BG67368B1 - Implementation method of project and services platform - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the implementation method of a project and services platform with three types of users within a three-panel architecture of interconnected profile panels, user projects and correspondence, as the three types of users within the three-panel architecture of interconnected profile panels, projects and user correspondence can use opportunities to present the user with basic information, call /apply for projects, contracts and procurements, search among available projects, contracts and procurements and/ or search among potential contractors of public projects, contracts and procurements, electronically exchange calls for projects, contracts and procurements, award of projects, contracts and procurements, direct acceptance or rejection of assigned projects, contracts and procurements, communication between different types of users. The companies present themselves with a business profile. The government and local authorities announce projects and public procurements. The companies can submit their proposals directly for each project and can contact directly the institution announcing the project/contract/procurement. The platform solves serious problems such as the difficulties experienced by many countries around the world in their technological development, as well as it simplifies the way of communication between companies and their potential customers from all over the world. According to the invention, the implementation method of a project and services platform with three types of users within a three-panel architecture of interconnected profile panels, user projects and correspondence, as the three types of users within the three-panel architecture of interconnected profile panels, projects and user correspondence can use opportunities to present the user with basic information, call /apply for projects, contracts and procurements, search among available projects, contracts and procurements and/ or search among potential contractors of public projects, contracts and procurements, electronically exchange calls for projects, contracts and procurements, award of projects, contracts and procurements, direct acceptance or rejection of assigned projects, contracts and procurements, communication between different types of users.

Description

Field of the art Project and Service Platform Implementation Method is a method for implementing a platform with three types of users within a three-panel architecture of interconnected user profile, project, and correspondence panels, characterized by building functions to represent the user with basic information, offer/candidacy on projects, contracts and orders, search among available projects, contracts and orders and/or search among potential contractors of public projects, contracts and orders, exchange of offers electronically on projects, contracts and orders , assignment of projects, contracts and orders, acceptance or rejection of assigned projects, contracts and orders, communication between individual types of users. It refers to the field of information and communication technologies. As an invention, it is realized through a specific architecture.

Prior art

Currently, there are methods of implementing digital platforms that connect customers with businesses and vice versa based on the consideration of the relevant project or service. However, with them, the intra-platform communication between the relevant users or various elements of the management of the project itself, from its offer for execution to its assignment to a contractor, are missing.

Digital platforms for advertising services in the form of advertisements can be cited as prior art. They allow users to search from the database of services or projects by category for different potential contractors or contractors. At the same time, however, they do not allow project management from the selection of the service to its assignment from a single account, i.e. to conclude a contract, provide a function of accepting or rejecting the offer directly through the account, etc. In this way, a part of the communication between the individual types of users is taken outside the platform, for example during personal meetings or through telephone conversations, which creates difficulties to track the main terms of the contracts, what has been accepted and what has been rejected, etc. In order to solve this problem, it is necessary to combine all steps of project management into a single system.

"Project and Service Platform Execution Method" as a method is the first by which different types of users manage the entire process of a given project in all its phases and all communication on it as a single system. It differs from the previous examples of the prior art in the larger set of functions it provides, as well as in the interconnection of individual functions in order to achieve a single system with full transparency and unification of the project management stages from their launch until assignment and acceptance by the contractor. The method gives its three types of users within a three-panel architecture of interconnected panels for the user's profile, projects and correspondence, opportunities for a unified project management of activities - presenting the user with basic information, offering/candidating projects, contracts and orders, searching among available projects, contracts and orders and/or search among potential contractors of public projects, contracts and orders, exchange of offers by electronic means on projects, contracts and orders, awarding of projects, contracts and orders, acceptance or rejection of the awarded projects, contracts and orders, communication between different types of users.

Technical essence of the invention

The technical features of the method are realized through the construction of a specific architecture. It consists of two main elements - a user account and a legal database. Through user accounts with a three-panel architecture of interconnected panels for the user's profile, projects and correspondence, the method provides opportunities to propose / apply for projects, contracts and orders, search among available projects, contracts and orders and / or search among potential contractors of public projects , contracts and orders, direct exchange of offers by electronic means for projects, contracts and orders, direct assignment of projects, contracts and orders, direct acceptance or refusal of the assigned projects, contracts and orders, direct communication between individual types of users.

The main relationships that exist between the elements and levels in the architecture of the invention are summarized for clarity below.

