FprEN 17014-1

Electronic public procurement - Pre-award - Part 1: Choreographies FprEN 17014-1

Publication date:   Jan 29, 2026

Scope

This choreographies document specifies pre-award processes between Contracting Entities (Buyer) and Economic Operators (Seller) where the Contracting Entity wants to contract an Economic Operator. It specifies a series of activities that govern communication between the parties and refers to the specifications where information and rules that apply are specified.
The various possible behaviours of the Seller and Buyer subsequent to the communication are conveyed by variants of this choreography that are specified in Clause 6.
This document is linked to the directives on public procurement [7] and on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors [8] and on the award of concession contracts [9] and on the coordination of procedures for the award of contracts in the fields of defence and security [10]. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1780 establishing standard forms for the publication of notices [eForms] [11] and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/7 establishing the standard form for the European Single Procurement Document [ESPD] [12] are supplementary regulations that are relevant to this document.
The identifier of this choreographies document is EN 17014-1:2026.
The corresponding transactions are described in prEN 17014-2:2025 [13].
How to claim conformance to this choreography is specified in 6.2.2.