Join AIJA’s Commission Month and participate in the Commission Day organised by the Public Procurement interest group on 10 November 2020 – an event devoted entirely to hot topics in public procurement! With these series of sessions, we would like to introduce public procurement issues to AIJA’s agenda, as they are of increasing importance for the business community worldwide:
 

• We will discuss the pitfalls in joint bidding for public contracts, using a consortium or other similar arrangements (relying on the capacity of the so-called third parties or subcontracting). Are these common business structures becoming risky from the competition point of view? Is it a better procurement strategy to create a consortium or are other alternative structures a better option? Are the changes on the consortium level permitted at the performance stage? We will try to answer these and other questions in a very practical and comprehensive manner, allowing for discussion.
   
• Furthermore, we will dive into exclusions and debarments from public procurement procedures, their long-term consequences for contractors and the market and the way to mitigate those risks. What is more, we will comment on the proposal of the European Commission announced in June this year to introduce a new exclusion ground based on state aid from the so-called third countries (non-compliant with the Treaty rules) received by the contractors competing for European public contracts.

Come and join our effort to building this new and exciting Commission aimed at connecting anyone interested in any form of public procurement, be it by States or multinational organizations such as multilateral development banks!

We are looking forward to meeting old and new friends in the course of speed networking and our own interest group meeting.

More information on the speakers and the schedule in the programme section of this page.

Please fill in this form if you want to attend any part of our social programme.

Organising Committee

• Katarzyna Kuzma, Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka sp.k., Poland
• Christopher Wolters, Blomstein Part mbB, Germany
• Martin Rauber, Eversheds Sutherland Ltd., Switzerland
  
• Tinneke Huyghe, Advocatenkantoor De Coninck, Belgium

All academic sessions are recorded and shared in the Resource Centre the week after the events.

This event takes place during:

AIJA Commissions Month
20 October - 20 November 2020

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