“PROJECTS AND SERVICES PLATFORM IMPLEMENTATION METHOD”

The first level in the architecture are the two main elements - the user account and the legal base:

USER ACCOUNT (FIRST ELEMENT)

LEGAL BASIS (SECOND ELEMENT)

The second level of architecture is the three types of users:

GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES

LOCAL AUTHORITIES

COMPANIES

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The third level of architecture is the three panels available to each of the three types of users:

THREE MAIN PANELS:

• "PROFILE" • "PROJECTS" • "CORRESPONDENCE"

The method is based on two main elements - a user account and a legal basis. They are the first level in its architecture. The second level is the individual types of users - companies, central and local authorities - who interact through the functionalities available through their user accounts. The third level in the architecture is three panels - PROFILE, PROJECTS, CORRESPONDENCE - which are interconnected and make up the user account.

The set and sequence of operations - presenting the user with basic information, offering/candidating projects, contracts and orders, searching among available projects, contracts and orders and/or searching among potential contractors of public projects, contracts and orders, exchange of offers on electronic track on projects, contracts and orders, assignment of projects, contracts and orders, acceptance or rejection of assigned projects, contracts and orders, communication between individual types of users - are implemented precisely through the three-panel architecture of the user account, the first element of the method. The second element is the legal basis, and its role is to inform users about the legislation in the regulation of public projects, contracts and orders at the national level.

The method is implemented as a set of operations that can be performed by means of strictly defined steps and functions. The first step in it is access to the user account, which offers two options - registration of a new user or entry into the platform of an already existing one by means of identification with a username and password.

The next step is to present the relevant user with the basic information about him using the options from the PROFILE panel. It allows the user to introduce himself with a name such as a legal entity, address, telephone, e-mail address, contact person and website, and for individual types of users, information on areas of experience, past projects and annual turnover can also be included. The submitted information can also be edited if necessary. Users have the option to hide their profile for a period of time, then reveal it again so they can work, or close it completely.

The next step is the implementation of the remaining basic operations - proposal/candidacy for projects, contracts and orders, search among available projects, contracts and orders and/or search among potential contractors of public projects, contracts and orders, exchange of offers electronically by project , contracts and orders, assignment of projects, contracts and orders, acceptance or rejection of assigned projects, contracts and orders - through the PROJECTS panel. The offer of projects, contracts and orders requires the submission of basic information such as sector of the project/contract/order, name of the project/contract/order, description of the project/contract/order, budget of the project/contract/order, duration of the project/contract /order. Applications for projects, contracts and orders are realized by submitting offers, which must contain the necessary information for their understanding and evaluation, such as description, budget and deadline. The search among available projects, contracts and orders and/or the search among potential contractors of public projects, contracts and orders is realized by means of strictly defined criteria such as sector and keyword. The exchange of offers electronically for projects, contracts and orders is realized by sending the offer for the relevant project, contract or order for which the user as a contractor wishes to apply, and the user who launches the relevant project, contract or order can accept or to refuse. At the same time, it is also possible for the user who initiates a project, contract or order to offer an offer to another user as its potential executor and for the latter to accept or reject it. The possibility of accepting or rejecting the assigned project, contract or order is realized by means of acceptance and rejection options. This is realized through functions for assigning and changing the status of a project, contract or order, so that when the relevant one is assigned by the assignor and accepted by the contractor, it can no longer be offered to other users. In case of non-acceptance of the relevant project, contract or order by the potential contractor or of an unaccepted offer by the contracting authority, the project may be offered to other users. The option is also provided for users to edit the information on their projects, contracts or orders or to delete them, before award, if changes have occurred or they have already given up on them.

The possibility of communication between individual users is implemented through the CORRESPONDENCE panel. It provides functions for sending and receiving messages, for their deletion or editing before sending.

To build a unified system, which is the goal of the method, the three panels are interconnected. For this purpose, users can access each panel through their account. The functionalities of the panels are also interconnected, and through the PROJECTS panel, the user can view profiles and projects of other users, receive notifications of incoming correspondence, etc. At the same time, through the CORRESPONDENCE panel, the user can send and receive messages related to projects for which he is applying. Thus, the individual levels in the architecture of the method complement each other.

Explanation of the attached figure

Figure 1 shows the relationships between the individual elements in the platform architecture.

