JJUA55271U Governmental Contracts

Governmental contracts global value is enormous, just the OECD countries alone the total spend accounts of €1000 billion per year. In the EU over 250 000 governmenta each year spend around 14% of GDP on the purchase of services, works and supplies. National courts and Complaints Boards deal with thousands of governmental contracts and specifically the procurement (tender process of conducting a governmental contract) cases every year.

Consequently, as a highly dynamic area of law, where the amount of the case-law and governmental contracting (procurement) rules constantly increases and develops great care must be taken when drafting tender conditions, tender offers and the governmental contract itself.

The course will look at the EU public procurement law comprising of provisions of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), a set of secondary instruments (Procurement Directives), a substantial body of case law.

Contents of the course:

• Aims, objectives of EU public procurement regulation 
• Public procurement process according to the EU Public Procurement Directive
• Sustainability in public procurement;
• Technology and innovation in public procurement;
• Modification of governmental contracts

It is an advantage if the student has a fundamental knowledge of EU law, in particular with regard to the functioning of the internal market and provisions on free movement and International Trade law. However, it is not a prerequisite. The course is intended for both Danish and non-Danish students.