ WG Approval 16/05/2023 has Calculation Based On Relation indicating the basis for the calculation of the energy efficiency. has Carriage Shipment Stage The Shipment Stage for the last mile covered in a transport chain. WG Approval 20/03/2025 has Catalogue Line Validity The relation indicating until when a Catalogue Line instance is applicable. WG Approval 21/09/2023 has Certification Relation to the proof of conformance. WG Approval 30/05/2023 has Certification Number The unique identifier of the certificate. (epo:Certificate) WG Approval 26/07/2022 has Charge Information Relation indicating that the instance of the concept has Charge Information. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Classification Code The categorization of the instance of the concept expressed as a code. (epo-cat:ItemProperty) WG approval 25/09/2026 has Classification Scheme The classification scheme where a property is defined. Additional Information: For example, the following two properties are defined in the ECLASS classification of goods and services: (0173-1#02-AAA026#007) drilling diameter: drilling diameter, (0173-1#02-AAA030#007) flange diameter: flange diameter . (epo-cat:ItemProperty) WG Approval 28/07/2022 has Compensation Cost Parameters Description Explanatory text about the parameters of the financial compensation. (epo:ContractTerm) WG approval 25/09/2025 has Complementary Item An item that if used with another item provides mutual enhancements to both of them. Additional information: For example, gin and tonic; or smart-phone and smart-watch. WG Approval 19/05/2022 has Concession Estimated Value Relation indicating the estimated Monetary Value of the Concession. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Condition Verification Method Means used to validate the qualification requirements. (epo:QualificationCriteriaSummary) WG Approval 02/05/2024 has Confidentiality Justification A narrative explanation of why data is not published. Additional Information: This element is generally used when the non-publication-justification code chosen is "other". (epo:NonPublishedInformation) WG Approval 09/11/2021 has Confirmed Irregularity Type Relation indicating the confirmed Irregularity Type. has Consignee Consignment ID The identifier of the the Consignment given by the Consignee. WG Approval 10/06/2024 has Contract Value Relation indicating the Monetary value of the Contract. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Country Of Birth The country in which the Person was born. has Country Of Origin The source country of the product or service. Additional Information: The country of origin can be provided by the buyer as a requirement or by the tenderer information of the item to be provided. has Credit Amount Relation indicating the Monetary Value that reduces the amount owed. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Credit Transfer Information Relation indicating the Credit Transfer Information. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Currency Code List Agency ID Identifier of the agency that maintains the currency code list used. (epo:MonetaryValue) WG Approval 13/04/2021 has Currency Code List Agency Name Name of the agency that maintains the currency code list used. (epo:MonetaryValue) WG Approval 13/04/2021 has Currency Code List ID Concept scheme URI used for the currency code list. (epo:MonetaryValue) WG Approval 13/04/2021 has Customer Reference An identifier assigned by the Buyer used for internal routing purposes. WG Approval 04/03/2025 has Debit Amount Relation indicating the Monetary Value that increases the amount owed. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Debited Account Identifier An identifier for the account to be debited by the direct debit. WG Approval 11/07/2024 has Declared Statistical Value The Monetary Value declared for statistical purposes. WG Approval 10/06/2024 has Delivery Classification Relation indicating the Delivery Item Type. has Delivery Deadline The final accepted date for Delivery. (epo-ord:DeliveryInformation) WG approval 25/09/2026 has Delivery Email The electronic address to which the products or services are to be delivered. (epo-ord:DeliveryInformation) WG approval 03/04/2025 has Delivery Location Location delivery area where the Item can be ordered to the given price. has Delivery Period Relation indicating the time range for the delivery. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Departure Shipment Information Shipment Information about the place the Consignment is leaving from in a given Shipment Stage. WG Approval 18/06/2024 has Description Of Prizes Explanatory text about Prizes. (epo:DesignContestRegimeTerm) WG Approval 26/03/2024 has Despatch Advice Type Classification of a Despatch Advice. has Despatch Date The date of sending of goods or the execution of works or services. (epo-ful:ShipmentInformation) WG Approval 05/06/2024 has Despatch Period The time period when the Despatcher picks-up the Goods Items to be delivered. WG Approval 16/07/2024 has Despatched Quantity The Quantity that has been sent. WG Approval 18/06/2024 has Despatcher Consignment ID The identifier of the the Consignment given by the Despatcher. WG Approval 10/06/2024 has Destination Country Code Relation indicating the Country code of the destination. has Dimension Description Textual description of the item's dimensions. (epo-cat:DimensionInformation) has Document Status https://test-docs.peppol.eu/logistics/transport-execution/codelist/DocumentStatusCode/ has Document Type Relation indicating the Document Type. has Download URL Location where the resource can be downloaded. (epo-ord:DeliveryInformation) WG Approval 08/04/2025 has Driver Person Relation indicating the operator of the Transport Means. WG Approval 02/07/2024 has Duration Additional Information Supplementary data about the Duration of the Contract. (epo:ContractTerm) WG approval 07/10/2025 has Electronic Digest Relation indicating the digital summary that represents the content of the instance of the concept. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Electronic Signature Relation indicating that the instance of the concept has an Electronic Signature. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Electronic Submission Transmission of tenders is possible by electronic means of communication. (epo:Tender) has Element Reference Reference to the class instance in the current notice. (epo:ReviewInformation) Used by eForms BT-13716, eForms BT-786, eForms BT-1501 has Endpoint Identifier The identifier of the specific location, address, or interface where a system, service, or application can be accessed. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Energy Efficiency Label Relation indicating the Energy Efficiency Label. has Entry Into Force Date The date on which the contract enters into force. Additional information: This is generally the date on which the fulfillment of the contract begins. (epo:Contract) WG Approval 05/11/2019 has Environmental Emission Code Relation indicating the Environmental Emission Code. has Estimated Delivery Period The forecasted time period given by the Despatcher to provide the goods and services. WG Approval 18/06/2024 has Estimated Duration Relation indicating a Dynamic Purchase System has an estimated Duration. WG Approval 28/11/2024 has Estimated Invitation To Express Interest Date The estimated date of dispatch of the invitations to confirm interest. (epo:MultipleStageProcedureTerm) Used by eForms BT-631 has Estimated Tender Invitation Date The planned date for the dispatch of the invitations to submit tenders. (epo:ProcessPlanningTerm) WG Approval 09/11/2021 has Estimated Total Subcontracts The estimated amount of work to be subcontracted in the contract resulting from the lot. (epo:SubmissionStatisticalInformation) WG Approval 09/11/2021 has Estimated Validity Period Relation indicating the time range in which the instance of the concept is valid. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Evaluation Justification The motivation behind the Evaluation result. (epo-eva:EvaluationCriterion) WG approval 25/09/2026 has Evaluator Relation indicating that the instance of the concept has an Evaluator. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Exclusion Ground Type Relation indicating the exclusion ground classification. has Expected Delivery Time The expected amount of time between the order and delivery of an item. WG Approval 26/07/2022 has Expiry Date The last day until which the item can be used. (epo-cat:Batch) WG Approval 10/03/2021 has Extension The name of the addition to the Identifier. (adms:Identifier) WG approval 25/09/2025 has Factor The number or the fraction of a related item. (epo-cat:ItemRelation) has Followup Contract Any subsequent service contract will be awarded to the winner or, in the case of a design contest, winners. (epo:DesignContestRegimeTerm) WG Approval 29/08/2019 has Followup Contract Information Further information about follow-up contracts, prizes and payments (for example non-monetary prizes, payments given for participation). (epo:DesignContestRegimeTerm) WG Approval 03/09/2019 has Form Number The number of the form used to create the Standard Form Notice and not an eForms Notice. (epo:Notice) WG approval 26/03/2024 has Formula The mathematical equation or any other description used for complicated weighing of criteria (e.g. non-linear weighing, the analytic hierarchy process) when a weighing cannot be expressed per criterion. (epo:ProcurementCriterion) Used by eForms BT-543 has Freight Charge The total cost for moving the goods. WG Approval 18/06/2024 has General Delivery Term Terms and conditions related to the delivery of goods. (epo-ord:DeliveryAgreement) WG approval 25/09/2026 has Granted Exclusive Rights Description Explanatory text about the applicable right entitling a public service operator to operate certain public passenger transport services on a particular route or network or in a particular area, to the exclusion of any other such operator. (epo:ContractTerm) WG approval 25/09/2025 has Gross Monetary Value The Monetary Value before any deductions. