Document type used by potential contracting parties to document their answers questioned in an ESPD Response.

Card Name Description
1..1 espd:ESPDResponse

PEPPOL BIS ESPD Response document

0..1 •   cbc:UBLVersionID

UBL Version identifier
Identifies the earliest version of the UBL 2 schema for this document type that defines all of the elements that might be encountered in the current instance

Fixed value: 2.1

M •   •   @schemeAgencyID

Fixed value: OASIS-UBL-TC

1..1 •   cbc:CustomizationID

Specification identification
An identification of the specification containing the total set of rules regarding semantic content, cardinalities and business rules to which the data contained in the instance document conforms. The identification may include the version of the specification as well as any customizations applied.

Fixed value: urn:www.cenbii.eu:transaction:biitrns092:ver3.0:extended:urn:fdc:peppol.eu:2017:pracc:spec:1.0

M •   •   @schemeName

Fixed value: CustomizationID

M •   •   @schemeAgencyID

Fixed value: BII

M •   •   @schemeVersionID

Fixed value: 3.0

0..1 •   cbc:ProfileID

Profile identifier
Used when sending ESPD document as standalone document in PEPPOL.

1..1 •   cbc:ID

Document identifier
An identifier for this document, assigned by the sender. Use UUID (universally unique identifier), version 4

Example value: 8a6e9c28-628d-4e64-8a1a-367c8973ff2a

M •   •   @schemeID

Fixed value: ISO/IEC 9834-8:2008 - 4UUID

M •   •   @schemeAgencyID

Fixed value: EU-COM-GROW

M •   •   @schemeAgencyName

Fixed value: DG GROW (European Commission)

M •   •   @schemeVersionID

Fixed value: 1.1

0..1 •   cbc:CopyIndicator

Copy indicator
Indicates whether this document is a copy (true) or not (false)

Example value: false

0..1 •   cbc:VersionID

ESPD version
The version of the document that has been identified with the document identifier.

Fixed value: 1.0.2

M •   •   @schemeAgencyID

Fixed value: EU-COM-GROW

1..1 •   cbc:IssueDate

Issue date
The date, assigned by the sender, on which this document was issued. Must not include timezone information. Format YYYY-MM-DD

Example value: 2017-12-26

0..1 •   cbc:IssueTime

Issue time
The time, assigned by the sender, at which this document was issued. Format "hh:mm:ss", no timezone information allowed

Example value: 08:16:09

1..1 •   cbc:ContractFolderID

Reference number
An identifier that is specified by the buyer and used as a reference number for all documents in the procurement process. It is also known as procurement project identifier, procurement reference number or contract folder identifier.

M •   •   @schemeAgencyID

Fixed value: TeD

0..1 •   espd-cbc:EconomicOperatorGroupName

Consortium group name
The name of the Consortium or group to which the Economic Operator belongs for a specific procurement project

Example value: ACME Global Consortium

1..1 •   cac:ContractingParty +

Contracting Body
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).

1..1 •   •   cac:Party

Party information

0..1 •   •   •   cbc:EndpointID

Contracting body electronic address identifier

Example value: 991825827

M •   •   •   •   @schemeID

Identifier qualifier

Example value: NO:ORGNR

1..1 •   •   •   cac:PartyIdentification

Party identifier

1..1 •   •   •   •   cbc:ID

Contracting body identifier
The identifier of a contracting body as it is legally registered

Example value: 991825827

M •   •   •   •   •   @schemeID

Identifier qualifier

Fixed value: NO:ORGNR

1..1 •   •   •   cac:PartyName

Contracting body name

1..1 •   •   •   •   cbc:Name

Name
The name of the contracting body

Example value: Difi

1..1 •   •   •   cac:PostalAddress

Postal Address

1..1 •   •   •   •   cac:Country

Country

1..1 •   •   •   •   •   cbc:IdentificationCode

Country code
The country code of the contracting body

Fixed value: NO

M •   •   •   •   •   •   @listID

List identifier

Fixed value: CountryCodeIdentifier

M •   •   •   •   •   •   @listAgencyID

Maintainer of list

Fixed value: EU-COM-GROW

M •   •   •   •   •   •   @listName

List name

Fixed value: CountryCodeIdentifier

M •   •   •   •   •   •   @listVersionID

List version

Fixed value: 1.0.2

1..1 •   espd-cac:EconomicOperatorParty +

Economic operator
Any natural or legal person or public entity or group of such persons and/or entities, including any temporary association of undertakings, which offers the execution of works and/or a work, the supply of products or the provision of services on the market. Information about the party submitting the qualification. A placeholder for the data related to only one Economic Operator (EO) that tenders solely to a procurement project, to one of the EOs that tender as part of a group (e.g. a Consortium), or to one possible sub-contractor of the EO. Consortia grouping more than one EO need to draft and submit as many ESPDResponses as Economic Operators and sub-contractors participate in the tender.

