CEN/ISSS Business Interoperability Interfaces
for Public procurement
in Europe (CENBII)

Specifications

From this page you can access the full CEN workshop agreement for the CENBII workshop.

The CENBII specification is a meant to facilitate effective public procurement solution with focus on cross-border interoperability and closing the gap between systems built on UN/CEFACT and OASIS/UBL 2.0; they can be used to create interoperability between users of the two standards.

The CWA contains the following deliverables:

  Part 0 Introduction
 
Part 1
Profile overview
(message contents and business processes) for public procurement processes. The descriptions will in detail show their fields of application so that the needed ones can be selected.
  Part 2 UBL-UN/CEFACT convergence
describing the differences and mapping between UN/CEFACT CCL as well as ISO 20022 Invoice related requirements and the BII Workshop requirements . The mapping will show how messages from the standards can be used to support interoperability by use of the profiles.
  Part 3 A toolbox requirements
for how to use the profiles for implementation. The toolbox will guide the implementation of profiles for owners of systems based on one of the two standards.
  Part 4 Evaluation guidelines for testing and piloting
for applications using the profiles. Methodology and guidelines for testing and piloting are essential for all implementations, so also for interoperability by use of the profiles. Such documentation is therefore a main part of the deliverable.