PEPPOL BIS ESPD 1.0

The contracting authority or contracting entity who is buying supplies, services or public works using a tendering procedure as described in the applicable directive (Directives 2014/24/EU, 2014/25/EU).

Namespace

cac urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonAggregateComponents-2

Child elements

Card	Name	Description
1..1	cac:Party	Party information

Rules

Identifier/Error message	Flag
PEPPOLBIS-ESPD-RES-B02201 Element 'cac:Party' MUST be provided.	fatal
PEPPOLBIS-ESPD-RES-B02202 Document MUST NOT contain elements not part of the data model.	fatal

Description

The contracting body must be identified, hence information about the party is required, such as party name, identification, endpoint id, and country.

Example of contracting body

<cac:ContractingParty>
    <cac:Party>
        <cbc:EndpointID schemeID="NO:ORGNR">991825827</cbc:EndpointID>
        <cac:PartyIdentification>
            <cbc:ID schemeID="NO:ORGNR">991825827</cbc:ID>
        </cac:PartyIdentification>
        <cac:PartyName>
            <cbc:Name>Name of CO</cbc:Name>
        </cac:PartyName>
        <cac:PostalAddress>
            <cac:Country>
                <cbc:IdentificationCode listID="CountryCodeIdentifier" listAgencyID="EU-COM-GROW" listName="CountryCodeIdentifier" listVersionID="1.0.2">NO</cbc:IdentificationCode>
            </cac:Country>
        </cac:PostalAddress>
    </cac:Party>
</cac:ContractingParty>