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e-Request version 1.0.24 deployed in December 2012

A new release (1.0.24) of the e-Request module has been put in production on 06/12/2012. For further details, please check the release notes of e-Request v1.0.24(43 Kb) as well as the e-Request user manual(3.83 Mb).

 

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First electronic invoice sent through the e-PRIOR Supplier Portal

On 13 December, the first electronic invoice was sent to the Commission through the e-PRIOR Supplier Portal.

Until now, suppliers were submitting electronic invoices to the Commission connecting their own systems to the e-PRIOR e-procurement platform using web services. e-Invoicing via machine-to-machine connection allows automation and interoperability, avoids double encoding and offers many other advantages.

However, in order to also reach suppliers who are not using a machine-to-machine connection - such as SMEs, individuals or suppliers sending a limited number of invoices per year -, we now provide a means to encode and send invoices through the e-PRIOR Supplier Portal. The e-PRIOR platform is routing them to the appropriate customer back office, where invoices are processed following the usual validation flow.

The new e-Invoicing module available in the e-PRIOR Supplier Portal is designed in such a way that the effort required to create an invoice is as low as possible. The invoicing data can be copied from an electronic order, but also from a previously sent invoice.

PwC is sending only a limited number of invoices per year to the Commission and was the first supplier to send an electronic invoice through the e-PRIOR Supplier Portal.

The implementation of the e-Invoicing module on the e-PRIOR Supplier Portal is an important step towards the further roll-out of e-PRIOR and contributes to the promotion of e-Invoicing in Europe.

Release 1.0.19 of e-Request went live end of November 2011

Dear Suppliers,

A new release (1.0.19) of the e-Request module has been put in production on 30/11/2011. The application now supports amendments and replacements, two new types of requests that customers may send to suppliers in relation to an existing closed request.
e-Request has also been updated to handle requests for the ISEP market procedure from DG EAC.

For further details, please review the release notes of e-Request v1.0.19(94 Kb).
Also note that the e-Request user manual(3.83 Mb) has been updated to match the new functionality.

The e-Procurement Team
DIGIT-B4

A corrective e-Request release goes live on 13 September 2011

Dear Suppliers,

A corrective release (1.0.17) of the e-Request module has been put in production on 13/09/2011. The new attachment type (Letter Of Intent, or LOI) for formal offers introduced in the previous release has been made optional for all market procedures.

Note that an LOI can still be attached to any freelance candidate proposed in an ITSS T&M II formal offer, but the system will not block you anymore if you omit to do so.

The e-Request user manual(3.83 Mb) has been updated accordingly.

The e-Procurement Team
DIGIT-B4

Roll-out of a new release of the e-Request module [24 August 2011]

Dear Suppliers,

A new release (1.0.16) of the e-Request module has been put in production on 24/08/2011.

e-Request now supports a new type of attachment in formal offers: the Letter Of Intent, or LOI. This new attachment type is available at the request line level of a formal offer for any market procedure.

As of now, it is becoming mandatory to attach an LOI to any candidate proposed in a formal offer related to the ITSS T&M II procedure, while it remains optional in DESIS II offers.
Note that the e-Request user manual(3.83 Mb) has been updated accordingly.

The e-Procurement Team
DIGIT-B4

New invoice creation functionality available in e-Invoicing 1.0.0... [30 June 2011]

Dear Suppliers,

As from today 30th of June 2011, the e-Invoicing module on the Supplier Portal now also allows authorised users to create and send invoices to their Customer(s) using a brand-new wizard. The user manual(1.92 Mb) on the Documentation page has been updated to cover the new functionality.

The e-Procurement Team
DIGIT-B4

e-Invoicing Release 1.0.0 goes live... [27 April 2011]

Dear Suppliers,

As from today 27th of April, the Supplier Portal will be hosting a new e-Invoicing module.
e-Invoicing is essentially a mailbox application allowing Suppliers to check the status and view all the invoices, credit notes and related documents sent to the European Commission thanks to the web services of e-PRIOR.

Please note that this first release of e-Invoicing is a viewing tool only: it does not allow Suppliers to send invoices to the Commission.

The e-Invoicing connection kit(1.94 Mb) and user manual(1.92 Mb) are available on the Documentation page.

The e-Procurement Team
DIGIT-B4

Supplier Portal availability [15 september 2010]

Dear Suppliers,

We are pleased to announce that the Supplier Portal is now available to all Suppliers of DIGIT's ESP-DESIS II framework contracts. The portal currently provides a direct link to the new e-Request module for suppliers.

Do not hesitate to review the content of these information pages: they contain useful information on how to access and use the Supplier Portal and the e-Request application.

The e-Procurement Team
DIGIT-B4