Public Procurement Law is one of the core of MICHAILOPOULOS law firm practice areas.
The compliance with the incumbent rules is of great importance. Especially nowadays, in view of the recently adopted legislative changes and the intensification of state monitoring of public contracts award, the need for truly specialist legal guidance is even more crucial. We are a key provider of best practice and know-how in this area and provide comprehensive legal services in the whole spectrum of public procurement issues.
We offer special advice to bidders on:
· contentious proceedings at administrative level, as well as, at the European Commission and at national regulators and before the competent courts; our work includes the handling of objections and administrative appeals against the contracting authorities, applications of interim measures and acts of annulment before the competent courts and complaints lodged at the European Commission;
· special legal issues related to the participation at tender procedures, such as assistance at the stage of the tender preparation, or to the execution of public contracts and
· on strategy matters related to the participation of bidders throughout the public procurement process, to the drafting of contracts between bidders and their sub-contractors and bidder consortium agreements.
We advise contracting authorities on:
· establishing procurement compliance programmes, especially for public-sector organisations wishing to obtain the managerial capability confirmation in order to undertake projects financed by NSRF funds;
· the structuring of the procurement process of a public contract award and the drafting of flow charts;
· the preparation of tendering documents;
· complicated legal issues related to the tender requirements and the selection process;
· processing bidder queries, complaints or administrative appeals lodged by the bidders;
· delicate bid evaluation issues;
· the final negotiations and issues that arise at the contract conclusion stage and
· the monitoring and support throughout contract implementation.
