Procurement Law

The Challenge
From the macroeconomic perspective, public contracts are of tremendous importance. Particularly in an economy with a strong public sector, which is still the case in Austria, this field is of great significance to our clients: public authorities, as the awarders of public contracts, and private companies striving to obtain such contracts. In contrast to private enterprises, contracting authorities have to act in compliance with a legally stipulated, formalised contract award procedure. Under public procurement law, both public contract awarders as well as ten-derers have to meet exacting requirements. Due to the formalised procedure, public procure-ment tends to require a considerable amount of time; formal defects can result in added ex-penses which would be avoidable if all formal provisions were complied with in time. EU law has had a particular impact on the development of Austrian procurement law and this is of central significance for tenderers as well as public authorities, both of which we number among our clients.

Our Expertise
fwp has been advising public authorities on the execution of public procurement procedures for years. Our consultation services focus on the choice and specification of the suitable procedure, assistance with its execution, and the resolution of questions that arise in the course of the procedure. fwp also advises tenderers participating in contract award procedures. In this regard, it is important to detect any defects in the tender documents early, as well as to recognise the effects of each step in the ongoing tendering procedure, so that appropriate and effective measures may be taken in order to ensure the best possible success of the tender. Our guiding principle is to protect our clients’ interests in the best possible way.

Your Team
The partners responsible for the field of procurement law are Michael Hecht, who has already focused on this subject as a university assistant and university lecturer, and Markus Kajaba - and the other members of the team, they have at their command profound legal expertise in this continuously developing field as well as a wealth of practical experience in the execution of major public procurement projects.