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Gross Volume The amount of space that is required including the packaging. WG Approval 18/06/2024 has Gross Weight The total mass of goods including the packaging. WG Approval 18/06/2024 has Group Framework Agreement Maximum Value Relation indicating the maximum Monetary Value of the Lot Group within the Framework Agreement. Used by eForms BT-156 WG approval 25/09/2025 has Group Lot Evaluation Method Description of how lots and groups of lots are evaluated against one another in the procedure. (epo:ProcedureTerm) has Group Type Form of collaboration agreement between organisations. Additional Information: This is not a legal type; not to be mistaken with epo:hasLegalFormType which may also be used for Organisation Groups. (epo:OrganisationGroup) WG Approval 09/11/2021 has Handling Instruction Instruction on how to handle the Goods Items during transportation. (epo-ful:Consignment) Instruction on how to handle the Goods Items during transportation. (epo-ful:TransportHandlingUnit) WG Approval 05/06/2024 has Handling Instruction Code Instruction on how to handle the Goods Items during transportation, expressed as a code. has Hazardous Class ID Specification of the hazardous nature of an item according to a classification schema. Provides detail of the classification and nature of a hazardous item. has Hazardous Item UNDG Code Specification of the hazardous nature of an item according to the UNDG classification schema. Provides detail of the classification and nature of a hazardous item. has Height The vertical measurement. WG Approval 18/06/2024 has Implementing Regulation Indicates under which Implementing Regulation a Notice is created. Additional information: This concept is same as epo:isBasedOnImplementingRegulation and will be deprecated in a future version. It is recommended to use epo:isBasedOnImplementingRegulation. has Importance Code The significance of the instance of the concept expressed as a code. (epo-cat:ItemProperty) WG approval 25/09/2026 has International Procurement Instrument Exception Information Relation indicating the International Procurement Instrument Application. has Invoice Line Object Identifier An identifier for an object on which the invoice line is based, given by the Seller. Additional Information: It may be a subscription number, telephone number, meter point etc., as applicable. WG Approval 26/06/2024 has Invoice Line Period Relation indicating the time range of the Invoice Line. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Invoice Note Contains Invoice Note. WG Approval 11/07/2024 has Invoice Note Description A textual note that gives unstructured information that is relevant to the Invoice as a whole. (epo-inv:InvoiceNote) WG Approval 11/07/2024 has Invoice Note Subject Relation indicating the Invoice Note Subject Code. has Invoiced Object Identifier An identifier for an object on which the invoice is based, given by the Seller. has Invoicing Period Relation indicating the time range for creating, sending, and managing Invoices. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Irregularity Type Relation indicating the Irregularity Type. has Item Classification A classification of this item according to a specific system for classifying products or services. Additional information: Examples of classification schemes are: CPV, UNSPC, eCl@ss, GPC, ... has Item Classification Identifier The Identifier of the Item categorisation. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Item Consumption Relation indicating the amount of resources an Item uses. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Item Consumption Savings Relation indicating the amount of resources an Item saves. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Item Country Of Origin The source country of the product or service. Additional Information: The country of origin can be provided by the buyer as a requirement or by the tenderer information of the item to be provided. The codelist to be used is at-voc:country which is available at http://publications.europa.eu/resource/dataset/country has Item Standard ID The general identifier assigned to the concept based on a standard scheme.​ Additional information: For example the GTIN scheme (Global Trade Item Number). WG Approval 16/05/2023 has Jury Member An agent involved in an evaluation board. WG Approval 14/09/2021 has Keyword List of words (e.g, synonyms) to make the item searchable. (epo-cat:AbstractItem) WG Approval 07/04/2022 has Label Type The label type such environmental, quality, social etc. has Legal Form Type The classification of an Organisation according to legislation. Additional Information: Generally, this is defined for Tenderers who want to submit as an Organisation Group. Note that the codelist provided at national level should be used. (org:Organization) has Length The horizontal measurement. Additional Information: The length is the longer side between the length and the width. WG Approval 18/06/2024 has Literal Value Simple value of the property, which is defined in a classification scheme. Additional Information: For example, the (0173-1#02-AAV139#001) coating 1 of an optical material has value of "silver". This simple literal value is for the cases when the property value does not have units, in which case the qualifiedValue shall be used. (epo-cat:ItemProperty) WG Approval 28/07/2022 has Loading Meter The area of the Consignment in meters divided by the width of the truck, which is considered to be 2.4 meters. WG Approval 18/06/2024 has Mandate Relation indicating that a Legal Representative has a Mandate. WG Approval 12/03/2024 has Mandate Identifier An unique identifier for referencing the direct debit mandate, assigned by the Payee. WG Approval 11/07/2024 has Manufacture Date The day of production. (epo-cat:Batch) has Manufacturer has Manufacturer ID The manufacturer's identifier for the item. has Manufacturer Item ID The general identifier assigned to the concept as defined by the Manufacturer. ​ WG Approval 16/05/2023 has Maskable Property Resource that has a hidden value. (epo:NonPublishedInformation) WG approval 09/09/2025 has Maximum Measure Relation indicating the upper limit of the measure. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Maximum Order Quantity The maximum number of orderable units that can be ordered according to details provided in the catalogue line, such as price. has Maximum Share The maximum proportion of something to be distributed. Additional Information: In the case of subcontracting the share may refer to the proportion of works, services or supplies being subcontracted. (epo:SubcontractTerm) WG Approval 17/09/2019 has Maximum Temperature The highest tolerated temperature. WG Approval 18/06/2024 has Maximum Value Relation indicating the upper limit of the numerical quantity. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Measure Relation indicating the unit used for stating the size. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Measured Attribute Code Relation indicating the Measured Attribute Code. has Minimum Measure Relation indicating the lower limit of the measure. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Minimum Quantity Guaranteed For Delivery The minimum quantity of an item that is guaranteed by the seller to be delivered. has Minimum Share The minimum proportion of something to be distributed. Additional Information: In the case of subcontracting the share may refer to the proportion of works, services or supplies being subcontracted. (epo:SubcontractTerm) WG Approval 17/09/2019 has Minimum Subcontractors Proposed Obligation The minimum percentage of the contract value that the contractor must subcontract. Additional information: This is used for the competitive procedure described in Title III of Directive 2009/81/EC. (epo:SubcontractTerm) WG Approval 09/11/2021 has Minimum Temperature The lowest tolerated temperature. WG Approval 18/06/2024 has Minimum Value Relation indicating the lower limit of the numerical quantity. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Model Relation indicating that the instance of the concept has an Item Model. