Undisclosed/unpublished fields - restructuring
1. New terminology: “Unpublished” à “**Undisclosed**”
- Usage in different contexts:
- Noun: “undisclosed information”/ “undisclosed fields” corresponding verb: “to withhold”
- Noun: “disclosed information” / “disclosed fields”, corresponding verb: “to disclose”
- Nouns for general process: “non-disclosure”, “disclosure”
2. New approach:
- Before: 500+ fields (all BT-195/196/197/198(BT-xxx) –fields)
- After: **4 fields** applying to the entire notice
- BT-195-notice: **Groups of Undisclosed Fields**
- repeatable
- code list
- BT-197-notice: **Non-disclosure Justification**
- not repeatable
- code list (existing code list [non-publication-justification](https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/concept-scheme/-/resource?uri=http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/non-publication-justification))
- BT-196-notice: **Non-disclosure Justification Description**
- not repeatable
- free text
- BT-198-notice: **Disclosure Date**
- not repeatable
- date format
- maximum 5 years in the future
4. Fields that are currently withholdable but should no longer be possible to withhold after the reorganisation:
1. These fields should not be withholdable due to business logic:
- BT-09(a)-Procedure (Cross Border Law)
- BT-09(b)-Procedure (Cross Border Law Description)
- BT-88-Procedure (Procedure Features)
- BT-105-Procedure (Procedure Type)
- BT-106-Procedure (Procedure Accelerated)
- BT-135-Procedure (Direct Award Justification Text)
- BT-136-Procedure (Direct Award Justification Code)
- BT-1252-Procedure (Direct Award Justification Previous Procedure Identifier)
- BT-1351-Procedure (Procedure Accelerated Justification)
- BT-142-LotResult (Winner Chosen)
- BT-144-LotResult (Not Awarded Reason)
2. These fields should not be withholdable as they have never been withheld in the past. Based on research across ca. 1.9 million eForms notices, the following fields have never been withheld:
- BT-539-LotsGroup (Award Criterion Type)
- BT-540-LotsGroup (Award Criterion Description)
- BT-541-LotsGroup (Award Criterion Number)
- BT-541-LotsGroup-FixedNumber (Award Criterion Fixed Number)
- BT-541-LotsGroup-ThresholdNumber (Award Criterion Threshold Number)
- BT-541-LotsGroup-WeightNumber (Award Criterion Weight Number)
- BT-5421-LotsGroup (Award Criterion Number Weight)
- BT-5422-LotsGroup (Award Criterion Number Fixed)
- BT-5423-LotsGroup (Award Criterion Number Threshold)
- BT-543-LotsGroup (Award Criteria Complicated)
- BT-733-LotsGroup (Award Criteria Order Justification)
- BT-734-LotsGroup (Award Criterion Name)
- BT-556-NoticeResult (Group Framework Value Lot Identifier)
- BT-156-NoticeResult (Group Framework Maximum Value)
- BT-1561-NoticeResult (Group Framework Re-estimated Value)
5. Suggested Grouping of the remaining “withholdable” fields: These fields will be grouped, and it will be possible to withhold one or multiple groups of fields at notice level. It will not be possible to withhold a select few fields within one group.
Group 1: Award Criteria
- BT-539-Lot (Award Criterion Type)
- BT-540-Lot (Award Criterion Description)
- BT-541-Lot (Award Criterion Number)
- BT-541-Lot-FixedNumber (Award Criterion Fixed Number)
- BT-541-Lot-ThresholdNumber (Award Criterion Threshold Number)
- BT-541-Lot-WeightNumber (Award Criterion Weight Number)
- BT-5421-Lot (Award Criterion Number Weight)
- BT-5422-Lot (Award Criterion Number Fixed)
- BT-5423-Lot (Award Criterion Number Threshold)
- BT-543-Lot (Award Criteria Complicated)
- BT-733-Lot (Award Criteria Order Justification)
- BT-734-Lot (Award Criterion Name)
Group 2: Framework Value Notice
- BT-118-NoticeResult (Notice Framework Maximum Value)
- BT-1118-NoticeResult (Notice Framework Approximate Value)
Group 3: Framework Value: LotResult
- BT-709-LotResult (Framework Maximum Value)
- BT-660-LotResult (Framework Re-estimated Value)
Group 4: Notice Value
- BT-161-NoticeResult (Notice Value)
Group 5: Tender Value: LotResult
- BT-710-LotResult (Tender Value Lowest)
- BT-711-LotResult (Tender Value Highest)
Group 6: Tender Information: Tender level
- BT-720-Tender (Tender Value)
- BT-162-Tender (Concession Revenue User)
- BT-160-Tender (Concession Revenue Buyer)
- BT-163-Tender (Concession Value Description)
Group 7: Statistics - Received Submissions
- BT-759-LotResult (Received Submissions Count)
- BT-760-LotResult (Received Submissions Type)
Group 8: Tender Rank
- BT-171-Tender (Tender Rank)
Group 9: Tender Variant
- BT-193-Tender (Tender Variant)
Group 10: Country of Origin
- BT-191-Tender (Country Origin)
Group 11: Information about Subcontracting
- BT-773-Tender (Subcontracting)
- BT-730-Tender (Subcontracting Value Known)
- BT-553-Tender (Subcontracting Value)
- BT-731-Tender (Subcontracting Percentage Known)
- BT-555-Tender (Subcontracting Percentage)
- BT-554-Tender (Subcontracting Description)
Group 12: Information about Review
- BT-712(a)-LotResult (Buyer Review Complainants (Code))
- BT-712(b)-LotResult (Buyer Review Complainants (Number))
- BT-635-LotResult (Buyer Review Requests Count)
- BT-636-LotResult (Buyer Review Requests Irregularity Type)
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