Qualifications & Expertise
Public contractors award building, services and supply contracts to a total value of approximately 250 billion EUR. annually, which is equivalent to about 10-12% of German gross domestic product. Following the introduction of primary legal protection for unsuccessful bidders by the contract awarding reform in 1999 legally-secure planning and implementation of competitive tendering procedures throughout Europe and nationally has therefore acquired considerable importance for prompt implementation of public investments. Also companies that participate in public invitations to tender require detailed knowledge of the sequence of the competitive tendering procedure to avoid making errors when submitting tenders and to ensure they have the best possible opportunity of winning the contract.
Those of our lawyers that specialise in competitive tendering offer comprehensive advice on this and all other questions of European and national tendering legislation.
Main Focus
Main focuses of our advisory work in competitive tendering are
- ongoing advice for public contractors, including sectoral contractors, in planning, preparing, designing and implementing competitive tendering procedures
- advising bidders participating in the tendering procedure
- supporting participants in conducting bidder discussions and negotiations and in implementing the contract after the contract has been awarded
- representing public contractors and unsuccessful bidders at verification procedures before the contract award panel pursuant to. §§ 107 ff. Act against Restraints on Competition (GWB)
- representing public contractors and unsuccessful bidders at complaints proceedings before the Higher Regional Court award committees pursuant to §§ 116 ff. Act against Restraints on Competition (GWB)