The award of contracts by local and central government, public bodies and utilities is regulated by EU and Irish law. One of the priorities for the public sector is achieving efficient and cost-effective procurement of goods, services and works. This involves careful application of the procurement rules, such as structuring the transaction to best comply with the rules, choosing the appropriate tendering procedure and managing the procurement process correctly. The priority for the private sector providers is to ensure that the tendering procedures are conducted fairly and transparently, so that time and money is not wasted in participating in the process.

We offer specialist advice to private, public sector and utilities clients on all aspects of public procurement (supplies, services and works contracts) including:

• Preparing and advising on procurement documents such as contract
  notices, instructions to tenders, prequalification questionnaires
• Advising on the procurement process, the appropriate procedures, conduct of the evaluation of tenders and contract award issues
• Managing compliance through the structuring of procurement transactions
• Interpretation of EU and Irish procurement law
• Advising on EU developments such as communications from the Commission and European Court of Justice (ECJ) decisions
• Pursuing remedies for breach of procurement rules

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