Procurement is the process that sets out the legal rules and procedures for the award of contracts or concessions or design contests, the main purpose of which is to ensure the transparency, economy and openness of procurement procedures and to enable economic operators to offer their services and goods throughout territory of the European Union. We provide legal advice and services not only for public purchasers and contracting authorities, but also for those interested (tenderers) in public contracts (contracts).
Under the current legislation, to award public contracts, public contracting authorities, contracting entities and any subsidised entities must follow the legal rules on public procurement.
Under the current legislation on public procurement, a contracting authorities means:
Under the current Act on Public Procurement, a contracting entity is:
a legal entity carrying out at least one of the above activities on the basis of special rights or exclusive rights
Under the current Act on Public Procurement, a subsidised entity means a person who is not a public contracting authority or a contracting entity and has received from a public contracting authority more than 50 % of the funds to deliver the goods, to carry out construction works, and to provide services.
We provide comprehensive services to clients from among public contracting authorities and contracting entities. We implement the public procurement process in such a way that in the end the public contracting authority / contracting entity is happy, having chosen the best of the options. The entire process of public procurement is conducted in a transparent, legal, economical, efficient and professional manner.
consultations with the public contracting authority / contracting entity
planning for the procedures and time limits
scoping to analyse the subject-matter of the contract
description of the contract's scope in cooperation with the client
development of procurement documents
drafting the contract in cooperation with the client
preparation and submission of notices for publication as used in public procurement / contract award
defining the conditions for participation in cooperation with the client
defining the evaluation criteria in cooperation with the client
opening and evaluation of tenders
communication with candidates in the public procurement / contract award
dealing with review procedures
concluding the contract in cooperation with the client
processing the documentation for the public procurement / contract award
submission of full documentation for the public procurement / contract award
awarding contracts using the electronic marketplace – EKS (Electronic Contracting System)
maintaining the profile of public contracting authority / contracting entity
uploading documents to the public contracting authority's / contracting entity's profile
In cooperation with the client, we will fully manage the process of the client's public procurement / contract award, including the following activities:
full support for the planning and implementation of public procurement
implementation of individual public procurement / contract award processes in accordance with the applicable legislation, meeting the client's needs
protection of the interests of the client in review procedures before the Office for Public Procurement and any other litigation concerning its public procurement
expert advice in public procurement / contract award through expert opinions and analyses on practices in public procurement
preparation of expert opinions and analyses on the interpretation of the provisions of the current public procurement legislation
ongoing monitoring of new legislation and decisions of the Office for Public Procurement
We provide the following scope of services to clients who are candidates/applicants for public contracts or other contracts:
monitoring the calls for tenders announced in national and European official journals
recommendations to participate in the current procurement / contract award calls taking into account the client's line of business
final inspection of a tender
assisting a tenderer in the proceedings against a public contracting authority / contracting entity before the Office for Public Procurement
analysis, checking the compliance with the law, preparing documents
assessment of the legal obligation to register in the Register of Public Sector Partners free of charge
submitting an application for registration in the Register of Public Sector Partners
filing a complaint against refusal to register a public sector partner
submitting an application for registration of changes to information entered in the Register of Public Sector Partners
filing an application for deletion of an authorised person from the Register of Public Sector Partners
advice to public sector partners
full range of activities of the authorised person for entities that are partners of the public sector, in accordance with the Act. 315/2016 Coll. on the Register of Public Sector Partners and amending and supplementing certain acts
monitoring and alerting for legislative changes to the Register of Public Sector Partners.
assessment of an ultimate beneficial owner in accordance with EU Directive 2015/849 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing and in accordance with the law on prevention of legalisation of proceeds of criminal activity
requesting the necessary certificates for registration on the list of economic operators from the competent authorities
preparation of expert opinions and analyses relating to procedures in public procurement
preparation of expert opinions and analyses on the interpretation of the provisions of the Public Procurement Act
monitoring of new legislation and decisions of the Office for Public Procurement