The Procurement Domain group is focused on supporting private and public sector entities to achieve effective and efficient processes for acquiring goods, services and works.

This domain group is the successor to TBG 1 (UN/CEFACT Forum International Trade & Business Processes Group 1) and TBG 6 (UN/CEFACT Forum …..).  

Using the BUY-SHIP-PAY (International Supply Chain Reference Model), the Procurement and Supply Chain Management Domains covers all aspects except the Ship and Pay processes.  The Procurement Domain specifically looks at messages related to the Tendering process, such as, used in Public Procurement and the Construction Sector.

The scope of the Procurement Domain group is to:

•	Develop and maintain UN/CEFACT Business Standards to support the procurement processes. This includes Business Process Models, Business Transaction Models and semantics expressed in a syntax neutral way, as well as the corresponding UN/CEFACT syntax solutions.
•	Encourage the active participation in the Procurement Domain group of interested user communities in Industry, Trade and Procurement, in accordance with UN/CEFACT membership criteria.
•	Maintain close relations with other UN/CEFACT groups as appropriate.
•	Promote and support the work of UN/CEFACT.

•	Business Requirements Specification (BRS)
        o Project Schedule and Cost Performance Management
        o e-Tendering
        o Contract Financial Execution Management (CFEM)
•	Requirements Specification Mapping (RSM)
        o e-Tendering
        o Contract Financial Execution Management (CFEM)
•	UN/CEFACT XML syntax solutions
        o XML Schemas version 16A