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Public Procurement Seminar in co-operation with leading Estonian Business Newspaper „Äripäev“

At the seminar on April 1, 2009 the public procurement and PPP (Public Private Partnership) specialists of Law Office Lepik & Luhaäär LAWIN will discuss the problem areas in public procurement and give practical guidelines on how to participate in public procurement procedures and how to avoid the most common mistakes.The seminar will also give an overview of the co-operation of public and private sectors in public procurement.

Attorneys-at-Law Marko Mehilane, Kristina Vind, Liina Naaber-Kivisoo and Viive Näslund have gained long-term professional experience in the given area by advising among others:

• the City of Government of Tallinn on the largest PPP project in Estonia (renovation of public schools, transaction value over MEUR 250);
• the City Government of Tallinn on the largest Estonian PPP project for construction of municipal houses (Loopealse, construction price exceeded MEUR 25);
• different governmental and public sector institutions, including European Union Cohesion Fund, Estonian State Real Estate Agency and Estonian Railways in preparing the public procurements (e.g. the construction project of a second biggest maximum-security prison in Estonia, value over MEUR 70; construction project of the South-East Estonian frontier railway station, value over MEUR 35);
• several major enterprises in the preparation and elaboration of different public procurement projects, tenders and contests.
  

Presentations:

Key problems in Public Procurement – Marko Mehilane

• Qualification of tenderers
• Conformity of tenders
• Evaluation criteria and evaluation of tenders
• Warranty of tender

Types of procurement procedure, exceptions in public procurement – Kristina Vind

• Exceptions from ordinary public procurement procedure
• Limited procurement procedure and  procurement procedures with negotiations
• Competitive dialogue and electronic auction – what are these?

Public Procurement and PPP (Public Private Partnership) projects –  Liina Naaber-Kivisoo, Viive Näslund

• What is PPP?
• The reasons of using PPP in public procurement procedure
• PPP outside public procurement procedure

Disputes in public procurement – Marko Mehilane

• Defending the rights of the tenderer in public procurement procedure
• What to keep in mind while disputing public procurements?

Additional information and registration: http://www.seminar.aripaev.ee/?SeminarID=31671ca4-bf50-4cc2-b65d-49f81eff4e27