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Modification Description An explanatory text about this context. (epo-con:ContractModificationInformation) Used by eForms BT-202, TEDXML F20 VII.2.1 WG Approval 5/11/2019 has Modification Justification Explanation of why a contract was modified. The codelist to be used is at-voc:modification-justification which is available at http://publications.europa.eu/resource/dataset/modification-justification has Modification Reason Description An explanation about the reasons for using the concept. (epo-con:ContractModificationInformation) Used by eForms BT-201, TEDXML F20 VII.2.2.2, TEDXML F20 VII.2.2.4 WG Approval 05/11/2019 has Net Amount Relation indicating the Monetary Value exclusive of taxes and after substracting price discounts. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Net Monetary Value The price amount of an Item exclusive of taxes and after subtracting price discounts. has Net Quantity The net quantity of the item that is contained in each consumable unit, excluding any packaging materials. has Net Volume The amount of space that is required without the packaging. WG Approval 18/06/2024 has Net Weight The total mass of goods without the packaging. WG Approval 18/06/2024 has Non EU Received Tenders The amount of tenders received from economic operators in non-EU countries. (epo:SubmissionStatisticalInformation) has Non Publication Justification The reason why data is not published. has Number Of Review Requests The number of requests the buyer received to review any of its decisions. (epo:ReviewRequestSummary) has Number Of Tenderers Invited Number of economic operators invited to tender. Additional Information This may be used for single-stage procedures or to indicate the number of candidates invited to tender in multi-stage procedures. (epo:SubmissionStatisticalInformation) WG Approval 01/12/2020 has Number Of Tenders Concerned Number of Tenders the instance of the concept relates to. (epo:InternationalProcurementInstrumentMeasuresInformation) WG approval 09/09/2025 has Opening Place The place (e.g. physical address, URL) where the tenders will be publicly opened. (epo:OpeningTerm) WG Approval 06/03/2025 has Opening URL The identifier of the address of the Opening of Tenders. (epo:OpeningTerm) WG Approval 09/11/2021 has Orderabable Unit Factor Rate has Orderable Quantity Increment Orderable quantity increment: The increment of Orderable units that can be ordered. (epo-cat:CatalogueLine) has Orderable Unit The unit in which the item described in this catalogue line can be ordered. has Orderable Unit Factor Rate The factor by which the Item net price of an unit of an item can be converted to the orderable unit. (epo-cat:CatalogueLine) has Other Countries Received Tenders The amount of Tenders received from European Economic Area countries other than that of the Buyer. (epo:SubmissionStatisticalInformation) WG Approval 02/05/2024 has Outstanding Quantity The Quantity of non-despatched Goods Items. WG Approval 05/06/2024 has Outstanding Quantity Reason Explanation of the outstanding quantity still to be despatched. (epo-ful:DespatchLine) WG Approval 05/06/2024 has Overall Cost Award Criteria Ponderation The weighting given to cost. Additional Information: This weighting covers usually all cost criteria against price or quality criteria. (epo:AwardEvaluationTerm) has Overall Price Award Criteria Ponderation The weighting given to price. Additional Information: This weighting covers usually all price criteria against cost or quality criteria. (epo:AwardEvaluationTerm) has Overall Quality Award Criteria Ponderation The weighting given to quality. Additional Information: This weighting covers usually all quality criteria against price or cost criteria. (epo:AwardEvaluationTerm) has Oversupply Quantity Relation indicating the Quantity surplus. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Packaging Status Relation indicating the Packaging Status. has Packaging Status Description Explanatory text about the condition of a Package. (epo-ful:Package) WG approval 25/09/2026 has Packaging Type The kind of Package. has Packaging Type Description Explanatory text about how the Goods Item is packed. (epo-ful:Package) WG Approval 05/06/2024 has Packing Material Description Explanatory text about the physical substance that a Package is made of. (epo-ful:AbstractContainer) WG approval 25/09/2026 has Participation Payment Details on payments to participants (epo:DesignContestRegimeTerm) WG Approval 09/11/2021 has Particular Conditions Description Explanatory text about conditions not mentioned elsewhere. (epo:ContractTerm) WG approval 25/09/2025 has Payer Reference Reference to the Payer. (epo-pay:RemittanceAdvice) WG approval 25/09/2026 has Payment Account Identifier A unique identifier of the financial payment account, at a payment service provider, to which payment should be made. WG Approval 11/07/2024 has Payment Account Name The name of the account that can send and receive payments to and from a payment service provider. (epo-inv:CreditTransferInformation) WG Approval 07/11/2024 has Payment Card Holder Name The name of the account holder of the card used for payment. Additional Information: An account holder is the entity listed or identified as the holder of a Financial Account by the Financial Institution. (epo-inv:PaymentCardInformation) WG Approval 11/07/2024 has Payment Card Information Relation indicating the Payment Card Information. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Payment Card Primary Account Number The series of digits embossed on the front of a card used for payment. (epo-inv:PaymentCardInformation) WG Approval 11/07/2024 has Payment Date The date of the Payment. (epo-pay:PaymentInformation) WG approval 25/09/2026 has Payment Due Date Final date until which the Payment can be made. (epo-inv:Invoice) WG approval 25/09/2026 has Payment Identifier Relation indicating the Identifier of the Payment. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Payment Information Relation indicating the Payment Information. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Payment Instructions Information Relation indicating the Payment Instruction Information. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Payment Means Description The means for how a payment is expected to be or has been settled, expressed as text. (epo-inv:PaymentInstructionsInformation) WG Approval 11/07/2024 has Payment Means Information Relation indicating the Payment Instruction Information. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Payment Means Type The means for how a payment is expected to be or has been settled, expressed as code. has Payment Order Reference Reference to the Payment Order. (epo-pay:RemittanceAdvice) WG approval 25/09/2026 has Payment Service Provider Identifier An identifier for the payment service provider where a payment account is located. WG Approval 11/07/2024 has Payment Term Condition and stipulation of the Payment. (epo-ord:Order) Condition and stipulation of the Payment. (epo-inv:Invoice) WG approval 25/09/2026 has Payment Value Discrepancy Justification Justification for the actual value being different to the value in the initial Contract. (epo:ContractLotCompletionInformation) WG Approval 26/03/2024 has Penalties And Rewards Description Explanatory text about the applicable penalties and rewards. (epo:ContractTerm) WG approval 25/09/2025 has Percentage The factor relative to the price charged in addition. (epo-ord:AllowanceChargeInformation) The factor relative to the price charged in addition. (epo-ord:TaxInformation) WG Approval 26/07/2022 has Planned Duration Relation indicating the foreseen Duration. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Planned Period Relation indicating the foreseen time range. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Power Of Attorney Relation indicating that a Legal Representative has a Power of Attorney. WG Approval 12/03/2024 has Predominance Estimated percentage-share of Assets provided compared to Assets used for activities other than the public services. (epo:Asset) WG approval 09/10/2025 has Preferred Language For Procurement Document Relation indicating the language in which the Procurement Documents should be submitted. has Prepaid Amount Relation indicating the Monetary Value that is paid in advance. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Price Relation indicating that the instance of the concept has a Price. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Price Discount Information Relation indicating the Allowance Information applied on the Price. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Price Surcharge Information Relation indicating the Charge Information applied on the Price. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Price Type Relation indicating the Price Type. has Price Validity has Prize Rank The position of the prize (e.g. first place, second place) in a design contest list of prizes. (epo:Prize) WG Approval 29/08/2019 has Prize Value The monetary value of a prize, if any, for the winner (or runners-up) of the design contest. Used by eForms BT-644 WG Approval 29/08/2019 has Public Interest Exception Justification The reason why a derogation from international procurement access rules is applied under the International Procurement Instrument (IPI) Regulation. (epo:InternationalProcurementInstrumentMeasuresInformation) WG approval 25/09/2026 has Public Service Obligations Description Explanatory text about the requirement defined or determined by a competent authority in order to ensure public passenger transport services in the general interest that an operator, if it were considering its own commercial interests, would not assume or would not assume to the same extent or under the same conditions without reward. (epo:ContractTerm) WG approval 25/09/2025 has Qualification Condition Requirements to be fulfilled by tenders in view of their qualification. (epo:QualificationCriteriaSummary) WG Approval 02/05/2024 has Qualification Criteria Stated In ESPD Request The Qualification Criteria is specified in the ESPD Request. (epo:QualificationCriterion) WG approval 09/09/2025 has Qualification Criteria Stated In Notice The Qualification Criteria is specified in the Notice. (epo:QualificationCriterion) WG approval 09/09/2025 has Qualification Criteria Stated In Procurement Documents The Qualification Criteria is specified in the Procurement Documents. (epo:QualificationCriterion) WG approval 09/09/2025 has Qualification Decision Date The official date of the Qualification Decision. (epo-qua:QualificationDecisionInformation) WG approval 09/09/2025 has Qualification System Duration Relation indicating a Qualification System has a Duration. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Qualification System Renewal Description Explanation of how a Qualification System is re-established. Additional information: A Qualification System qualifies an economic operator to take part in a tendering process. Usually, in such cases the economic operator passes the Exclusion Grounds and Selection Criteria. (epo:MultipleStageProcedureTerm) WG Approval 26/03/2024 has Qualified Item Relation Relation indicating that the instance of the concept has an Item Relation. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Qualified Value Qualified value of the property, which is defined in a classification scheme. Additional Information: For example, the (0173-1#02-AAA026#007) drilling diameter of an item has value of 12 inches. WG Approval 28/07/2022 has Quality Target Code Relation indicating the type of performance goal. has Quality Target Description Explanatory text about the performance goal. (epo:QualityTargetInformation) WG approval 23/09/2025 has Quantity Relation indicating that the instance of the concept has a Quantity. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Quantity Threshold has Receipt Preliminary Market Consultation Deadline The time limit until which answers to the Preliminary Market Consultation can be received. (epo:SubmissionTerm) WG Approval 02/05/2024 has Received Quantity Relation indicating the delivered Quantity. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Reception Date Date when a record is acknowledged by an Organization. (epo:Document) WG Approval 12/05/2020 has Reference URI A reference to where the label specification (norms, expectations, standards and policies) can be found. (epo:CertificationLabel) WG Approval 26/07/2022 has Registration Country Relation indicating the official country. has Reject Action Relation indicating the Action Code for non-acceptance. has Reject Reason Relation indicating the reason for non-acceptance. has Reject Reason Description Explanatory text about the motive of the refusal. (epo-ful:ReceiptAdviceInformation) WG approval 25/09/2026 has Rejected Quantity Relation indicating the non-accepted Quantity. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Rejection Description Explanatory text about the rejection reason. (epo-qua:QualificationDecisionInformation) WG approval 09/09/2025 has Remedy Value Relation indicating the Monetary Value of a compensation, penalty, or corrective measure applied when a contract, obligation, or agreement is breached or not fulfilled. Used by eForms BT-793 WG approval 25/09/2025 has Remittance Information A textual value used to establish a link between the payment and the Invoice, issued by the Seller. (epo-inv:PaymentInstructionsInformation) WG Approval 11/07/2024 has Requested Delivery Period Relation indicating the sought time range for the delivery. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Requested Pick Up Information Information about the requested despatch of the Goods Items. WG Approval 25/06/2024 has Requested Shipping Priority The level of importance or sequence assigned to the delivery. (epo-ord:DeliveryAgreement) WG approval 25/09/2026 has Reserved Execution Justification An explanation about why the Contract must be performed in the framework of sheltered employment programmes. (epo:ContractTerm) WG approval 23/09/2025 has Resource Type Relation indicating the Resource Type. has Response Description Explanation of the response. (epo-cat:CatalogueResponse) Explanation of the response. (epo-cat:CatalogueResponseLine) Explanation of the response. (epo-ord:OrderResponse) WG Approval 25/03/2025 has Response Status Relation indicating the response status. has Review Body Type Relation indicating the Review Body Type. has Review Deadline The time limit for review procedures. (epo:ReviewTerm) WG Approval 09/11/2021 has Review Decision Type Relation indicating the Review Decision Type. has Review Irregularity Count The number of requests for a given irregularity. (epo:ReviewIrregularitySummary) Used by eForms BT-635 has Review Irregularity Summary Relation indicating the Review Irregularity Summary. Used by eForms BG-613 WG approval 25/09/2025 has Review Procedure The description of the method used to request the verification that the procedure has been carried out correctly. (epo:ReviewTerm) WG Approval 09/11/2021 has Review Request Fee Relation indicating the charge or cost required for processing the Review Request. Used by eForms BT-795 WG approval 25/09/2025 has Rounding Amount Relation indicating the adjustment Monetary Value applied to bring calculated total to a convenient value. WG approval 25/09/2025 has SME Received Tenders Excluding Subcontractors The amount of Tenders received from economic operators that are SMEs without taking into account Subcontractors. (epo:SubmissionStatisticalInformation) WG approval 09/09/2025 has Scheme Version The version of the identification scheme. (adms:Identifier) has Score Point The grade value assigned to a Procurement Criterion. (epo-eva:EvaluationCriterion) WG approval 25/09/2026 has Selection Criteria Stated In Procurement Documents The Selection Criteria are present in the Procurement Documents. (epo:SelectionCriteriaSummary) WG Approval 02/05/2024 has Seller Item ID The general identifier assigned to the concept as defined by the Seller.​ WG Approval 16/05/2023 has Seller Order ID The identifier of the Order given by the Seller. Additional Information: This identifier is different than the identifier of the Order given by the Buyer and it is useful for internal purposes. WG Approval 12/10/2023 has Serial ID The identifier assigned to the specific instance of the produced concept. WG Approval 16/05/2023 has Service Reserved To Particular Profession Execution of the contract is limited to a particular profession. (epo:ProfessionalSuitabilitySummary) WG Approval 02/05/2024 has Shipping Mark A text that the buyer requests to be printed on the packing labels. (epo-ord:DeliveryInformation) A text that the buyer requests to be printed on the packing labels. (epo-ful:TransportHandlingUnit) WG Approval 05/06/2024 has Short Quantity Relation indicating the Quantity deficit. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Shortage Action Relation indicating the Action code for Quantity deficiency. has Significance Estimated percentage-share of Assets provided in overall Assets used to provide services under Contract. (epo:Asset) WG approval 09/10/2025 has Size Type An extension classification specifying the measurement of the Transport Equipment. Additional Information: This codelist should be used only in the case of a container. has Social Standards Description Explanatory text about the standards required, including staff concerned, detail of their contractual rights and obligations and conditions under which employees are considered to be linked to the services. (epo:ContractTerm) WG approval 25/09/2025 has Source Specification Customisation Relation indicating the Identifier of a tailored version of a standard. WG approval 09/10/2025 has Source Version Specification Relation indicating the Identifier of the standard used and its version. WG approval 09/10/2025 has Special Service Instruction Description about special services needed for loading or unloading the Goods Items. (epo-ful:Consignment) WG Approval 21/05/2024 has Specific Payment Arrangement Information about payment conditions applied to all items in the catalogue. Additional information: This property may need to be used together with the payment arrangements provided in the ContractTerms, where such terms exists. (epo-cat:Catalogue) WG Approval 30/06/2022 has Specification Relation indicating that the instance of the concept has a Product Specification. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Specification Information Relation indicating the Specification Information. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Standardised Unit Price The item price based on a standardised unit. Additional Information: The unit must be indicated in the Quantity, with a quantity value of 1. has Standstill Period End Date The end date for the mandatory minimum time frame between the communication of a contract award decision and the formal conclusion of the contract, during which unsuccessful Tenderers have the opportunity to challenge the award before it becomes legally binding. (epo-awa:AwardDecisionNotification) WG approval 25/09/2025 has Start Date Relation indicating the beginning date. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Status Relation indicating the status. has Subcontracting Involved List of Subcontractors and the subject matter they cover are required. Additional Information: The tenderer will ned to supply this information in the tender. (epo:SubcontractTerm) WG Approval 28/02/2019 has Subcontractor Relation indicating the Subcontractor. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Subcontractors Proposed Above Obligation The maximum percentage of the contract value that the contractor must subcontract. Additional information: This is used for the competitive procedure described in Title III of Directive 2009/81/EC. (epo:SubcontractTerm) WG Approval 09/11/2021 has Subdivision Relation indicating the Subdivision. has Subject Matter Description of the share of the contract that is to be subcontracted. Additional information: This can be an aggregate of several subcontracts. (epo:SubcontractingEstimate) WG Approval 09/11/2021 has Submission Due Date Final date until the Submission is allowed. (epo-req:RequestForOffer) WG approval 09/09/2025 has Tax Breakdown Information Relation indicating the Tax Breakdown Information. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Tax Category Relation indicating the Tax Category. has Tax Exemption Reason An explanation on why the amount is exempted from tax or why no tax is being charged according to the legislation, expressed as a code. has Tax Exemption Reason Description An explanation on why the amount is exempted from tax or why no tax is being charged according to the legislation, expressed as a text. (epo-inv:TaxBreakdownInformation) WG Approval 11/07/2024 has Tax Identifier Relation indicating the Identifier used for Tax purposes. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Tax Information Relation indicating the Tax Information. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Tax Point Date The date when the tax becomes accountable for the Seller and for the Buyer. Additional Information: That date can be determined and differs from the date of issue of the invoice, according to the national implementation of the directive. (epo-inv:Invoice) WG Approval 11/07/2024 has Tax Point Date Code Relation indicating the a Tax Date. has Tax Scheme Relation indicating the Tax Scheme. has Temperature Specification Relation indicating the Temperature Specification for the instance of the concept. WG Approval 25/06/2024 has Tender Validity Period The relation indicating until when a tender instance is applicable. has Tickets Sales Revenue Allocation Share of revenue with regard to ticket sales. (epo:ContractTerm) WG approval 25/09/2025 has Total Accounting Currency Tax Amount Relation indicating the overall Monetary Value of the Tax applied on the currency in which the financial transactions are recorded at the company level. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Total Allowance Amount Relation indicating the overall Monetary Value of the Allowance. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Total Charge Amount Relation indicating the overall Monetary Value of the Charge. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Total Credit Amount Relation indicating the overall Monetary Value that reduces the amount owed. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Total Debit Amount Relation indicating the overall Monetary Value that increases the amount owed. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Total Goods Item Quantity Relation indicating the number of the Goods Items. WG Approval 25/06/2024 has Total Line Amount Relation indicating the overall Monetary Value of the Line. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Total Payment Amount Relation indicating the overall paid Monetary Value. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Total Tax Amount Relation indicating the overall Monetary Value of the Tax applied. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Total Tax Exclusive Amount Relation indicating the overall Monetary Value without Tax. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Total Tax Inclusive Amount Relation indicating the overall Monetary Value with Tax. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Total Value Relation indicating the overall Monetary Value. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Trace ID The identifier used for tracking the Goods Item. Additional information: An example is the EPC number used in RFID. WG Approval 21/09/2023 has Tracking ID Relation indicating that thedelivery has an identifier for traceability purposes. WG approval 25/09/2025 has Transaction Conditions Textual description of the specific transaction conditions (purchasing, sales, payment, delivery) for an item. (epo-cat:CatalogueLine) has Transaction Conditions Code Coded description of the specific transaction conditions (purchasing, sales, payment, delivery) for an item. has Transport Equipment Seal Relation indicating that the instance of the concept has a Transport Equipment Seal. WG Approval 25/06/2024 has Transport Equipment Type The kind of Transport Equipment. has Transport Handling Unit Quantity Relation indicating the number of the Transport Handling Unit. WG Approval 25/06/2024 has Transport Means Type The kind of Transport Means. has Transport Mode The type of the transport used. has Transport Service Type Relation indicating the Transport Service category. has UUID A universally unique identifier for an instance of this document. WG Approval 12/05/2020 has Unit Description A narrative explanation defining the units of items being counted Additional information: This could be for example individual items or pack or two. (epo:Quantity) WG Approval 09/11/2021 has Unknown Duration Indicates the Duration is undetermined. (epo:ContractTerm) Indicates the Duration is undetermined. (epo:DynamicPurchaseSystemTechnique) WG approval 07/10/2025 has Unknown Usage Of Selection Criterion Type Relation indicating that it is not known whether a Selection Criterion type is to be used or not. has Unlimited Duration Indicates the Duration is endless. (epo:ContractTerm) Indicates the Duration is endless. (epo:DynamicPurchaseSystemTechnique) WG approval 07/10/2025 has VAT Exemption Reason Explanation on why the instance of the concept is not subject to value-added tax. (epo-ord:AllowanceChargeInformation) WG approval 25/09/2026 has VAT Exemption Reason Description Explanatory text about the VAT Exemption Reason. (epo-ord:AllowanceChargeInformation) WG approval 25/09/2026 has Validity Period The relation indicating until when a given instance of a concept is applicable. WG Approval 30/05/2023 has Vehicle ID The identifier of the Transport Means. WG Approval 25/06/2024 has Vehicle Segment ID The identifier of a part of the Transport Means. WG Approval 25/06/2024 has Warranty Information Warranty information that applies to the catalogue line item. (epo-cat:CatalogueLine) has Width The measurement of the depth. Additional Information: The width is the shorter side between the length and the width. WG Approval 18/06/2024 has Withdrawal Date The date and time when the request for review was withdrawn. (epo:ReviewDecision) Used by eForms BT-797 has Withdrawal Reason The explanation for withdrawing the request for review. (epo:ReviewDecision) Used by eForms BT-798 includes National Criterion Relation indicating that a Criterion contains a Criterion that is specific to a given Member State. WG approval 07/11/2023 indicates Award To Winner Reveals the winner to whom the tender award outcome is attributed. indicates Performing Staff Information Requirement Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract. (epo:ProcurementCriteriaSummary) WG Approval 02/05/2024 This version is automatically generated from eInvoicing.xml on 2025-10-10 5.2.0 http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#inv-5.1.0 4.2.0 eProcurement Ontology Invoicing - core 2021-06-01 eProcurement Ontology Invoicing - core © European Union, 2014. Unless otherwise noted, the reuse of the Ontology is authorised under the European Union Public Licence v1.2 (https://eupl.eu/). The eProcurement Ontology Invoicing core describes the concepts and properties representing the European Public Procurement Invoicing domain. The provision of these semantics offers the basis for a common understanding of the domain for all stakeholders ensuring the quality of data exchange and transparency. The ontology restrictions are published in a separate artefact. 