Examples of implementation of the invention

An example of the implementation of the method is presented as a method for implementing a digital invention. It is realized through the creation of "Platform for projects and services EU - World", aimed at connecting European companies as executors of public procurement/contracts/projects with third countries. It includes the following types of users: companies registered in the EU; central authorities of third countries; local authorities - municipalities, town halls, local administrations, etc. - to third countries. Companies present themselves with a business profile, i.e. with the following characteristics: sector of activity/s; description of experience, technological base, etc.; types of projects they can undertake or services they can provide; a reference to their past projects and other information they find important. Central and local authorities propose projects and public procurement by providing: a description of the project or projects / services sought; project budget / public and government procurement; the implementation time of the projects / orders; specifics of the projects / orders and other information they find important. Companies can directly submit their bids for any project they are interested in, as well as directly contact the institution that launched the project/order and discuss the details of it. Government and local authorities may also contact a company that catches their eye to find out about services or products they need, or if it could be a potential contractor for their project. The relationships between the three levels in the platform architecture are presented in Figure 1.

The proposed possible example of the implementation of the method through the platform is detailed below, with each of the two main elements of the project - the user accounts and the legal database detailed in terms of interface and functionality.

The implementation of the method in practice is achieved through the creation of a single digital platform system with possibilities for offering/candidating projects, contracts and orders, searching among available projects, contracts and orders and/or searching among potential contractors of public projects, contracts and orders, electronic exchange of offers for projects, contracts and orders, direct assignment of projects, contracts and orders, acceptance or rejection of assigned projects, contracts and orders, communication between individual types of users.

As a practical solution, how to make a digital version of such a system based on the proposed method is detailed below. The first element of the method is the presence of a user account with a three-panel architecture, through which all activities on the platform are carried out.

User account - first element. General characteristics of registration and access

Upon initial access to the platform, the user must register. For this purpose, he uses the function for registering a new user - NEW USER, and once he has already been registered, he can access the platform every subsequent time by means of identification of an already existing user - the LOGIN function.

NEW USER offers three options: NEW USER - Company; NEW USER Central Authority; NEW USER - Local authorities that provide the opportunity to choose what status the user enjoys. According to the three possible options listed, a new user A NEW USER can be:

NEW USER - Company

Selecting the option requires filling in the basic company information with the following data, the mandatory ones being marked with a star:

• Name *;

• EIC *;

• Address *;

• Phone number *;

• E-mail address *;

• Contact person *;

• Website;

• Areas of expertise;

• Past projects;

• Annual turnover (Company's turnover for the last fiscal year).

After entering basic user information, three options are given: Register as NEW USER, Save as Draft and Exit without saving changes. The user records the information with Register as NEW

USER. All three types of new users require account activation after selecting Register as a NEW USER. If all the required information has not yet been entered, the user has the option to save only the available data with the Save Draft option. If he does not want to save the changes, the user selects the option Exit without saving changes.

NEW USER - Central Authority

This option is chosen only by government authorities (ministries, commissions and agencies that have the status of central government bodies) and is available to the central government of each country, i.e. through it, government authorities from all over the world can register and propose projects. Selecting the option requires filling in the basic company information with the following data, the mandatory ones being marked with a star:

• Name *;

• Address *;

• Phone number *;

• E-mail address *;

• Contact person *;

• Website.

After entering basic user information, you are given a choice between three options - Register as NEW USER, Save as Draft and Exit without saving changes. The user records the information with Register as a NEW USER. All three types of new users require account activation after selecting Register as a NEW USER.

NEW USER - Local authority

This option is chosen only by local authorities (district administrations, municipalities, town halls, etc., which have the status of local authorities) is available to the local government of each country, i.e. local authorities from all over the world can register and propose projects in it. Selecting the option leads to the opening of a dialog window for filling in the basic information about the institution with the following data, the mandatory ones being marked with a star:

• Name *;

• Address *;

• Phone number *;

• E-mail address *;

• Contact person *;

• Website.

After entering basic user information, you are given a choice between three options - Register as NEW USER, Save as Draft and Exit without saving changes. The user records the information with Register as a NEW USER. All three types of new users require account activation after selecting Register as a NEW USER. If all the required information has not yet been entered, the user has the option to save only the available data with the Save Draft option. If he does not want to save the changes, the user selects the option Exit without saving changes.

By recording the basic information for each of the three types of users, a user account is created. After creating his profile, the user can now access the platform from the LOGIN option, which is located under the NEW USER option. The LOGIN option allows user identification with a username and password. For the first login, the user uses the user name and password automatically generated by the system, and then has the opportunity to change them. Below the Username and Password options are the Login and Logout options. The Login option allows logging into the user profile. The Exit option provides an option to exit.

User accounts for central and local authorities

The management of operations in the platform by users - central and local authorities - relies on three main functionalities:

PROFILE - for the user profile;

PROJECTS - for the specific projects that the authorities propose and for which they are looking for contractors;

CORRESPONDENCE - for contacts and correspondence between authorities and companies.

