Börse Express – ANKÖ – Contractor Register Austria – a portrait
How the company and contractor register “FIAKER” of the City of Vienna became the market-leading full-range tendering provider ANKÖ.
The procurement system
Procurement, electronic procurement, public tenders and public procurement – this is what a possible cloud of terms from the world of public procurement could look like. Public procurement is the procurement of goods and services against payment by contracting authorities, is a possible definition and at the same time the field of work of [ANKÖ] (https://www.ankoe.at/startseite.html).
The procurement system is regulated in the Federal Procurement Act, or BVergG for short: In Austria, public procurement has been legal since 1994. Since August 21, 2018, the Federal Procurement Act 2018 regulates the award of public contracts for all clients in Austria, it cites e.g. bundesvergabegesetz.at.
Pioneer ANKÖ
Exactly 22 years ago, on December 23, 1999, the company and contractor cadastre, FIAKER for short, became the Austrian contractor cadastre, ANKÖ for short Has developed an all-round procurement provider.
Today is ANKÖ as [Komplettanbieter]
(https://www.ots.at/redirect/ankoe3) in the field of public
Procurement no longer only specializes in proof of suitability, as it was initially, but offers all services related to public procurement: from the tender database to the management of proof of suitability and the e-procurement platform, which is the market leader in Austria. Today, ANKÖ is the only Austrian one-stop shop in this area – for [Auftraggeberinnen und Auftraggeber]
(https://www.ankoe.at/kaufgeber.html) and for [Auftragnehmerinnen
und Auftragnehmer] (https://www.ankoe.at/aufnehmer.html). The services of the ANKÖ make the procurement process simpler, more efficient, more transparent and fairer.
Constituted as an association, the board of the ANKÖ is composed of representatives from the side that awards contracts (Republic of Austria, federal states, city and community federation) and the side that accepts the orders (Chamber of Commerce and Federal Chamber of Civil Engineers).
The ANKÖ service portfolio
The ANKÖ’s portfolio now covers all public procurement needs. On the client side, these are the tests of suitability, the posting of orders, the implementation of electronic awards and the holding of electronic auctions. On the contractor side, it is the proof of suitability, the finding of orders, the electronic submission of offers and the participation in auctions.
ANKÖ covers these awarding services with only three advantageously interlinked products. All three electronic tendering services can be called up online, and as pure online tools, without downloading a single program, when, from anywhere with any web-enabled device.
The ANKÖ product world
The original FIAKER cadastre still represents the core service of the ANKÖ today as “ANKÖ – List of Suitable Companies® (LgU)”: Austria’s only aptitude database. The ANKÖ eVergabe + is used for the electronic handling of procurement procedures, and the ANKÖ procurement portal for the European search for orders. The ANKÖ eAuktion was realized as part of eVergabe + and the platform was created to further strengthen the business location Vienna and Austria [ANKÖ Donau] (https://donau.ankoe.at/) for tenders in the Danube region.
The ANKÖ – List of Suitable Companies® (LgU)
to die [ANKÖ – Liste geeigneter Unternehmen® (LgU)] (https://www.ankoe.at/lgu) is Austria’s only database for proof of suitability according to the Federal Procurement Act (BVergG). With the help of the LgU, companies can manage their [Eignungsnachweise]
(https://www.ots.at/redirect/ankoe4) public clients
and make them easily and efficiently accessible to clients. The database corresponds to the “Once-Only-Principle” sought by the EU – documents and can only be specified once, but can be used for several award procedures and repeated by the [öffentlichen Hand abgefragt]
(https://www.ots.at/redirect/ankoe) will.
Over 10,000 companies are currently listed in the LgU and are available online for 9,000 authorized public clients. Every year over 100,000 proficiency tests are carried out with the ANKÖ.
Increase in efficiency
All qualifications required by the BVergG are collected in one place and clearly presented. That saves everyone a lot of time, money and nerves. Thanks to the complete mapping of the proof of suitability, companies know their suitability is always fully and completely documented.
More prestige in the procurement world
A listing in the LgU shows that everything is in order at a company and signals readiness for public contracts. to die [ANKÖ-Führungsbestätigung] (https://www.ots.at/redirect/ankoe5) is an established symbol in the procurement world for serious companies interested in public contracts.
Better to be found
Thousands of clients find listed companies in the course of direct awarding and procedures without announcement actively when placing orders and invite them to submit offers.
The ANKÖ procurement portal
[Vergabeportal.at] (https://www.ots.at/redirect/ankoe1) is the first step towards a public contract for companies. The ANKÖ’s tender database provides all the important information on announcements from Austria, the European Union (TED) and selected countries such as Switzerland, Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. It contains up to 2,500 new announcements from the fields of construction, delivery and services every day.
First-hand tender documents
Direct entries from the client give you a time head start over print media and other tendering portals. In addition to the availability of initial information and the free download of tender documents, there is the option of submitting offers electronically directly on the platform. Without installation and additional effort: simple and efficient.
Automatic monitoring
Completed searches can be saved as a search profile, with which you can have new and suitable advertisements sent to you by e-mail on a daily basis. Up to 100 search profiles can be created and managed.
One account – several users
If several employees are entrusted with the search for tenders in the company, several users can be created under one company account. This means that the procurement portal can be ideally tailored to the needs of employees.
The ANKÖ eVergabe
[eVergabe+]
(https://www.ankoe.at/kaufgeber/auftraege-ausschreiben.html) is
a web application for direct entry of tenders. Public clients use it to publish all types of announcements and award contracts. In addition, with eVergabe +, registration offices easily meet the statutory publication requirements.
The procurement process from A to Z is digitized
The entire award process is embedded in the electronic system – from publication to documentation after the award. Public clients benefit from this in many ways:
- Increased control and efficiency in the advertising process
- Evaluation scheme for determining the best offer
- Electronic dispatch of all tenders to selected publication media in Austria and the EU
- Procedural guide with support in choosing the procedure and planning deadlines
- Higher security through automatic plausibility checks and compliance with public procurement law
Helpful interfaces
Thanks to a seamless connection to the database for proof of suitability – LgU, the suitability test of the bidders for a procedure can be completed with just a few clicks.
Document legally secure
With eVergabe + all documentation obligations are automatically fulfilled. After a procedure, all award reports and protocols are clearly available for inspection and dispatch. In addition, all documents can also be transferred in an allocation file.
Procurement volume and market share
In the [Studie „Öffentliche Vergaben in Österreich]
(https://www.ots.at/redirect/ankoe2)“Hat ANKÖ in perennial
Cooperation with the Technical University of Vienna made the entire procurement volume in Austria visible. In an observation period from 2011 to 2015, the procurement volume rose from just under 60 billion euros (2011) to over 61.7 billion euros (2015), around 17.9% of GDP.
Since autumn 2018, the requirement for electronic allocation in the upper threshold has been in force. Two months after the start, the first measurements have shown that 46% of all electronic tenders in the upper threshold range in Austria were published on the ANKÖ eVergabe platform. Current measurements show that the number of orders that are published via ANKÖ has risen to a full 66%. As a customer, the ANKÖ is looking forward to presenting further product and service innovations as well as news on sustainable procurement here in 2022.