Public Procurement Law


The dynamics of the changing provisions of the Public Procurement Law makes it necessary for Contracting Authorities and Contractors to have a stable partner who will take care of the full process of awarding or acquiring a contract. With its experience, knowledge and know-how in consultancy and litigation practice, the Firm is the strongest support in handling proceedings, tendering, appeals procedure and the electronicisation of public procurement that a client can expect - Jan Sakławski.

We fully understand the realities of Contracting Authorities’ procurement processes – both on the formal and legal side and on the management side. In turn, our awareness of how high a priority it is for a Contractor to win a public procurement contract in the current market realities allows us to effectively choose a strategy, whether it focuses on the bidding or the appeals process. We guide Contracting Authorities and Contractors through the rapidly changing regulatory realities with confidence and efficiency, taking the burden of the associated risks off their shoulders. What is more, we also advise at all stages of implementing a project under the public-private partnership formula. As an experienced legal adviser, we are able to guide the client through the entire process from the preparation of initial assumptions and analyses, through the selection of a private partner, to the commencement of project implementation.

Our clients include:

  • public finance sector entities
  • local government entities and their associations, i.e.: municipalities, counties, provinces
  • budgetary entities, i.e.: state administration offices, local government offices,
  • prosecutor’s offices, police units, military units
  • public universities
  • cultural institutions
  • state organisational units without legal personality
  • municipal companies,
  • state-owned public utility companies,
  • independent public healthcare institutions,
  • contracting authorities,
  • entities with which a concession contract for construction works has been concluded pursuant to the Act on Concession Contracts for Construction Works or Services,
  • entities required to apply the provisions of the Public Procurement Law which are not listed above,
  • contractors of all industries applying for a public contract or performing a public contract,
  • participants in procurement processes whose value is not subject to the provisions of the Public Procurement Law, operating on the basis of internal regulations.

Zakres usług:

  • Comprehensive advisory services in the preparation and conduct of public procurement procedures.
  • Comprehensive management of public-private partnership proceedings.
  • Full advisory services in the bidding process.
  • Representation in proceedings before the National Appeals Chamber and district courts.
  • Full contract advisory services during the implementation of public procurement contracts.
  • Representation in out-of-court dispute resolution in the area of public procurement.
  • Preparation of legal opinions on public procurement and public-private partnership topics.
  • Drafting of executive agreements, subcontracting agreements and consortium agreements.
  • Organization and conduct of technical dialogue and all negotiations preceding the private partner selection procedure.
  • Preparation of internal procurement regulations, such as policies or procedures.

Actions taken

  • Representation of the Client (Contractor) in appeal proceedings before the National Appeal Chamber in public procurement proceedings for infrastructure contracts worth several hundred million PLN each.
  • Internal audit of the public procurement award and execution process at one of the largest specialist hospitals in Poland.
  • Conducting public procurement proceedings for the construction of wind farms in Poland.
  • Advising on the bidding process in a tender for the construction of gas-fired combined cycle power units in a power plant.
  • Advising on the bidding process in a public procurement tender for the expansion of the offshore and onshore parts of a regasification terminal.
  • Conducting public procurement procedures for the expansion of railway stations under EU projects.
  • Conducting public procurement procedures for IT services and supplies (licences, equipment) for one of the sectoral contracting authorities.
  • Implementation of the digitisation process (internal regulations, training, implementation of a purchasing platform) at a contracting authority in the railway sector.
  • Preparation of purchasing policies for contracting authorities in the gas, energy and railway sectors.
  • Closed training courses for universities, sectoral contracting authorities and open training courses on public procurement law.