Awarding in emergency situation: the corona test centers

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Was the awarding of corona test centers unlawful? In the dispute over the state-owned Corona test centres, Berlin lost before court. The KG confirmed decisions of the Public Procurement Chamber according to which the awarding of contracts for the operation of the test centres was unlawful: Decision of 10.05.2022, Ref. Verg 1/22 and Verg 2/22…

Indicative Tenders and Negotiations

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Indicative Tenders and Negotiation: What do you need to know? Is is possible to negotiate and round up indicative bids after your company has won the tender? Let’s have a look at this tribunal proceeding (BayObLG, Decision of 03.06.2022 – Verg 7/22):   Tribunal Decision of 03.06.2022 Award 7/22 (1) The contracting authority may organise…

How many forms of procurement proceedings do you know?

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In Germany we have many forms of tendering proceedings and we highly recommend you to understand the difference between each of them. Our international law firm is also able to advice you step by step during the tendering proceedings you decide to take part of. Open procedure (public invitation to tender) This procedure is the…

Evidence of suitability – What you should know before submitting a bid

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Read the tendering requirements first. Procurement Law Specialists are the best consultation authority you could rely on in these cases. VK Westphalia, Ref.: VK 2-20/21 of 14.07.2021   In the context of a procurement procedure in the EU upper threshold range, the refurbishment of conveyor technology in a central hospital was put out to tender. To prove…

War-Related Procurements: Germans Procurement Reaction

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Facilitations under public procurement law for war-related procurements The situation in Ukraine is keeping us with bated breath. Never before have we realised how everything in our modern world is connected like a jigsaw puzzle, and never before have we realised that if one piece of the puzzle is lost, nothing fit anymore. As in…

Terminology Twist – Procurement

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Does a procurement manager have something to do with a procurement proceeding? Well, the answer is easy: The job title “Procurement Manager” is synonymous of “Purchasing Manager” or “Buyer”. In German you can speak of procurement manager or buyer. The Procurement Manager is responsible in a company mainly for everything that has to do with…