The user profile is the most important component of the system. PROFILE functionality provides the following options for managing the profile: VIEW PROFILE AS PUBLIC (View the profile in a public version, i.e. as all other users see it), SETTINGS, NOTIFICATIONS, EXIT.

The VIEW PROFILE AS PUBLIC option allows the user to see how his profile is visualized for other users on the platform.

The SETTINGS option provides the ability to manage the user account through four possible options:

1. Edit Your Profile - allows the user to edit their profile information such as:

• Name *;

• Address *;

• Phone number *;

• E-mail address *;

• Contact person *;

• Website.

After entering the relevant new information, the user has a choice between the options: Save changes and exit (to save changes and exit Edit Your Profile), Exit without saving changes (to exit Edit Your Profile without saving the entered information).

2. Delete your profile - the option offers to delete the profile. This option displays a message to the user asking Do you want to delete your profile? with a choice between Yes and No. When selecting Delete profile. If No is selected, exit without changes.

3. Hide/Reveal your profile - the option offers to "hide" the profile and, accordingly, "re-discover" it for platform users. If the profile is currently hidden, the option box is colored differently. This is where you manage when the profile is or isn't visible. A question has been asked to hide the user Do you want to hide your profile? is a choice between Yes and No. When selecting Delete profile. If No is selected, exit without changes. If the profile has already been hidden, to rediscover it, the user is asked the question Do you want to reveal your profile again? is a choice between Yes and No. When selecting Delete profile. If No is selected, exit without changes.

4. Exit - to exit SETTINGS.

The NOTIFICATIONS option shows if the user has new notifications. Notification preview is through a red number in the upper right corner of NOTIFICATIONS showing the number of notifications received such as Messages and Offers. The Messages option directs the user to the mailbox in their user account. The Offers option directs the user to the PROJECTS panel (View Offers) in their user account.

The LOGOUT option provides the user with an opportunity to exit their user account.

PROJECTS and CORRESPONDENCE functionalities provide opportunities for the user - central or local authority - to communicate with other users and use the platform. These options are different for different types of users.

PROJECTS functionality provides the following options:

1. LAUNCH PUBLIC PROJECT/CONTRACT/ORDER

This option allows you to enter the project/contract/order data, marking the mandatory ones with an asterisk:

• Sector of the project/contract/order *.

• Name of the project/contract/order *.

• Description of the project/contract/order *.

• Budget of the project/contract/order *.

• Duration of the project/contract/order *.

In addition to these data, the system also provides the following three functions regarding the entry of new project/contract/order information: Attach File, Save Draft and Activate Project/Contract/Order. As soon as the user enters a project/contract/order, the user has the option to attach additional information about it via Attach a file, which can be up to 20 MB and can be downloaded when viewing the offer. Also, if he is not done with recording all the project/contract/order details, he can save only the available data with the Save Draft option. It is used to save all data up to date. The Activate project/contract/order option enables a project/contract/order to be visualized in the platform with an Active status. The system makes it possible to generate up to 10 current active projects/contracts/orders from a given administration. Once a contractor or supplier is selected for a project, the government or local authority user is prompted by the system to save the project as Awarded with a system-generated message Please change the status to Awarded from the drop-down menu functions or directly delete it from your list , again via the drop-down menu.

2. CHANGE PROJECT/CONTRACT/ORDER STATUS

The option allows changing the status of a user-entered project by opening a table of all user-entered projects in four columns: Draft, Active, Assigned, Deleted. The table supports up to 10 column entries per page ie. if one of the columns contains more than 10 records, then the user has to go to the next page if he wants to see all the available records.

The first column Deleted contains only projects/contracts/orders that have not yet been activated, but their record contains partial information about them. Selecting a project/contract/order from the list Drafts generates a message What do you want to do with the draft? with three main options Modify draft, Delete draft, Exit without saving changes. The first option Change draft allows to make changes to a project/contract/order by editing the basic information about them. The second option Delete Draft allows the selected entry to be deleted. The third option, Exit without saving changes, does not change the record, it only exits it.

The second Active column contains only projects/contracts/orders that are active in the system, i.e. which have the complete information about them and for which offers can be sent. All entries from this column are by default public in the system, ie. they are visible to all other users - companies and authorities. Selecting a project/contract/order from the Active list generates a message What do you want to do with the project/contract/order? and with three main options - Assign the project/contract/order, Delete the project/contract/order and Exit without saving changes. The first option Assign the project/contract/order allows the user to assign the project/contract/order by filling in the information in response to one of the following criteria:

• Assigned to a legal entity (to which contractor company is assigned);

• Assigned in response to an offer number (according to which offer, according to the offer number generated by the system, it was assigned).