2025-10-10 http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/corporate-body/PUBL epo http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology# This version is automatically generated from eInvoicing.xml on 2025-10-10 5.2.0 http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#inv-restriction-5.1.0 4.2.0 eProcurement Ontology Invoicing - core restrictions 2021-06-01 eProcurement Ontology Invoicing - core restrictions © European Union, 2014. Unless otherwise noted, the reuse of the Ontology is authorised under the European Union Public Licence v1.2 (https://eupl.eu/). The eProcurement Ontology Invoicing core restrictions provides the restrictions and the inference-related specifications on the concepts and properties in the eProcurement Ontology Invoicing core. 2025-10-10 http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/corporate-body/PUBL epo http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology# involves Buyer Requires Buyer. WG approval 09/10/2025 is Appointed By Relation indicating that by whom the instance of the concept is formally assigned. WG approval 25/09/2025 is Assigned For Evaluation Of Relation indicating that the instance of the concept is selected for Evaluation. WG approval 25/09/2025 is Based On Implementing Regulation Indicates under which Implementing Regulation a Notice is created. is Beneficial Owner Of A role of any natural person(s) who ultimately owns or controls the organisation or on whose behalf a transaction or activity is being conducted. Additional Information: This role is defined in the directive EU 2015/849 and it's beyond the scope for public eProcurement domain. WG Approval 14/09/2021 is Calculated On The monetary amount to which the multiplier factor is applied in calculating the amount of this allowance, charge or tax. is Contained In Tender Relation indicating that the instance of the concept is part of a Tender. WG approval 25/09/2025 is Contracted Item Indicator if the item is offered in accordance to an existing contract. (epo-cat:CatalogueLine) is Executed By Procurement Service Provider Relation indicating the Procurement Service Provider that carries out the instance of the concept. WG approval 25/09/2025 is Hazardous Risk Indicates whether some of the contained Goods Items are hazardous. (epo-ful:AbstractContainer) Indicates whether some of the contained Goods Items are hazardous. (epo-ful:Consignment) WG Approval 21/05/2024 is In Stock Indicator whether an item is in the supplier's stock. If not in stock the supplier has to order the item. (epo-cat:AbstractItem) is Jury Decision Binding Indicates whether the procuring entity is bound to apply the decision of the jury. (epo:DesignContestRegimeTerm) is Optional Indicates whether the instance of the concept is not required. (epo-req:RequestForOfferLine) WG approval 09/09/2025 is Orderable Indicator, if the item is orderable or not, e.g. because it is temporarily out of stock. (epo-cat:CatalogueLine) is Owned By Agent WG approval 25/09/2025 is Partial Delivery Allowed An indicator to state if partial delivery is allowed or not. (epo-ord:DeliveryAgreement) WG Approval 03/04/2025 is Power Indicated Indicates whether the instance of the concept can supply electrical energy. Additional Information: The instance of the concept can be, for example, Transport Equipment. (epo-ful:TransportEquipment) WG Approval 05/06/2024 is Production Of Relation indicating the Item that is manufactured. is Qualified Indicates whether the economic operator is eligible. (epo-qua:QualificationDecisionInformation) WG approval 09/09/2025 is Refrigerated Indicates whether the instance of the concept includes refrigeration. Additional Information: The instance of the concept can be, for example, Transport Equipment. (epo-ful:TransportEquipment) WG Approval 05/06/2024 is Reinforced By Relation indicating an Evidence that supports the Response. WG Approval 12/03/2024 is Related To Item Relation indicating the association with an Item. WG approval 25/09/2025 is Renewal Indicator Indicates whether the contract is subject to a renewal clause. (epo:ContractTerm) WG Approval 09/11/2021 is Responsibility Of Buyer The buyer in charge of the procedure. is Returnable Material Indicates whether the container or part of the container is to be sent back. (epo-ful:AbstractContainer) WG Approval 21/05/2024 is Specific To Catalogue Response Line Information that is particular to a Catalogue Response Line. WG approval 25/09/2025 is Specific To Despatch Line Information that is particular to a Despatch Line. WG Approval 25/06/2024 is Specific To Invoice Line Information that is particular to an Invoice Line. WG approval 25/09/2025 is Specific To Line Information that is particular to a Line. WG approval 25/09/2025 is Specific To Order Line Information that is particular to one or multiple Order Lines. is Specific To Order Response Line Information that is particular to an Order Response Line. WG approval 25/09/2025 is Specific To Receipt Advice Line Information that is particular to a Receipt Advice Line. WG approval 25/09/2025 is Specific To Request For Offer Line Information that is particular to a Request For Offer Line. WG approval 25/09/2025 is Subcontracting Percentage Known Indicates whether the ratio of the Subcontracting Estimate is defined. (epo:SubcontractingEstimate) WG approval 09/09/2025 is Subcontracting Value Known Indicates whether the amount of the Subcontracting Estimate is defined. (epo:SubcontractingEstimate) WG approval 09/09/2025 is Subject To Grouping Relation indicating that the instance of the concept belongs to a Group. WG approval 25/09/2025 is Submitted By Relation indicating the submission of a tender by an economic operator. WG Approval 18/05/2021 is Submitted For Despatch Advice Relation indicating that the instance of the concept is sent for a specific Despatch Advice. WG approval 25/09/2025 is Submitted For Despatch Line Relation indicating that the instance of the concept is sent for a specific Despatch Line. WG approval 25/09/2025 is Submitted For Invoice Line Relation indicating that the instance of the concept is sent for a specific Invoice Line. WG approval 25/09/2025 is Submitted For Lot Group Relation indicating that the instance of the concept is formally sent for a Lot Group. WG approval 25/09/2025 is Submitted For Order Relation indicating that the instance of the concept is sent for a specific Order. WG approval 25/09/2025 is Submitted For Order Line Relation indicating that the instance of the concept is sent for a specific Order Line. WG approval 25/09/2025 is Submitted For Shipment Relation indicating that the instance of the concept is sent for a specific Shipment. WG approval 25/09/2025 is Subordinated To Contract Relation indicating that the instance of the concept is governed by a specific Contract. WG approval 25/09/2025 is Supported By Relation indicating the proof for the instance of the concept. WG approval 25/09/2025 is Used In Profile Relation indicating the profile Identifier. WG approval 25/09/2025 is Withdrawn The review request was withdrawn. (epo:ReviewDecision) Used by eForms BT-796 issued By Certifier Relation indicating the Certifier responsible for providing the ItemCertificate. Additional Information: Certifier is a role played by an organisation. WG Approval 26/07/2022 needs To Be A Tenderer The Winner must be a Tenderer. needs To Be A Winner The Contractor must be a Winner. This version is automatically generated from eNotice.xml on 2025-10-10 5.2.0 http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#not-5.1.0 4.2.0 eProcurement Ontology Notice - core 2021-06-01 eProcurement Ontology Notice - core © European Union, 2014. Unless otherwise noted, the reuse of the Ontology is authorised under the European Union Public Licence v1.2 (https://eupl.eu/). The eProcurement Ontology Notice core describes the concepts and properties representing the European Public Procurement Notice domain. The provision of these semantics offers the basis for a common understanding of the domain for all stakeholders ensuring the quality of data exchange and transparency. The ontology restrictions are published in a separate artefact. 2025-10-10 http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/corporate-body/PUBL epo http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology# This version is automatically generated from eNotice.xml on 2025-10-10 5.2.0 http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#not-restriction-5.1.0 4.2.0 eProcurement Ontology Notice - core restrictions 2021-06-01 eProcurement Ontology Notice - core restrictions © European Union, 2014. Unless otherwise noted, the reuse of the Ontology is authorised under the European Union Public Licence v1.2 (https://eupl.eu/). The eProcurement Ontology Notice core restrictions provides the restrictions and the inference-related specifications on the concepts and properties in the eProcurement Ontology Notice core. 2025-10-10 http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/corporate-body/PUBL epo http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology# This version is automatically generated from eOrdering.xml on 2025-10-10 5.2.0 http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#ord-5.1.0 4.2.0 eProcurement Ontology Ordering - core 2021-06-01 eProcurement Ontology Ordering - core © European Union, 2014. Unless otherwise noted, the reuse of the Ontology is authorised under the European Union Public Licence v1.2 (https://eupl.eu/). The eProcurement Ontology Ordering core describes the concepts and properties representing the European Public Procurement Ordering domain. The provision of these semantics offers the basis for a common understanding of the domain for all stakeholders ensuring the quality of data exchange and transparency. The ontology restrictions are published in a separate artefact. 