0..1 •   •   espd-cbc:SMEIndicator

SME indicator
Indicates whether the economic operator can be categorized as an SME (true) or not.According to the EC, SME are enterprises with less than 250 employees, a turnover less than EUR 50 m and a balance sheet total less than EUR 43 m.

Example value: false

0..n •   •   espd-cac:RepresentativeNaturalPerson

Representative Natural person
Information about individuals who in one way or the other represent the economic operator.

0..1 •   •   •   espd-cbc:NaturalPersonRoleDescription

Role description
A short description for the role of the Economic Operator’s representative

0..1 •   •   •   espd-cbc:NaturalPersonRegistrationCountryCode

Country code
Country of registration of the natural person

0..1 •   •   •   cac:PowerOfAttorney

Power of attorney

0..1 •   •   •   •   cac:AgentParty

Agent party

0..1 •   •   •   •   •   cac:Person

Representative Natural person
Information about individuals who in one way or the other represent the economic operator.

1..1 •   •   •   •   •   •   cbc:FirstName

Representative natural person first name
First name of the natural person.

Example value: Jens

1..1 •   •   •   •   •   •   cbc:FamilyName

Representative natural person first name
First name of the natural person.

Example value: Jensen

0..1 •   •   •   •   •   •   cbc:BirthDate

Representative natural person birth date
Birth date of the natural person. Format YYYY-MM-DD

Example value: 1980-01-01

0..1 •   •   •   •   •   •   cbc:BirthplaceName

Representative natural person birth place
Birth place of the natural person.

Example value: Oslo

0..1 •   •   •   •   •   •   cac:Contact

Representative natural person contact information
Information about contact details for the representative natural person.

0..1 •   •   •   •   •   •   •   cbc:Telephone

Representative natural person telephone
Telephone number to the natural person.

Example value: 99899900

0..1 •   •   •   •   •   •   •   cbc:ElectronicMail

Representative natural person e-mail address
E-mail address to the natural person.

Example value: jens.jensen@test.no

0..1 •   •   •   •   •   •   cac:ResidenceAddress

Representative natural person address information

0..1 •   •   •   •   •   •   •   cbc:Postbox

Postbox
A post office box number registered for postal delivery by a postal service provider.

0..1 •   •   •   •   •   •   •   cbc:StreetName

Representative natural person street address
Street address to the natural person.

Example value: Storgata 1

0..1 •   •   •   •   •   •   •   cbc:CityName

Representative natural person city
City of the natural person.

Example value: Bergen

0..1 •   •   •   •   •   •   •   cbc:PostalZone

Representative natural person postal zone
Postal zone or zip code of the natural person.

Example value: 5020

1..1 •   •   •   •   •   •   •   cac:Country

Representative natural person country
Country of the natural person.

1..1 •   •   •   •   •   •   •   •   cbc:IdentificationCode

Representative natural person country code
Country code of the natural person.

Example value: NO

M •   •   •   •   •   •   •   •   •   @listID

Fixed value: CountryCodeIdentifier

M •   •   •   •   •   •   •   •   •   @listAgencyID

Fixed value: EU-COM-GROW

M •   •   •   •   •   •   •   •   •   @listName

Fixed value: CountryCodeIdentifier

M •   •   •   •   •   •   •   •   •   @listVersionID

Fixed value: 1.0.2

1..1 •   •   cac:Party

Party

0..1 •   •   •   cbc:WebsiteURI

Economic operator website
The website of the economic operator.

Example value: https://www.difi.no/

0..1 •   •   •   cbc:EndpointID

Economic operator electronic address identifier

Example value: 987654325

M •   •   •   •   @schemeID

Example value: NO:ORGNR

1..1 •   •   •   cac:PartyIdentification

Unique identification number for the Economic Operator

1..1 •   •   •   •   cbc:ID

Economic operator identifier

Example value: 987654321

M •   •   •   •   •   @schemeID

The schemeID attribute specifies if it is a VAT number or another national number. The possible values are: VAT_Number and National_Number.

Fixed value: National_Number

1..1 •   •   •   cac:PartyName

Party name

1..1 •   •   •   •   cbc:Name

Economic operator name
The official name of the Economic Operator, as registered in a Business Register

1..1 •   •   •   cac:PostalAddress

Economic operator postal address
The address of the Economic Operator, as registered in a Business Register

0..1 •   •   •   •   cbc:Postbox

Postbox
A post office box number registered for postal delivery by a postal service provider.