Each criterion has three options - Save changes without assignment and exit (to save only the information entered so far on the order assignment and exit the system), Exit without saving changes (to exit the system without saving the entered information) and Assign. Only selecting the Assign option changes the status of the project to Assigned and sends it to the third column ie. it has already been successfully assigned. The second option Delete the project/contract/order allows the project/contract/order to be deleted, which is authenticated by the question Do you want to delete the project/contract/order? with a choice between Yes and No. Selecting the Yes option sends the project/contract/order to the Deleted column. Selecting the No option provides an exit without changes to the order/contract/project record. The last option Exit without saving changes for the projects/contracts/orders in the Active column does not result in changes, but only provides an exit from the record.

The third column - Assigned - contains only projects that have already been assigned to a contractor. Entries in this column are by default public, but the user can, if the relevant legislation does not oblige him to make projects and artists public, hide some or all entries. Projects can be deleted here, and it is recommended to do this, for example, after the project or contract has expired. By selecting an entry from the column, the user's intent is identified with a question Do you want to delete the project/contract/order? and with the possibility of choosing between Yes and No. Selecting the Yes option sends the project/contract/order to the Deleted column. Selecting the No option provides an exit without changes to the order/contract/project record.

The fourth column - Deleted - contains only already deleted projects/contracts/orders. By selecting an entry from the column, the user's intent is identified with a question Do you want to delete the project/contract/order? and with the possibility of choosing between Yes and No. Selecting the Yes option sends the project/contract/order to the Deleted column. Selecting the No option provides an exit without changes to the order/contract/project record.

3. SEE COMPANIES

Provides an opportunity to review companies based on the following criteria:

• By field of experience - possibility to choose the desired sector. The system displays the companies from the selected sector, which submitted in their registration information in their user profile the relevant sector of experience in alphabetical order. The system offers the possibility to filter the results by keyword. Thus, the user has the opportunity to simultaneously see the companies from the sector he needs, but also to refine the search according to the specific information he is interested in, embedded in the keywords.

• By keyword - possibility to search for companies by keywords. When searching by keywords, the system directly displays the names of companies that have set the relevant keywords in their user profiles, including as areas of expertise, but also as any other provided by them as mandatory and optional.

4. VIEW OFFERS - provides an opportunity in the form of a three-column table to see the bid proposals received for the projects. The table contains three main columns: the first column Serial number is for the serial number of the records from the second column, the second column contains the names of the corresponding projects Projects/Contracts/Orders, and the third column Offers - records of the received offers for each project, during their doing. Newly received offers that have not yet been read by the user are distinguished as entries with a different color.

Entries from the Offers column can be processed in three ways:

View - to view the record;

Mark as read/unread - mark as read/unread;

Delete - to delete the entry.

When the View option is selected, the corresponding offer opens with all the information received on it. When selecting the option Mark as read/unread, the corresponding record is colored, and the information contained in the offer is archived. If the user wants to read an already archived offer again or make it appear as new, he can select the already archived offer and it becomes active again. Selecting the Delete option deletes the record, identifying the user's intent with the question Do you want to delete the offer? with a choice between Yes and No. When selecting To delete the offer. If No is selected, exit without changes.

5. EXIT - to exit PROJECTS.

The third functionality is CORRESPONDENCE. It serves to manage correspondence, allowing sending and receiving messages, as well as forwarding and deleting already received ones. It has the following options:

1. SEND NEW MESSAGE - to send a new message;

2. READ MESSAGES AND DRAFT - to read incoming mail and to view not yet sent messages that the user has created;

3. EXIT - to exit from CORRESPONDENCE.

Selecting the SEND NEW MESSAGE option opens a message creation window with the following information:

Send to: - to record the email address of the recipient(s) of the message.

Copy to: - to write the address of recipient/s in visible copy. Addresses of recipients written in this type of copy should be visible to all recipients of the letter.

Bcc to: - to write the address of a recipient/s in a bcc. Addresses of the recipients written in this type of copy should be visible only to the respective recipient, but not to the other recipients of the letter.

Title: to write the title of the message.

Message: to write the text of the message.

Message: is accompanied by the corresponding options:

Attach a file - to attach a file up to 20 MB.

Send - to send the message.

Exit without saving changes - exit SEND NEW MESSAGE without saving changes to the message.

