enis Commodity Codes List

How to seek Commodity Codes in the List when applying to

become enis qualified supplier

Contents
Introduction: enis Commodity Codes List
Different hierarchical levels inside the commodity codes tree
List of Goods and Services plus Works(1)

How to select a Commodity Code for the web vendor candidacy

First way based on searching the word in the Excel file: you look for a
key word representative of your business inside the Commodity Code
description
Second way top-down logic: you select hierarchical level in order to get
a subset of Commodity Codes in which find the more representatives of
your business

(1) Works: the activity of making/trasforming/changing an existing object

Introduction: enis Commodity Code List

The commodity codes tree gathers ALL the codes adopted by eni for
its procurement processes
The commodity codes tree is made up of round 1,500 items so called
Commodity Codes
every Commody Code is codified by means of eight alphanumeric characters.
Codification identifies the object both of the qualification and procurement
processes
the Merchandise Tree organizes Commodity Codes into levels. Every level
represents similar purchasing items by nature or type

N.B. Qualification or procurement process is exclusively related to

Commodity Codes not to their level of aggregation

Hierarchical structure of enis commodity codes tree

Commodity codes Tree

min
-

Family

detail

BB:Goods
LL: Works
SS: Services

1st Level

Sector
2nd Level

Cluster
3rd Level

+
max

Codification

Commodity Code
4th Level

BB_ _
LL_ _
SS_ _

The correspondence between

an upper level and the lower
one is 1:N. It is baesd on a
top-down logic: from general
to particular

BB_ _ _ _
LL_ _ _ _
SS_ _ _ _

BB_ _ _ _ _ _
LL_ _ _ _ _ _
SS_ _ _ _ _ _

Description of Goods and Services plus Works

The 1st level (Family) recognizes the type of purchasing item: Goods,
Services or Works
Goods (BB): consist of finished goods, products or raw materials
Services (SS): all activities such as professional services, maintenance, transports
Works (LL): all activities aimed at the construction, installation or modification of civil works,
industrial works or some parts of these

List of Goods and Services plus Works

Goods

Works

Services

How to select a Commodity Code for the web vendor candidacy

This communication is addressed to potential vendors. Its purpose is to give
basic instructions on how to seek the item that is most similar to the
vendors activities inside enis Commodity Codes List
We are interested in being
registered as eni qualified vendor,
but its not easy to find the most
appropriate Commodity Codes

Vendor/user

I can give you some useful

advices for this. I anticipate you
that there are two ways that
can be used to seek a
Commodity Code

eni

N.B.
The application for vendor qualification is exclusively related to Commodity Codes and not to
their level of aggregation
The selected Commodity Codes must suit the Candidates business activities
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First way: matching words in Excel table (1/2)

This way is suitable for consulting commodit codes tree as excel table
1
2

Please refer to the last edition of

Albero merceologico.xls
published on the
e-procurement web site

User explores the eni commodity codes tree by means of a specific search term
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First way: matching words in Excel table (2/2)

Suppose you are a provider
of hardware maintenance,
you type hardware as
search term

Please filter the data containing

hardware in Descrizione EN
table header-E column.

Item Descriptions containing hardware as matching word

2nd Level

3rd Level

4th Level
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Second way: top-down logic for Web or Excel (1/6)

You can use enis commodity codes tree either in excel table or in web based
format. The web based format is placed inside the questionnaire at Object of the
application section. For both formats you proceed with selecting hierachical levels in
order to get a subset of Commodity Code.

First begin by identifying your

type of business activities:
does supply refer to Goods,
Services or Works?

Services
Goods
Works

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Second way: top-down logic for Web or Excel

(2/6)

We are going to describe how to use the two formats of enis Commodity Codes Tree:
enis Merchandise Tree format: web based. This format is available on eni.com within Vendor
application https://eprocurement.eni.it/int_eng/content/edit/335341/5/ita-IT
enis Merchandise Tree format: excel table. This format is available on enis e-procurement site
https://eprocurement.eni.it/int_eng/Suppliers/Qualification/Commodity-Code-Structure

Web

All the following pages

are split in two
sections. Each section
stands for the specific
format of enis
merchandise tree.

Excel table

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Second way: top-down logic for Web or Excel

web

(3/6)

Excel table

Please open the folder to be

examined. For example if you
were a supplier of Goods you
would open GOODS

Please filter the kind of

supply. For example: if
you were a supplier of
goods you would filter
B in tipologia
header-E column.

2nd Level

3rd Level

4th Level
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Second way: top-down logic for Web or Excel

(4/6)

Identify the 2nd level most similar

to your Business activities and
open the corresponding folder
Among all the Goods identify the 2nd level
most similar to your Business by filtering
2 at LIV table header (A column)

Web: 2nd level for Goods

Excel

table: 2nd level for Goods

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Second way: top-down logic for Web or Excel

(5/6)

Imagine you are

a supplier of
flanges

Web: 3rd level for Piping and Accessories

Open the third level: piping

and accessories

Excel

table: 3rd level for Piping and Accessories

Filter 2 and 3 in column

A and identify level 3 that
matches your case among
those listed at level 2 pipes
and accessories

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Second way: top-down logic for Web or Excel

(6/6)

All you have to do now is to identify the Commody

Code among Flanges and Fittings
Web: 4th level for Flanges and Fittings

Excel table: 4th level for Flanges and Fittings

Expand Flanges and

Fittings folder and identify
the commodity code most
representative for your
business activities
Filter levels 3 and 4 in
column A and identify the
Commodity Group that best
matches your business activities
among those belonging to level
3 Flanges and Fittings

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