2025-10-10 http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/corporate-body/PUBL epo http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology# This version is automatically generated from eOrdering.xml on 2025-10-10 5.2.0 http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#ord-restriction-5.1.0 4.2.0 eProcurement Ontology Ordering - core restrictions 2021-06-01 eProcurement Ontology Ordering - core restrictions © European Union, 2014. Unless otherwise noted, the reuse of the Ontology is authorised under the European Union Public Licence v1.2 (https://eupl.eu/). The eProcurement Ontology Ordering core restrictions provides the restrictions and the inference-related specifications on the concepts and properties in the eProcurement Ontology Ordering core. 2025-10-10 http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/corporate-body/PUBL epo http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology# owns System WG approval 25/09/2025 This version is automatically generated from ePayment.xml on 2025-10-10 5.2.0 http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#pay-5.1.0 4.2.0 eProcurement Ontology Payment - core 2021-06-01 eProcurement Ontology Payment - core © European Union, 2014. Unless otherwise noted, the reuse of the Ontology is authorised under the European Union Public Licence v1.2 (https://eupl.eu/). The eProcurement Ontology Payment core describes the concepts and properties representing the European Public Procurement Payment domain. The provision of these semantics offers the basis for a common understanding of the domain for all stakeholders ensuring the quality of data exchange and transparency. The ontology restrictions are published in a separate artefact. 2025-10-10 http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/corporate-body/PUBL epo http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology# This version is automatically generated from ePayment.xml on 2025-10-10 5.2.0 http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#pay-restriction-5.1.0 4.2.0 eProcurement Ontology Payment - core restrictions 2021-06-01 eProcurement Ontology Payment - core restrictions © European Union, 2014. Unless otherwise noted, the reuse of the Ontology is authorised under the European Union Public Licence v1.2 (https://eupl.eu/). The eProcurement Ontology Payment core restrictions provides the restrictions and the inference-related specifications on the concepts and properties in the eProcurement Ontology Payment core. 2025-10-10 http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/corporate-body/PUBL epo http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology# prepares For Potential Procurement Object Gathers information for a possible Procurement Object. WG approval 09/10/2025 provides Contract Total Payment Value Makes available the overall Monetary Value of the Contract to be paid. Used by eForms BT-779 WG approval 25/09/2025 provides Contract Total Penalty Value Makes available the overall Monetary Value of the penalties of the Contract. Used by eForms BT-782 WG approval 25/09/2025 provides Decision For Makes available the resolution. WG approval 25/09/2025 provides Documentation Makes available the Documentation. WG approval 25/09/2025 provides Evidence Makes available the Evidence. WG approval 25/09/2025 provides Information On Offers information about an instance of a concept. WG Approval 05/03/2024 provides Organisation Completed Task Description Text describing the works, supplies or services executed, delivered or performed in a procurement project that can be used as an evidence for the classification of the Organization. (epo-sub:OrganisationInformationSummary) WG Approval 05/03/2024 provides Organisation Employee Quantity The number of people hired by the Organization. WG Approval 05/03/2024 provides Organisation Financial Capability A monetary amount representing the financial capability of the Organization. Additional information: Used to represent the general Turnover of the Organization (for statistical purposes). WG Approval 05/03/2024 provides Procurement Documents In Official Language Relation indicating the official language of the provided Procurement Documents. provides Procurement Documents In Unofficial Language Relation indicating the unofficial language of the provided Procurement Documents. provides Rank To Tender Makes available the assigned position for the Tender. WG approval 25/09/2025 provides Ruling On Remedy States the measures to be taken after a review procedure. This version is automatically generated from eQualification.xml on 2025-10-10 5.2.0 http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#qua-5.1.0 4.2.0 eProcurement Ontology Qualification - core 2021-06-01 eProcurement Ontology Qualification - core © European Union, 2014. Unless otherwise noted, the reuse of the Ontology is authorised under the European Union Public Licence v1.2 (https://eupl.eu/). The eProcurement Ontology Qualification core describes the concepts and properties representing the European Public Procurement Qualification domain. The provision of these semantics offers the basis for a common understanding of the domain for all stakeholders ensuring the quality of data exchange and transparency. The ontology restrictions are published in a separate artefact. 2025-10-10 http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/corporate-body/PUBL epo http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology# This version is automatically generated from eQualification.xml on 2025-10-10 5.2.0 http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#qua-restriction-5.1.0 4.2.0 eProcurement Ontology Qualification - core restrictions 2021-06-01 eProcurement Ontology Qualification - core restrictions © European Union, 2014. Unless otherwise noted, the reuse of the Ontology is authorised under the European Union Public Licence v1.2 (https://eupl.eu/). The eProcurement Ontology Qualification core restrictions provides the restrictions and the inference-related specifications on the concepts and properties in the eProcurement Ontology Qualification core. 2025-10-10 http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/corporate-body/PUBL epo http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology# refers To Applicable Period Relation indicating the period to which the Response shall apply. WG Approval 12/03/2024 refers To Award Decision Reference to an Award Decision. WG approval 25/09/2025 refers To Catalogue Additional information: If an order refers to multiple catalogues then all these catalogues ideally are subordinated to the same contract. Some countries however may allow multiple contracts per order (i.e Italy). refers To Catalogue Line Additional Information: The reference to the catalogue line is for information only, to trace the source of the information provided in the order line. Reference to a Catalogue Line. WG approval 25/09/2025 refers To Consignment Reference to a Consignment. WG Approval 25/06/2024 refers To Contract Reference to a Contract. WG approval 25/09/2025 refers To Contract To Be Modified Reference to a Contract which is altered. WG approval 25/09/2025 refers To Delivery Information Reference to a Delivery Information. WG Approval 25/06/2024 refers To Despatch Advice Reference to a Despatch Advice. WG approval 25/09/2025 refers To Despatch Line Reference to a Despatch Line. WG Approval 25/06/2024 refers To Evidence Request Reference to an Evidence Request. WG approval 25/09/2025 refers To Evidence Submission Reference to an Evidence Submission. WG approval 25/09/2025 refers To Invoice Reference to an Invoice. WG approval 25/09/2025 refers To Lot Group Award Information Reference to a Lot Group Award Information. WG approval 25/09/2025 refers To Notice Reference to a Notice. WG approval 25/09/2025 WG approval 12/03/2024 refers To Notice Award Information Reference to a Notice Award Information. WG approval 25/09/2025 refers To Order Reference to an Order. WG Approval 25/06/2024 refers To Order Line Reference to an Order Line. WG Approval 25/06/2024 WG approval 25/09/2025 refers To Planned Part Reference to a Planned Procurement Part. WG approval 25/09/2025 refers To Previous Procedure Lot Reference to one or more Lots in a previous procedure. Additional Information: In the case of Direct Award Terms, this property points to a previous Procedure justifying the use of Direct Award without a prior publication. eForms BT-1252 WG Approval 22/11/2019 refers To Project Reference to a Project. WG approval 25/09/2025 refers To Receipt Advice Reference to a Receipt Advice. WG approval 25/09/2025 refers To Review Request Reference to a Review Request. WG approval 25/09/2025 refers To Shipment Agreement Reference to a Shipment Agreement. WG Approval 25/06/2024 refers To Tender Clarification Request Reference to a Tender Clarification Request. WG approval 25/09/2025 relates To ESPD Request Is about an European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) Request. WG Approval 05/03/2024 reports Evaluation Criterion Provides an Evaluation Criterion. WG approval 25/09/2025 This version is automatically generated from eRequest.xml on 2025-10-10 5.2.0 http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#req-5.1.0 4.2.0 eProcurement Ontology Request - core 2021-06-01 eProcurement Ontology Request - core © European Union, 2014. Unless otherwise noted, the reuse of the Ontology is authorised under the European Union Public Licence v1.2 (https://eupl.eu/). The eProcurement Ontology Request core describes the concepts and properties representing the European Public Procurement Request domain. The provision of these semantics offers the basis for a common understanding of the domain for all stakeholders ensuring the quality of data exchange and transparency. The ontology restrictions are published in a separate artefact. 