Save as draft - saves the created message without sending it to a recipient by moving it to READ MESSAGES AND DRAFT.

Selecting the READ MESSAGES AND DRAFT option consists of three parts. The first is Received messages and it displays the records of all unread incoming messages by title and date of receipt. The second is Chernovi. In it, the user can view all draft messages that he has saved but not yet sent by title and save date. The third one is Sent messages and allows viewing of all sent messages, by title and date of sending.

The EXIT option allows the user to exit CORRESPONDENCE.

User accounts for companies

The management of operations in the platform on the side of users - companies - relies on the same three main functionalities with corresponding differences in options:

1. PROFILE - for the user profile;

2. PROJECTS - to review the available active projects, as well as to manage the information of the specific projects for which the companies have offered offers;

3. CORRESPONDENCE - for contacts and correspondence with government and local authorities.

The user profile is the most important component of the system. PROFILE functionality provides the following options for managing the profile: VIEW PROFILE AS PUBLIC (View the profile in a public version, i.e. as all other users see it), SETTINGS, NOTIFICATIONS, EXIT. The VIEW PROFILE AS PUBLIC option allows the user to see how his profile is visualized for other users on the platform.

The SETTINGS option provides the ability to manage the user account through four possible options:

1. Edit Your Profile - allows the user to edit their profile information such as:

• Name *;

• Address *;

• Phone number *;

• E-mail address *;

• Contact person *;

• Website;

• Areas of expertise;

• Past projects;

• Annual turnover.

After entering the relevant new information in each of the fields, the user has a choice between two options: Save changes and exit (to save changes and exit Edit Your Profile), Exit without saving changes (to exit Edit Your Profile without saving the information entered).

2. Delete your profile - the option offers to delete the profile. This option displays a message to the user asking Do you want to delete your profile? with a choice between Yes and No. When selecting Delete profile. If No is selected, exit without changes.

3. Hide/Reveal your profile - the option offers to "hide" the profile and, accordingly, "re-discover" it for platform users. If the profile is currently hidden, the option box is colored differently. This is where you manage when the profile is or isn't visible. A question has been asked to hide the user Do you want to hide your profile? with a choice between Yes and No. When selecting Delete profile. If No is selected, exit without changes. If the profile has already been hidden, to rediscover it, the user is asked the question Do you want to reveal your profile again? with a choice between Yes and No. When selecting Delete profile. If No is selected, exit without changes.

4. Exit - to exit SETTINGS.

The NOTIFICATIONS option shows if the user has new notifications. Notification preview is through a red number in the upper right corner of NOTIFICATIONS showing the number of notifications received such as Announcements and Offers. The Messages option directs the user to the mailbox in their user account. The Offers option directs the user to the PROJECTS panel (View Offers) in their user account.

The LOGOUT option provides the user with an opportunity to exit their user account.

PROJECTS and CORRESPONDENCE functionalities provide the company user with the opportunity to communicate with other users and use the platform. Their role is again similar to that of PROJECTS and CORRESPONDENCE functionalities for users - government and local authorities.

PROJECTS functionality offers the following options:

1. SEARCH FOR PROJECTS - in this option, two criteria for viewing active projects are displayed:

• By sector - search for projects by economic sector. The system displays a list of projects from the selected sector. The records are displayed in alphabetical order, according to the name of the projects. At the same time, it is possible to filter the results. Thus, the user has the opportunity to simultaneously see the orders from the sector in which he wants to offer offers, but also to refine the search according to specific information that interests him, embedded in the keywords.

• By keyword - search for projects by keywords. When searching by keywords, the projects that set the corresponding keywords in their descriptions are displayed, but also as any other information entered as mandatory and optional.

When the company likes an active project, it can look at it and bid on it. This is achieved by viewing the project using the View project/contract/order option, which contains all information about the project/contract/order:

Sector (the sector in which the project or order falls is visualized here).

Name (the name of the project or order is displayed here).

Description (the description of the project or the order being awarded is visualized here).

Budget (the project budget is visualized here).

Deadline (this shows how long the project should be completed).

From now on, for work on the project/contract/order, a choice is made between the following options: Save the project/contract/order, Send an offer, Exit. The Save Project/Contract/Order option provides an option to save the project/contract/order that the user company liked when viewing. It sends the record as saved in the record group of the VIEW SAVED PROJECTS/CONTRACTS/ORDER option. The Send offer option serves to enter the basic information about the offer - which can be only one for the relevant project from a given company:

• Description of the offer *.

• Budget of the offer * (with what budget is the offer).

