0,00 € Offer: is this a price quotation?

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0,00 € Offer: is this a price quotation? (Tribunal Decision – Nordbayern Az.: RMF-SG21-3194-5-11 of the 23.06.2020) The Case: The contracting authority issued a Europe-wide invitation to tender for the installation of a stainless steel pool in the course of a swimming pool renovation using the procurement open procedure. According to the submission protocol, the…

Complaints and review proceedings in public procurement law

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According to § 160 (1) GWB, the public procurement tribunal shall initiate review proceedings (Rüge) only upon application. Paragraph § 160 (3) of the GWB specifies that an application becomes inadmissible if the applicant became aware of the violation of public procurement provisions during the awarding procedure, but did not complain to the contracting entity…