This is a developing matter and this note was last
updated on 18 March 2020 at 12:00 (Malta time).
Recent orders issued by Malta's Superintendent of Public
Health have directly impacted remedies available to bidders and
interested parties under Maltese public procurement law.
The orders which have been introduced as law, by Legal Notices
61 of 2020
and 65 of
2020, provide for:
a. the closure of the "any tribunal established by
law", including the "registry" of any such tribunal;
and
b. the suspension of "any legal and judicial times and of
any other time limits including peremptory periods applicable to
proceedings".
Closure of the Public Contracts Review Board
The Public Contracts Review Board—which is the judicial
body established by law to hear public procurement related
challenges—falls within the scope of these orders and it has
been forcibly closed.