• Term of the offer * (within what period it must be completed, start and end date, etc.).

Once the user enters the offer, he has the option to choose what to do next. For this purpose, the following offer management options are provided: Attach file, Save draft, Send offer and Exit. Attach File allows up to 20 MB of additional information to be attached to each offer, eg technical specifications etc., to also be submitted. At the same time, if the user is not ready with recording all the details of the offer, he can save only the available data with the Save Draft option. Submit offer is used to send offers to the relevant authorities. If the user submits an offer, a number is generated for it and it can be viewed from VIEW PROJECTS/CONTRACTS/ORDER YOU APPLIED FOR. Exit option serves to exit from View the project/contract/order.

2. VIEW SAVED PROJECTS/CONTRACTS/ORDER - the option allows the user to see by date all projects or orders whose records he has saved, but has not yet applied for. The records are visualized in the form of a table that has three columns - Serial number for the serial number of the record, Name of the project/contract/order - for the name of the project as it appears in the platform, Seen on - for the time and date when was last viewed by the user, saving the last time and date when the record was viewed by him. The table supports up to 10 column entries per page ie. if one of the columns contains more than 10 records, then the user has to go to the next page if he wants to see all the available records.

3. SEE PROJECTS/CONTRACTS/ORDER FOR WHICH YOU HAVE APPLIED - the option allows the user to see by date all the projects or orders for which he has applied. The records are visualized in the form of a table that has four columns - Serial number for the serial number of the record, Name of the project/contract/order - for the name of the project as it appears in the platform, Tender number - a system-generated number of the offer, Apply at - for the time and date when the offer was sent. In the event that a given offer is selected by the contracting authority, its entry in the row of the table is colored in a different color, as well as a notification message is sent "Your offer under number (number of the offer as a hyperlink) has been selected for the project (name of the project/ the contract/order as a hyperlink) from (the user name of the contracting authority from his public profile in the system as a hyperlink). You can contact the contractor.”

The same message that is generated in the user's account is also sent to his personal e-mail address. The message contains the same text, accompanied by the relevant hyperlinks "Your tender under the number (tender number as a hyperlink) has been selected for the project (name of the project/contract/order as a hyperlink) by (the user name of the contracting authority from his public profile in the system as a hyperlink ). You can contact the contractor”. Viewing the hyperlinks in the message through the personal e-mail box is possible only after identification with the username and password from the platform, i.e. a connection must be made to the platform server to avoid leaking information from users' personal e-mails.

The table for orders and projects on which the user has submitted a quote supports up to 10 column entries per page, ie. if one of the columns contains more than 10 records, then the user has to go to the next page if he wants to see all the available records.

4. EXIT - to exit PROJECTS.

The third functionality is CORRESPONDENCE. It serves to manage correspondence and is a mailbox that allows sending and receiving messages, as well as forwarding and deleting already received mail. It has the following options:

1. SEND NEW MESSAGE - to send a new message;

2. READ MESSAGES AND DRAFT - to read incoming mail and to view not yet sent messages that the user has created;

3. EXIT - to exit from CORRESPONDENCE.

Selecting the SEND NEW MESSAGE option opens a message creation window with the following information:

Send to: - to record the email address of the recipient or recipients of the message.

Copy to: - to write the address of recipient/s in visible copy. Addresses of recipients written in this type of copy should be visible to all recipients of the letter.

Bcc to: - to write the address of a recipient/s in a bcc. Addresses of the recipients written in this type of copy should be visible only to the respective recipient, but not to the other recipients of the letter.

Title: to write the title of the message

Message: to write the text of the message.

Message: is accompanied by the corresponding options:

Attach a file - to attach a file up to 20 MB.

Send - to send the message.

Exit without saving changes - exit SEND NEW MESSAGE without saving changes to the message.

Save as draft - saves the created message without sending it to a recipient by moving it to READ MESSAGES AND DRAFT.

Selecting the READ MESSAGES AND DRAFT option consists of three parts. The first is Received messages and it displays the records of all unread incoming messages by title and date of receipt. The second is Chernovi. In it, the user can view all draft messages that he has saved but not yet sent by title and save date. The third one is Sent messages and allows viewing of all sent messages, by title and date of sending.

The EXIT option allows the user to exit CORRESPONDENCE.

The information entered by the user is visible to all other users, including in the management of operations such as launching a new project, for example, indication of an offer on the project by a contractor company, selection of a contractor, etc. The main goal is to achieve maximum transparency and a competitive environment in the awarding and selection of contractors, as well as the most facilitated contacts between the authorities and businesses.

