Procurement for Public Sector – PPS1.0: An Overview

Introduction:

SAP PPS1.0 is an addon to SAP SRM5.0 addressing requirements of public sector procurement. SAP SRM is used as functional frontend to support the main procurement processes:

• Public tendering
• Awarding
• Contract negotiation
• Purchase order creation

SAP PPS1.0 has been designed to work in the extended classic scenario, where SAP ERP 2004 functions as backend supporting the processes:

• Sales Order processing
• Purchase Requisition processing
• Goods Receipt processing
• Invoice Receipt processing

Main Features:

PPS 1.0 features a couple of unique functions designed for the needs of public sector customers, namely:

• Document Builder Integration
• Records Management Integration
• Smart document numbering
• Funds Management integration
• Acceptance at Origin
• Central Contractor Registration (CCR)
• Contract Tracking and Monitoring
• Close Out Execution
• Enhanced Versioning
• FPDS Reporting
• Guaranteed Minimum
• Maximum Quantity per Period
• Public Sector User Status
• Reason Codes for Document Changes
• Smart numbering of procurement documents
• Selective Release
• Sourcing Priorization

In the next couple of blog posts I want to describe the different features and  give some guidelines for the implementation of the functionality.

What Next? 

I plan to start with the smart numbering which is called as well “long procurement number”