2025-10-10 http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/corporate-body/PUBL epo http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology# This version is automatically generated from eRequest.xml on 2025-10-10 5.2.0 http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#req-restriction-5.1.0 4.2.0 eProcurement Ontology Request - core restrictions 2021-06-01 eProcurement Ontology Request - core restrictions © European Union, 2014. Unless otherwise noted, the reuse of the Ontology is authorised under the European Union Public Licence v1.2 (https://eupl.eu/). The eProcurement Ontology Request core restrictions provides the restrictions and the inference-related specifications on the concepts and properties in the eProcurement Ontology Request core. 2025-10-10 http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/corporate-body/PUBL epo http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology# requests Clarification Asks for more information. WG approval 25/09/2025 requests Remedy Type Relation indicating the demanded Remedy Type. responds To Order Cancellation Takes action in reaction to an Order Cancellation. WG approval 25/09/2025 responds To Order Change Takes action in reaction to an Order Change. WG approval 25/09/2025 results From Mini Competition Award Outcome Relation to indicate that a given type of Purchase Contract is a consequence of a given Mini Competition Award Outcome. WG approval 25/09/2025 results From Using Candidate List Relation to indicate that a given type of Mini Competition Award Outcome is a consequence from using a given Selected Candidate List. WG approval 25/09/2025 signed By Contractor Relation indicating the Contractor that signs the instance of the concept. WG approval 09/10/2025 signs Award Decision Relation indicating the Award Decision that was signed. WG approval 09/10/2025 specifies Allowance Information Relation indicating the Allowance Information. WG approval 25/09/2025 specifies Buyer Relation indicating that the instance of the concept involves the Buyer. WG approval 25/09/2025 specifies Carrier Relation indicating that the instance of the concept involves the Carrier. WG Approval 25/06/2024 specifies Catalogue Provider Relation indicating that the instance of the concept involves the Catalogue Provider. WG approval 25/09/2025 specifies Catalogue Receiver Relation indicating that the instance of the concept involves the Catalogue Receiver. WG approval 25/09/2025 specifies Catalogue Response Information Relation indicating the Catalogue Response Information. WG approval 25/09/2025 specifies Charge Information Relation indicating the Charge Information. WG approval 25/09/2025 specifies Consignee Relation indicating that the instance of the concept involves the Consignee. WG Approval 25/06/2024 specifies Contract Information Relation indicating the Contract Information. WG approval 25/09/2025 specifies Contractor Relation indicating that the instance of the concept involves the Contractor. WG approval 25/09/2025 specifies Deliverable Relation indicating the Deliverable. WG approval 25/09/2025 specifies Delivery Agreement Relation indicating the Delivery Agreement. WG approval 25/09/2025 specifies Delivery Agreement Location Relation indicating the Location from the Delivery Agreement. WG approval 25/09/2025 specifies Delivery Information Relation indicating the Delivery Information. WG approval 25/09/2025 specifies Despatcher Relation indicating that the instance of the concept involves the Despatcher. WG Approval 25/06/2024 specifies Economic Operator Relation indicating that the instance of the concept involves the Economic Operator. WG approval 25/09/2025 specifies Evidence Relation indicating the Evidence. WG approval 25/09/2025 specifies Foreign Subsidies Measure Conclusion Relation indicating the Foreign Subsidy Measure Conclusion. specifies Freight Forwarder Relation indicating that the instance of the concept involves the Freight Forwarder. WG Approval 25/06/2024 specifies Invoicee Relation indicating that the instance of the concept involves the Invoicee. WG approval 25/09/2025 specifies Item Relation indicating the Item. specifies Notification Receiver Relation indicating that the instance of the concept involves the Notification Receiver. WG approval 25/09/2025 specifies Offer Currency Relation indicating the Currency for the Offer. WG approval 25/09/2025 specifies Offer Validity Period Relation indicating the time range in which an Offer is valid. WG approval 25/09/2025 specifies Order Response Information Relation indicating the Order Response Information. WG approval 25/09/2025 specifies Originator Relation indicating that the instance of the concept involves the Originator. WG Approval 25/06/2024 specifies Originator Information Relation indicating the Originator Information. WG approval 25/09/2025 specifies Payee Relation indicating that the instance of the concept involves the Payee. WG approval 25/09/2025 specifies Place Of Delivery Relation indicating the Location of the despatch. WG approval 25/09/2025 specifies Place Of Despatch Relation indicating the Location of the Despatch of the Goods Items to be delivered. WG Approval 25/06/2024 specifies Procurement Criteria Summary Relation indicating the Procurement Criteria Summary to be used. WG approval 25/09/2025 specifies Receipt Advice Information Relation indicating the Receipt Advice Information. WG approval 25/09/2025 specifies Response Relation indicating that an ESPD Response contains a Response. WG Approval 12/03/2024 specifies Review Requester Relation indicating that the instance of the concept involves the Review Requester. WG approval 25/09/2025 specifies Reviewer Relation indicating that the instance of the concept involves the Reviewer. WG approval 25/09/2025 specifies Seller Relation indicating that the instance of the concept involves the Seller. WG approval 25/09/2025 specifies Seller Tax Representative Relation indicating that the instance of the concept involves the Seller Tax Representative. WG approval 25/09/2025 specifies Tenderer Relation indicating that the instance of the concept involves the Tenderer. WG approval 25/09/2025 This version is automatically generated from eSubmission.xml on 2025-10-10 5.2.0 http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#sub-5.1.0 4.2.0 eProcurement Ontology Submission - core 2021-06-01 eProcurement Ontology Submission - core © European Union, 2014. Unless otherwise noted, the reuse of the Ontology is authorised under the European Union Public Licence v1.2 (https://eupl.eu/). The eProcurement Ontology Submission core describes the concepts and properties representing the European Public Procurement Submission domain. The provision of these semantics offers the basis for a common understanding of the domain for all stakeholders ensuring the quality of data exchange and transparency. The ontology restrictions are published in a separate artefact. 2025-10-10 http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/corporate-body/PUBL epo http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology# This version is automatically generated from eSubmission.xml on 2025-10-10 5.2.0 http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#sub-restriction-5.1.0 4.2.0 eProcurement Ontology Submission - core restrictions 2021-06-01 eProcurement Ontology Submission - core restrictions © European Union, 2014. Unless otherwise noted, the reuse of the Ontology is authorised under the European Union Public Licence v1.2 (https://eupl.eu/). The eProcurement Ontology Submission core restrictions provides the restrictions and the inference-related specifications on the concepts and properties in the eProcurement Ontology Submission core. 2025-10-10 http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/corporate-body/PUBL epo http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology# substantiates Exclusion Ground Demonstrates Exclusion Ground. WG approval 25/09/2025 summarises Information About Evidence Relation indicating the Certificate that the information refers to. WG Approval 12/03/2024 summarises Information For Qualification Response Relation indicating the Qualification Response that the information refers to. WG approval 25/09/2025 updates Contract Value Changes the Contract Monetary Value. WG approval 25/09/2025 uses Evaluation Formula Applies systematic method for assessment. WG approval 25/09/2025 uses Transport Equipment Relation indicating that a Transport Handling Unit utilises a Transport Equipment. WG Approval 02/07/2024 uses Transport Means Relation indicating that a Shipment Stage utilises a Transport Means. WG Approval 02/07/2024 writes Evaluation Report Authors an Evaluation Report. 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