0..1 •   •   •   •   cbc:StreetName

Address line 1
The main address line in an address. Usually the street name and number or post office box.

0..1 •   •   •   •   cbc:CityName

City
The common name of a city where the address is located.

0..1 •   •   •   •   cbc:PostalZone

Post code
The identifier for an addressable group of properties according to the relevant postal service, such as a ZIP code or Post Code.

1..1 •   •   •   •   cac:Country

Country

1..1 •   •   •   •   •   cbc:IdentificationCode

Country code
A code that identifies the country.

Fixed value: NO

M •   •   •   •   •   •   @listID

Fixed value: CountryCodeIdentifier

M •   •   •   •   •   •   @listAgencyID

Fixed value: EU-COM-GROW

M •   •   •   •   •   •   @listName

Fixed value: CountryCodeIdentifier

M •   •   •   •   •   •   @listVersionID

Fixed value: 1.0.2

0..1 •   •   •   cac:Contact

Contacting details

0..1 •   •   •   •   cbc:Name

Contact point
The name of the contact point.

Example value: Ola Normann

0..1 •   •   •   •   cbc:Telephone

Contact telephone number
A phone number for the contact point.

Example value: +4722774630

0..1 •   •   •   •   cbc:ElectronicMail

Contact email address
An e-mail address for the contact point.

Example value: anskaffelser@example.kommune.no

1..1 •   cac:ProcurementProjectLot

Procurement Project Lot

1..1 •   •   cbc:ID

Lot reference
A reference to one or more lots the economic operator is applying for. The original lot definition is part of the call for tender document. The Qualification instance only references the corresponding IDs in order to establish the connection to the call for tender information. The value ´0 MUST be specified to indicate that this procurement project has no lots.

Example value: 0

M •   •   •   @schemeAgencyID

Fixed value: EU-COM-GROW

1..n •   ccv:Criterion +

Criterion
A condition that the economic has to meet in order to not be excluded and be selected as a candidate for awarding in a procurement procedure.

O •   •   @pi

Processing instruction
Reserved for non-standard processing of the class; e.g. for hiding or showing elements in a user interface

1..1 •   •   cbc:ID

Criterion identifier
A language-independent token, e.g., a number, that allows to identify a criterion uniquely as well as allows to reference the criterion in other documents. Compulsory use of the UUIDs from the Criteria Taxonomy

Example value: 005eb9ed-1347-4ca3-bb29-9bc0db64e1ab

M •   •   •   @schemeID

Fixed value: CriteriaID

M •   •   •   @schemeAgencyID

Fixed value: EU-COM-GROW

M •   •   •   @schemeVersionID

Fixed value: 1.0

1..1 •   •   cbc:TypeCode

Criterion type code
Code specifying the type of criterion, from the Criteria Taxonomy

Example value: CRITERION.EXCLUSION.CONVICTIONS.PARTICIPATION_IN_CRIMINAL_ORGANISATION

M •   •   •   @listID

Fixed value: CriteriaTypeCode

M •   •   •   @listAgencyID

Fixed value: EU-COM-GROW

M •   •   •   @listVersionID

Fixed value: 1.0.2

1..1 •   •   cbc:Name

Criterion name
A short and descriptive name for a criterion. A criterion describes a fact that is used by the contracting body to evaluate and compare tenders by economic operators and which will be used in the award decision or to assess the eligibility of an economic operator. Compulsory use of the names from the Criteria Taxonomy

Example value: Participation in a criminal organisation

1..1 •   •   cbc:Description

Criterion description
An extended description of the criterion.Compulsory use of the descriptions from the Criteria Taxonomy

Example value: Has the economic operator itself or any person who is a member of its administrative, management or supervisory body or has powers of representation, decision or control therein been the subject of a conviction by final judgment for participation in a criminal organisation, by a conviction rendered at the most five years ago or in which an exclusion period set out directly in the conviction continues to be applicable? As defined in Article 2 of Council Framework Decision 2008/841/JHA of 24 October 2008 on the fight against organised crime (OJ L 300, 11.11.2008, p. 42).

0..n •   •   ccv:LegislationReference

Legislation reference
The specific piece(s) of Legislation(s) where the criterion is defined or mentioned

O •   •   •   @langID

Language of the textual data provided for this reference to a legislation, if not specified it defaults to EN (English)

Default value: EN

1..1 •   •   •   ccv-cbc:Title

Legislation title
Title of the legislation as published in an official gazette or portal. The complete title of the legislation provided in the original legal text MUST be provided.

