WP05 - Market validation and pilot in Uddevalla

Objectives and approach

Validate the local market by conducting and supporting a pilot deployment. The deployment leverages on Marakanda’s existing deployed e-ordering and e-invoicing service.

Results

Work package 5 is a limited field deployment focusing on integration of the Procure platform with heterogeneous e-procurement solutions.

This pilot deployment has the objective to validate the openness of the solution and its capacity to set-up integrated cross-border systems with various proprietary technologies.

Work package 5 includes continuous monitoring of the effective adoption by SMEs and legal entities. Any unexpected result is immediately addressed thanks to a very practical project approach and methodology

Furthermore, WP5 includes a study of a global solution (from e-tendering to e-invoicing) that could help us enrich the functionalities of the e-procure platform in a future stage

Deliverables

Work package 5 will lead to the issuance of the following deliverables:

• D5.1 – Synthesis report on operations to carry out in order to encourage SMEs’ participation to public purchasing
• D5.2 –Adapted functional specifications in order to implement cross border functionalities
• D5.3 – Adapted service
• D5.4 - Synthesis report on functionalities regarding e-ordering that could be added to Procure to address the school bursars needs

Dependencies

This WP has direct dependencies with :

• WP3 T3.1 regarding return on experimentation addressing SMEs’ issues
• WP3 T3.3 regarding specifications on new functionalities in order to address cross-border issues
• WP4 T4.2 regarding analyze of French laws on e-ordering and e-invoicing

Contribution to the project objectives

Through this work packages, 3 objectives are addressed:

1. Feasibility to bring more SMEs to public purchasing platforms
2. Feasibility to address cross border issues
3. Feasibility to bid/deploy in the future a global solution around e-procurement