Bank guarantees are one of the forms in which economic operators tendering for a public contract may provide, the so-called tender bonds. The new Public Procurement Law, in force since 1 January 2021, has not significantly changed the rules concerning the provision of tender bonds (including bank guarantees) compared to those based on former legislation.

Pohla & Hallmagi has successfully represented Estonian official distributor of Electrolux professional industrial kitchen appliances Farwell Kaubandus before the Estonian Public Procurement Dispute Board.

Sorainen’s Latvian office has successfully represented Sia Prolux in challenging the negotiation procedure for the “Delivery and installation of kitchen equipment at the Jelgava state municipality educational institution Jelgava Technology Secondary School” at Meiju Road 9, Jelgava, organized by the Jelgava city municipality and held at the Procurement Monitoring Bureau.

PwC Legal has advised certification service provider SK ID Solutions on a five-year concession contract with the Estonian Information System Authority to continue the Mobile-ID service.

Sadkowski i Wspolnicy has successfully represented the interests of the Metropolitan Transport Authority in Katowice before the District Court in Warsaw in a public procurement dispute. The result of the case allowed the Metropolitan Transport Authority to complete a PLN 1 billion public transport services tender procedure.

Dentons has recently announced its practice and sector group leadership appointments for the European Region, for the term ending December 2024. Partners Gulistan Baltaci, Piotr Dulewicz, Rob Irving, Arkadiusz Krasnodebski, Karol Laskowski, Evan Lazar, Tamsyn Mileham, Ewa Rutkowska-Subocz, and David Syed were among the appointees.