Example value: DIRECTIVE 2014/24/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC

0..1 •   •   •   cbc:Description

Legislation description
Reminder label or short description of the Legislation

Example value: Directive 2014/24/EU

1..1 •   •   •   ccv-cbc:JurisdictionLevelCode

Jurisdiction level
Jurisdictional level of a particular Legislation

Example value: EU_DIRECTIVE

M •   •   •   •   @listID

Fixed value: CriterionJurisdictionLevel

M •   •   •   •   @listAgencyID

Fixed value: EU-COM-GROW

M •   •   •   •   @listVersionID

Fixed value: 1.0.2

1..1 •   •   •   ccv-cbc:Article

Legislation article
Textual description of the article of the Legislation; e.g. ''Article 61''

Example value: 57(1)

1..1 •   •   •   cbc:URI

Legislation URI
URI that points at the text of a particular Legislation. In the case of European legislation, the URI MUST point at the multilingual EUR-LEX web-page; e.g. Directive 2014/24/EU

Example value: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:32014L0024

1..1 •   •   ccv:RequirementGroup

Criterion requirement group
A group of requirements with a specific structure relating to one Criterion

D •   •   •   @pi

Processing instruction
In the case of the RequirementGroup element the ESPD Service uses this attribute to specify whether the elements within the group must be shown or not.

Example value: GROUP_FULFILLED.ON_TRUE

1..1 •   •   •   cbc:ID

Criterion requirement group identifier
A language-independent token, e.g., a number, that allows to identify a group of requirements uniquely. Compulsory use of the UUIDs from the Criteria Taxonomy.

Example value: 7c637c0c-7703-4389-ba52-02997a055bd7

M •   •   •   •   @schemeAgencyID

Fixed value: EU-COM-GROW

M •   •   •   •   @schemeVersionID

Fixed value: 1.0

0..n •   •   •   ccv:Requirement

Criterion requirement
Requirement to fulfill an specific criterion.

M •   •   •   •   @responseDataType

Response data type
Type of response expected for this requirement; e.g. Indicator, Date, Description, etc.

Example value: INDICATOR

1..1 •   •   •   •   cbc:ID

Criterion requirement identifier
Identifier of the requirement that fulfills a specific criterion. Compulsory use of the UUIDs from the Criteria Taxonomy.

Example value: 974c8196-9d1c-419c-9ca9-45bb9f5fd59a

M •   •   •   •   •   @schemeID

Fixed value: CriterionRelatedIDs

M •   •   •   •   •   @schemeAgencyID

Fixed value: EU-COM-GROW

M •   •   •   •   •   @schemeVersionID

Fixed value: 1.0

1..1 •   •   •   •   cbc:Description

Criterion requirement description
Description of the requirement that fulfills a specific criterion. Compulsory use of the requirement description from the Criteria Taxonomy.

Example value: Your answer?

0..1 •   •   •   •   ccv:Response

Criterion requirement response
Used by the economic operator to answer a specific Requirement issued by the contracting body.

0..1 •   •   •   •   •   cbc:ID

Criterion response identifier
This id SHOULD be provided by the EO or the service provider that instantiates the ESPDResponse XML document

0..1 •   •   •   •   •   ccv-cbc:Indicator

Criterion fulfillment indicator
Indicates a positive or a negative answer provided by the economic operator as an answer to a question in the Requirement. The only possible values are false and true

Example value: true

0..1 •   •   •   •   •   cbc:Description

Criterion response description
A textual description of a criterion response that describes how an economic operators fulfills an specific criterion

0..1 •   •   •   •   •   cbc:Amount

Criterion fulfillment amount
Declared amount that fulfills this criterion.BEWARE that amounts can use decimal separators (e.g. 14134.95 but not hundred or thousand separators)

Example value: 150000.00

M •   •   •   •   •   •   @currencyID

Currency code

Example value: NOK

0..1 •   •   •   •   •   ccv-cbc:Code

Criterion fulfillment code
A code pointing at a definition of a concept as the answer to the Requirement

0..1 •   •   •   •   •   cbc:Date

Criterion fulfillment date
Declared date that fulfills this criterion. The date format MUST be 'YYYY-MM-DD', no time zone indicators to be used

Example value: 2018-01-01

0..1 •   •   •   •   •   cbc:Percent

Criterion fulfillment percenatge
Declared percentage that fulfills this criterion. Do not format the percentage with the "%" symbol, just provide a float value