Legal basis - second element

The second element of the platform for projects and services is the legal basis, which is absolutely necessary for the participants of the platform to guide them how, what and to whom they can offer. Along with user accounts, a LEGAL INFORMATION FOR EU COMPANIES AND NON-EU INSTITUTIONS section has been integrated into the platform's front page in the upper left corner. It is available in the form of an option through which users can search - in alphabetical order of countries - in which country, how public procurement is regulated, and with which countries there are contracts for the eligibility of public procurement contractors. The option is SEE LEGAL BASIS FOR PUBLIC PROJECTS/CONTRACTS/PROCUREMENTS FOR WHICH YOU CAN APPLY AS A COMPANY OR AWARD AS AN INSTITUTION. Its structure offers the display of countries in alphabetical order by choosing between three buttons located in the lower right corner of the window from left to right: VIEW LEGAL SOURCES IN ENGLISH, VIEW LEGAL SOURCES IN LOCAL LANGUAGE and EXIT. Selecting SEE LEGAL SOURCES IN ENGLISH leads to the digital representation on the internet of an institution, portal or state gazette of the respective country, where the public procurement rules of the respective country are published in English. Selecting VIEW LEGAL SOURCES IN LOCAL LANGUAGE displays the same information and from the same sources, if possible, but in the country's official language. Selecting the EXIT button closes the dialog box.

Application (use) of the invention

The project and service platform implementation method finds application as a link between the business and potential users of its products/services from around the world, in the form of public procurement. Through the exemplary implementation presented, this method facilitates the access of European companies to state or locally funded projects of third countries, including those of regional importance (co-financed by the governments of several non-EU countries for example). The execution method of the platform provides a choice simultaneously for all three types of users: both for governments and local administrations from non-EU countries to find a reliable contractor or supplier, and for European companies interested in public procurement and projects, to discover and work with the right project and client for them.

The two main elements of the platform - the account and the legal basis are not connected to each other, as it is not necessary or mandatory for each user to consult the legal basis. The user profile is divided into three possible types of users - government authorities, local authorities and contractor companies. This dependence is reflected by the thin black connecting lines (Fig. 1). User accounts for government and local accounts are separated, because public procurement is often regulated by different laws at the central and local levels, and the value is very different, so it would be more convenient for those working in the field to divide into two types accounts. At the same time, each of the three types of users has an identical architecture of the user account - with panels "Profile", "Projects" and "Correspondence" (Fig. 1), the thin connecting black lines reflect the presence of all these three panels in each type of account .

A possible example of the implementation of a unified project management of public procurement activities through the "Projects and Services Platform: EU-World" could look like this, combining all functions:

Bid/bid for projects, contracts and orders: For example, the government of a third country launches a project to build a nuclear power plant in the platform, due to a lack of its own capacity and expertise. Several companies from the EU are applying for the project, which consider that their capacities and expertise are sufficient to carry it out.

Search among available projects, contracts and orders: European companies in the energy sector themselves search through their accounts for projects, public procurement or third-party contracts that they can apply for as contractors, based on the capabilities and expertise they have.

And/or search among potential contractors of public projects, contracts and orders: The government of the relevant third country searches through its account on the platform which European companies work in the nuclear energy sector and what nuclear power construction projects they have completed. At the same time, the third country government itself may contact companies it deems capable of carrying out the project.

Electronic exchange of bids on projects, contracts and orders: Three companies send a bid on the project for the construction of a power plant to the user - a third-party government.

Project award, contracts and procurement: The third country government selects an EU company as a possible contractor for its project and awards the public procurement to it through the system, i.e. on her account.

Acceptance or rejection of assigned projects, contracts and orders: The European company receives the assigned order in its account, but considers that it cannot fulfill it because it has already won others through the platform and declines the offer. The third party government makes the offer to a second company and it accepts it through its account.

Communication between different types of users: The government of the third country and several European companies communicate through the platform by exchanging messages and offers on the nuclear power plant construction project.

Claims (1)

Method for implementing a platform for projects and services with three types of users within a three-panel architecture of interconnected profile panels, projects and user correspondence, characterized in that the three types of users within a three-panel architecture of interconnected profile panels, projects and user correspondence use opportunities to present the user with basic information, offer / apply for projects, contracts and orders, search among available projects, contracts and orders and / or search among potential contractors of public projects, contracts and orders, exchange of offers electronically for projects, contracts and orders, award of projects, contracts and orders, direct acceptance or rejection of the assigned projects, contracts and orders, communication between different types of users