Changes To Public Procurement Law

On 29 January 2010, significant changes to public procurement law will come into force.

The most important changes include:

• substantial changes to the legal remedies available to contractors, including the repeal of the right to file a protest
• requiring appeals to be heard by single-member panels of the National Appeal Chamber (formerly three members)
• enabling the National Appeal Chamber or court to fine contracting authorities up to 10% of the remuneration under the contract for breaching public procurement law
• restricting the possibility of applying non-competitive procedures (such as single-source procurement) in non-priority services, for example legal services, health and social services