The eProcurement Scotl@nd Service
eProcurement Scotland (ePS) is a fully hosted and managed 24 x 7 eProcurement service which supports the full purchase to pay cycle providing a range of services including e-sourcing (electronic tendering and auctions) and transactional purchase to pay solutions. ePS was procured by the Scottish Government for the whole of the public sector in Scotland to use. The service is provided by Capgemini UK using Elcom's technology platform(PECOS for transactional purchasing and DTC for eSourcing). A national eProcurement programme team manage the roll out of the service.
Buying organisations pay a joining fee. There are no general joining or service management charges for Suppliers nor any transaction fees. There may, however, be costs to set-up electronic transmission by cXML of orders, invoices and credits.
Service Elements
The scope of the service includes the analysis of an individual buying organisation's requirements and priorities, followed by the development, delivery, support and management of eProcurement services to the Scottish public sector buying organisation and their Suppliers.
The standard service elements comprising the ePS service includes:
- Pre-implementation 'Scope and Readiness' consultancy
- Application service provision
- Buying organisation implementation
- Supplier e-enablement
- Service support, development and management
Functional Features
Key functional features within the service include:
- Standard 'Browser' based access
- Functionality from Requisition - Invoice matching
- Messaging / Interfacing with Legacy systems
- Embedded Purchase Cards
- eForms
- Configurable business rules/authorisations
- Catalogue management tools for buyer organisations
- Management information reports
- Electronic tendering
- Invoice approval workflow
- eInvoicing by Direct and Indirect cXML transmission
Optional Services
A range of additional services are available for buying organisations these include:
- Process re-engineering
- Change management
- Strategic sourcing
- Legacy systems integration
- Bespoke marketing and communications
- Bespoke training
Options available for suppliers include:
- Punch-Out
- cXML inbound and outbound transmissions
More information
To find out more about ePS please contact the programme team. Details are on the contact us page.