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July 2011

'XVergabe', Germany’s eTendering cross-platform communication standards project, has since July 2011 an official website. The project XVergabe aims to develop platformindependent eTendering standards for the cross-platform exchange of documents and data between the bidders and the eTendering platforms. The standards are planned to be available in early 2012. For the time being, the xvergabe.org website contains basic project information as well as the most important documents that are released as part of the project’s work. Moreover, it includes useful links, contact details and information regarding the next steps of the project. In Germany, less than 5 % of all tenders in public procurement processes are being transmitted electronically, largely due to the fragmented and incompatible interfaces of the solutions providers.