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ESV chooses eBuilder for the

Swedish gateway in EU’s PEPPOL project
On October 19, 2010, The Swed-
ish National Financial Management
Authority (Ekonomistyrningsverket
(ESV)) announced their intention to
sign a contract with eBuilder Swe-
den AB for delivery and operation of
the Swedish Gateway to the PEP-
POL (Pan-European Public Procure-
ment Online) infrastructure.
“Of course we are delighted to
have won the competition for this
important contract,” says Lars
Ringsby, Senior Vice President of
Business Development at eBuilder.
Lars Ringsby continues, “PEPPOL
is a prestigious project within the
European Union (EU), and the fact
that we have been chosen to deliver
and operate the Swedish Gateway is
proof of the excellence of our Pro-
curement Cloud Process. This is a
natural step following the successful
completion of the eTen PROCURE
project, in which eBuilder developed
the prototype for all the participants
in the project. A positive spin off is
that all our existing customers are
now prepared for trans-European
commerce.”
The PEPPOL — A Pan-European
E-Procurement Project
PEPPOL is an EU project aimed at
introducing more efficient, harmo-
nized electronic procurement and
invoicing processes among the na-
tions in the PEPPOL Consortium.
The project will also be a catalyst
for introducing eBusiness in compa-
nies and for speeding up the overall
uptake of new technologies. It will
facilitate cross border procurement
and help governments to achieve
lower costs, higher transparency,
easier access, and an integrated
workflow within electronic procure-
ment.
Governments are the largest buyers
in the European Union, but they lag
behind major industries in electronic
data exchange with suppliers - gov-
ernment purchases in the European
Union account for around 16 %
of GDP, which is equal to 1,500
Billion Euros. Governments want
to be able to handle key processes
with their suppliers such as tenders,
orders, delivery notes, catalogues, in-
voices, and payments electronically.
But the lack of common standards
for electronic data exchange are an
obstacle for companies to partici-
pate, without barriers, in the public
procurement processes.
EU member states have previously
expressed the intention to change
public procurement significantly.
The Manchester ministerial dec-
laration of 24 November 2005 for
example states that “by 2010 all
public administrations across Europe
will have the capability of carrying
out 100 % of their procurement
electronically and at least 50 % of
public procurement above the EU
public procurement threshold will
be carried out electronically.” The
PEPPOL project strongly supports
achieving this target.

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Vision and Objectives

The broader vision of PEPPOL is that any company in the About eBuilder
EU, including SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises),
can communicate electronically with any EU governmental eBuilder is the lead- and to customize both
institution for all procurement processes. The objective of ing global supplier of processes and integra-
the PEPPOL project is to set up a pan-European pilot solu- Cloud Processes that tions. Today eBuilder
tion that, together with existing national solutions, facilitates enable companies has customers in over
EU-wide interoperable public eProcurement. The vision of and organizations to 50 countries. Opera-
the PEPPOL project is that any company in the EU, and in automate, control, and tions are managed from
particular SMEs, will be able to communicate electronically manage their value Stockholm, Sweden
with any European governmental institution for the entire networks for Travel with regional offices in
procurement process. The final outcome of PEPPOL will be and Expense Manage- Australia and Sri Lanka.
an inter-operational environment built upon national systems ment, Procurement,
and infrastructures supporting the full cycle of eProcurement Supply Chain, and For more information,
activities. Financial Transactions.
see: www.ebuilder.com
eBuilder is unique in its
ability to deliver many
standard processes
on the same platform
The pilots to be developed in PEPPOL will enable any com-
pany in the EU and the European Economic Area (EEA) to
respond to any published public tender notice electronically
and will govern the entire procurement process. In this way, About the eTen PROCURE Project
PEPPOL will focus on the engagement and participation of
SME companies in public eProcurement. The eTen PROCURE - Costs of platform
project starts from the maintenance and de-
premise that it is better velopment are shared
for public authori- among authorities.
ties within a region
Source: www.peppol.eu. to share an e-procure- Funded by the eTen
ment platform and program, PROCURE
create a one-stop shop has developed regional
For more information about eBuilder, see: for public contract e-procurement plat-
bidding. forms in five pilot
Value network,
- Businesses don’t regions. The regions of
Reverse logistics management or
have to monitor mul- Uddevalla (Sweden),
tiple sites and submit Brittany (France), and
Contact:
responses in different Piedmont (Italy) all
Sales@ebuilder.com formats. have focused commu-
- Enable higher re- nication strategies to
+46 (0)8 585 020 00 sponse rates to tenders. improve their usage.
- Potential for joint Regional platforms
tenders between several were deployed from
authorities. scratch in the regions
- Wider participa- of Central Bohemia
tion among SMEs. (Czech Republic) and
- Greater competi- Guadeloupe (France).
tion for contracts
means more innovative
bids and less costly For more information,
contracts. see: www.eten-procure.
com
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