eForms are an EU legislative open standard for publishing public procurement data, established under Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1780 . They are digital standard forms used by public buyers to publish notices on Tenders Electronic Daily — an online portal for public procurement notices from across the EU.
eForms are at the core of the digital transformation of public procurement in the EU. Using a common standard and terminology, can significantly improve the quality and analysis of data. They became mandatory in October 2023.
Well implemented eForms increase the ability of businesses and other organisations to find procurement notices. They also reduce the administrative burden for buyers, increase the ability of governments to make data-driven decisions about public spending, and make public procurement more transparent. In 2022 and 2023, the European Commission adopted 2 amendments to address requests to update the regulation.
In November 2022, the Commission adopted Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2303 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1780. The first amendment addressed the requests on several topics, like reporting requirements under the Clean Vehicles Directive, Green Public Procurement, EU funds and framework agreements.
In December 2023, the European Commission adopted Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2884 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1780. The second amendment addresses the requests to include fields for International Procurement Instruments, Foreign Subsidies Regulation, the Energy Efficiency Directive and to include voluntary forms. A user-friendly format of the annex is also available.
The Publications Office of the EU has made available the eForms Software Development Toolkit (SDK) - the collection of resources, models and schemas providing the foundation for building eForms applications - and the related code lists for the implementation of eForms in eProcurement systems.