ANKÖ as a Full-Service Provider

The Auftragnehmerkataster Österreich – ANKÖ (Austrian Register of Tenderers) is a full-service supplier in the field of public procurement. Originally specialised on suitability assessment, the ANKÖ now offers different services related to public procurement: from the invitation to tender database to the collection of proofs of suitability and a platform for eProcurement. This makes the ANKÖ the only Austrian One-Stop-Shop in this field – for contracting authorities and for contractors. Its services enable the procurement procedures to be easier, more efficient, more transparent and fairer.

The ANKÖ was founded in 1999 in the legal form of an association. The primary goal is the increase of the efficiency of public procurement. An ANKÖ membership greatly reduces the time and costs for contracting authorities and contractors. With its sponsorship, the ANKÖ ensures a balance of interests between contracting authorities and contractors.

The services to put contracts out to tender (eVergabe+), find contracts (Vergabeportal.at), as well as eOffer and eAuction are managed by its wholly owned subsidiary ANKÖ Service Ges.m.b.H.

Mission:

“Our primary objective is the improvement of efficiency in public procurement for our members, partners, interested parties and all other actors in the field of public procurement.”

Business environment:

• With the help of our dynamic databases and our staff’s technical know-how, we strive to optimise a balanced and reliable service provision.
• In the Liste geeigneter Unternehmer® – LgU (List of Suitable Entrepreneurs) proofs of suitability are documented, so these do not have to be provided by the companies in every procedure. Moreover, there is the possibility of direct data revival for authorised users. That way we promote an economic procedure with less bureaucratic operations.
• By combining our Liste geeigneter Unternehmer®, the Vergabeportal (tendering platform) and eVergabe+ (eProcurement-platform), we are positioning ourselves as an essential service provider in the field of public procurement.
• Sustainable partnerships, high customer proximity and customer satisfaction as well as data privacy are of vital importance for our work.

Self-conception:

• The work in our team is characterised by honesty, collegiality, appreciation and objectivity.
• At the information interface between contracting authorities and contractors we find ourselves to be responsible for timeliness, accuracy and tender-related relevance. We perform our task with the highest level of personal and individual client care.
• High system availability and concurrent confidentiality are basic requirements for us.

Future orientation:

• We continue to develop our internal structures as well as the technical knowledge of our employees.
• We are adapting ourselves to the continuously changing legal, technical and economic requirements for both contracting authority and contractor, and we expand are online services together with procurement experts.
• We are upgrading our platform by continuously expanding our interfaces to territorial authorities.
• The number of our members, contracting authorities and sources of procurement, including those of international origin is continuously increasing.

Dialogue:

• Our internal and external communication is characterised as being open, clear and friendly.
• We are in close contact with the members of our board of directors, as well as our clients such as contracting authorities and contractors.
• In order to promote the interaction between contracting authorities and contractors, we initiate events and actively realise them.

ANKÖ is ISO 27001 certified