New Developments in Public Procurement Law

The need to make infrastructural investments in Poland, especially those connected with EURO 2012, requires considerable public finances, including from the EU. Due to that fact, the adoption of clear contract awarding procedures which ensure effective spending of public funds constitutes a fundamental challenge for the domestic legislator.

The system of public procurement in Poland is governed by the Public Procurement Law of 29 January 2004 (the PPL). The PPL has recently undergone two significant amendments. The aim of most of the changes was to implement into Polish law the regulation of the new EU Remedies Directive, on the one hand, and to facilitate and hasten contract awarding procedures on the other. Some of the changes also included measures to protect entrepreneurs against the effects of the economic crisis.