PEPPOL Components
The following PEPPOL support pages for implementers (specifications) are availible at:
PEPPOL facilitates the pre-award and post-award procurement process with standardised components by focusing on the most complex eProcurement elements (marked yellow in the graphic below):
In the pre-award phase, PEPPOL supports the public tender process with:
- validation of eSignatures based on electronic certificates issued by authorities
- a Virtual Company Dossier to submit standardised company information (evidence, certificates and attestations)
- an eCatalogue to submit offers about goods and services in a standardised format
In the post-award process, PEPPOL covers:
- the eCatalogue to exchange information about goods and services offered under the contract
- eOrders and eInvoicing providing the buyer and suppliers with defined procedures to share common business information
- the Transport Infrastructure, the foundation of all PEPPOL post-award services, based on common, national IT compatible standards and interconnecting eProcurement communities