Overview

The Competitive Dialogue procedure is plugin to Open Procurement API software.

REST-ful interface to plugin is in line with core software design principles.

Conventions

This plugin conventions follow the Open Procurement API conventions.

Main responsibilities

CompetitiveDialogue procedure which split on 2 stages, first it’s where broker specify requirements, and second where he create tender with requirements from first stage. Second stage by procedure similar to Open EU, and Open UA.

Project status

The project is in active development and has pilot installations.

The source repository for this project is on GitHub: https://github.com/openprocurement/openprocurement.tender.competitivedialogue

You can leave feedback by raising a new issue on the issue tracker (GitHub registration necessary). For general discussion use Open Procurement General maillist.

Documentation of related packages

• OpenProcurement API
• Open tender procedure (OpenUA)
• Open tender procedure (OpenEU)
• Reporting, negotiation procurement procedure and negotiation procedure for the urgent need
• Defense open tender
• Contracting API interface to OpenProcurement database

API stability

API is highly unstable, and while API endpoints are expected to remain relatively stable the data exchange formats are expected to be changed a lot. The changes in the API are communicated via Open Procurement API maillist.

Next steps

You might find it helpful to look at the Tutorial or Multiple Lots Tutorial.