Example value: 20

0..1 •   •   •   •   •   cbc:Quantity

Criterion fulfillment quantity
Declared quantity that fullfills the criterion. BEWARE that different types of Quantities can be required (see codelist ResponseDataType), some of them requires a unit code to be specified. Up to three different types of Quantities can be specified: (1) QUANTITY_INTEGER, a number representing a quantity in a specific unit of measure. The unit has to be specified (e.g. number of workers); (2) QUANTITY_YEAR, a non-negative integer (i.e. a natural number) representing a year. The unit has to be specified as YEAR, and (3) QUANTITY, a number representing a generic quantity with no unit specified (e.g. a ratio). Beware that in the case of QUANTITY_INTEGER and QUANTITY_YEAR the attribute unitCode MUST be always specified

Example value: 2016

D •   •   •   •   •   •   @unitCode

Unit of measure

Example value: YEAR

0..1 •   •   •   •   •   cac:Period

Criterion fulfillment period
Declared period that fulfills the Criterion

1..1 •   •   •   •   •   •   cbc:Description

Period description

Example value: 6 months

0..n •   •   •   •   •   cev-cac:Evidence

Evidence
One or more references to a source where a documentary proof can be obtained to demonstrate that one stated response does actually fulfill the Requirement from a Criterion

0..1 •   •   •   •   •   •   cev-cbc:EvidenceName

Evidence name
The name of an evidence

Example value: Skatteattest

0..1 •   •   •   •   •   •   cev-cbc:EmbeddedEvidenceIndicator

Embedded evidence indicator
Indicates whether the Evidence is embedded in the XML document

Fixed value: false

0..1 •   •   •   •   •   •   cev-cac:EvidenceIssuerParty

Evidence issuer party
Reference to the (trusted) party responsible for issuing the Evidence

1..1 •   •   •   •   •   •   •   cac:PartyName

Party name

1..1 •   •   •   •   •   •   •   •   cbc:Name

Evidence issuer name
Name of the trusted party issuing the evidence

Example value: Skatteetaten

0..1 •   •   •   •   •   •   cev-cac:EvidenceDocumentReference

Evidence document

0..1 •   •   •   •   •   •   •   cbc:ID

Evidence identifier
The ID for this document. Must be a UUID of version 4 (random generated UUID); this value is used internally to identify this document reference.

1..1 •   •   •   •   •   •   •   cac:Attachment

Attachment

1..1 •   •   •   •   •   •   •   •   cac:ExternalReference

External reference

1..1 •   •   •   •   •   •   •   •   •   cbc:URI

External document URI
The Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) that identifies where the external document is located.

Example value: http://www.eurodb.be/scriptsPublic/arianeweb.dll/e/m_mkt_rech

0..n •   •   •   ccv:RequirementGroup This element indicates a recursive element in this place.
0..n •   cac:AdditionalDocumentReference +

Additional document reference

1..1 •   •   cbc:ID

Document identifier
All ESPDRequest instances, MUST always include an Additional Document Reference indicating the TeD reference number of the Contract Notice the ESPDResponse is related to. This reference number MUST be specified in the field `cbc:ID`of the element cac:AdditionalDocumentReference component, and MUST follow the scheme defined by the Publications Office: [][][][]/S [][][]-[][][][][][] (e.g. 2015/S 252-461137).

Example value: 0000/S 000-000000

0..1 •   •   cbc:IssueDate

Issue date
The date, assigned by the sender, on which the document was issued. Must not include timezone information. Format YYYY-MM-DD

Example value: 2017-12-26

0..1 •   •   cbc:IssueTime

Issue time
The time, assigned by the sender, at which the document was issued. Format "hh:mm:ss", no timezone information allowed

Example value: 08:16:09

1..1 •   •   cbc:DocumentTypeCode

Document content type code
The commisions code for this type of content

Example value: TED_CN

M •   •   •   @listID

Fixed value: ReferencesTypeCodes

M •   •   •   @listAgencyID

Fixed value: EU-COM-GROW

M •   •   •   @listVersionID

Fixed value: 1.0

0..1 •   •   cac:Attachment

Attachment

1..1 •   •   •   cac:ExternalReference

External references

0..1 •   •   •   •   cbc:URI

Attachement URI
The Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) that identifies where the document is located.

Example value: https://example.com/document.pdf

0..1 •   •   •   •   cbc:FileName

File name or title
The title of the document

Example value: Belgium-Brussels: European Resource Efficiency Excellence Centre

1..1 •   •   •   •   cbc:Description

A description of the content and/or intended purpose of the referenced document

Example value: The objective of this contract is to set up a virtual European Resource Efficiency Excellence Centre. The Centre will provide information and support to European SMEs, business intermediaries, resource efficiencypractitioners and other interested parties such as regional authorities