Public sector

Service description
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We provide comprehensive legal and advisory services in the wide-ranging public sector field, namely to public administration bodies and their partners. Our clients include contracting authorities, recipients and providers of subsidies, Czech and foreign providers and suppliers of services to the public sector and participants to administrative proceedings. We standardly represent clients in proceedings conducted by the Office for the Protection of Competition, tax authorities, building authorities and other public authorities, and also in judicial proceedings. Our specialised team of experts in the Czech Republic and Slovakia deals with all legal areas relating to the public sector, including the compensation of damage caused by mismanagement of official affairs or by an unlawful decision issued by a public authority.

Why select us?

  • a specialised team of 25 lawyers for this practice area, located in 6 offices
  • more than 160 projects completed over the past three years
  • experience with and high expertise in all types of procurement proceedings
  • specialisation in and detailed knowledge of the relevant market segments (IT and telecommunications, construction and project design work, technology deliveries, professional consultation services)
  • unique referrals from governmental pilot PPP projects and regional PPP projects implemented in the Czech Republic and Slovakia
  • winner of the Law Firm of the Year award in the Public Procurement category in 2009, 2011 and 2016 and regularly ranked as a highly recommended law firm in this category
  • active participation in the team of experts at the Ministry for Regional Development dealing with amendments to the Public Procurement Act and the recodification of the public building law
  • active membership in professional associations: the Public Procurement Association (AVZ), the Infrastructure Development Association (ARI), and the Platform for Transparent Public Procurement
  • excellent knowledge of and experience with legislation; direct link to public administration including representation in the Government’s Legislative Council and in the Czech Bar Association’s public law commission
  • a team of specialists who have held management positions in public administration, including a former deputy to several ministers, heads of departments at the Office for the Protection of Competition, and a senior lawyer at the European Commission
  • ties with the academic circles thanks to lecturing at the Department of Administrative Law and Administrative Science, Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague
  • experience with authorities and in pushing through projects across the political spectrum, throughout the Czech Republic

Our services

Public contracts from the perspective of the contracting authority and the supplier

  • consultations relating to the tendering process on the basis of best practices, recommending a suitable strategy to satisfy the contracting authority’s needs and to create contractual relationships with suppliers, utilisation of preliminary market consultations and innovative approaches
  • comprehensive organization of tender procedures or selected consultations during their process, including representation and assistance in proceedings before the Office for the Protection of Competition, the Public Procurement Office, and administrative courts
  • review of standard template public procurement documentation
  • assessment of public procurement contracts (as part of a due diligence) in terms of invalidation risks
  • review and practical set-up of internal public procurement rules
  • all-inclusive preparation and completion or a partial review of bids, including the coordination of many entities filing a joint bid, where applicable
  • preparation of statements of objections and proposals for the Office for the Protection of Competition, or the Public Procurement Office, and representation before courts
  • advice in relation to the competition rules in public procurement (bid rigging)

EU fund subsidies

  • for subsidy providers – thorough inspections of subsidising from the perspective of legal regulations and specific operational programme rules
  • for subsidy recipients – assistance in the tendering process, procedural defence in the event of reduction of subsidies due to a breach of programme rules

State aid

  • advice to providers and recipients of state aid and their competitors contesting illegal aid at the European Commission as well as at Czech courts

PPPs and concessions

  • legal analyses of utilisation of PPP projects and concessions
  • comprehensive legal advice in relation to the implementation of PPP projects (award proceedings)

Specific types of advisory in the public sector

  • advice and representation in disputes in connection with procedures pursuant to Act on free access to information
  • advice in relation to the Register of Contracts
  • advice and support to authorities of self-governing territorial units in connection with negotiations on relationships and projects pursuant to the Act on Municipalities, the Act on Regions and the Act on the Capital City of Prague

Legislation

  • advice in connection with the law-making process
  • drafting bills, proposals to oppose or amend a bill, intended subject matter of regulations, Regulatory Impact Assessment, Corruption Impact Assessment, drafting analyses and opinions regarding existing or forthcoming legal regulations
  • support in promoting the legislation wording in all law-making stages
  • participation in expert law-making groups and involvement in the comment procedure
  • analysis and support in implementing the acquis into the Czech system of laws
  • legislation monitoring
  • compliance analysis, drafting internal guidelines and policies
  • assessing compliance of regulations with the Constitution and the acquis

Administrative and constitutional law

  • advice and representation in administrative proceedings
  • advice and representation in administrative judicial proceedings
  • advice on constitutional law matters and representation before the Constitutional Court
  • preparing legal opinions and consultations in relation to relevant substantive and procedural provisions
A specialised team from HAVEL & PARTNERS provided full-service administration of an international architectural competition in which the design of the future first high-speed railway terminal in the Czech Republic was selected. The firm’s partner Josef Hlavička and senior associate Kamila Kulhánková from the specialised public sector team not only provided legal advice but also […]
Authors: Adéla Havlová, Csaba Csorba, Tomáš Halfar Dear Clients and Business Friends, We would like to use this opportunity to inform you about a partial, albeit significant, section of the forthcoming amendment to Act No. 134/2016 Sb., the Public Procurement Act (the “PPA”). The bill aims to clarify ambiguous interpretations of the commencement of the […]
Authors: Adéla Havlová, Romana Derková, Marek Jaroš Dear Clients and Business Friends, We would like to inform you about the fundamental decision of the Regional Court in Brno No. 31 Af 70/2018-138 (see here) of 27 May 2020 on the interpretation of Act No. 134/2016 Sb., on Public Procurement (PPA). In its decision, the Regional […]
Authors: Petr Kadlec, Jakub Kocmánek On 3 April 2020, the European Commission amended its Communication of 19 March 2020 called the Temporary Framework for state aid measures to support the economy in the current COVID-19 outbreak (the “Temporary Framework”).[1] We provided you with our roundup of the previous wording of the Temporary Framework earlier.[2] Precision […]
Authors: Adéla Havlová, Kateřina Staňková In connection with the declaration of the state of emergency, the issue of administrative procedural time limits in the current situation also arose[1]. The Administrative Procedure Code[2] does not generally regulate the issue of time limits during a state of emergency, but at the same time the situation affects the […]
Authors: Petr Kadlec, Jakub Kocmánek On 19 March 2020, the EU Commission published the communication “Temporary Framework for State aid measures to support the economy in the current COVID-19 outbreak” (the “Temporary Framework”).[1] The Commission acknowledged that the current situation in the EU Member States constituted a serious disturbance in the economy of a Member […]
Authors: Adéla Havlová, Romana Derková The Czech government has declared a state of emergency due to the health threat caused by the spread of coronavirus. [1] The contracting authorities are obliged to introduce strict measures and award certain essential contracts, such as for the supply of disinfectants, medical material, contactless equipment and related services as […]
Authors: Josef Hlavička, Petr Kadlec, František Korbel The Czech cabinet has declared a state of emergency throughout the entire territory for 30 days in connection with the health threats due to the proven occurrence of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pursuant to Constitutional Act No. 110/1998 Sb., effective as of 2:00 pm, 12 March 2020. In connection […]
It is a well-known fact that the process of applying for and granting building permits in the Czech Republic is among the lengthiest in the world. Unfortunately, its lengthiness is not outweighed by the quality of decision-making. Quite the contrary: it gets in the way of meaningful, modern and functional architecture. This, however, should fundamentally […]
The largest Czech-Slovak law firm HAVEL & PARTNERS has provided comprehensive legal advice to the joint stock company SNEO,owned by the City District of Prague 6, on the transfer of the Na Dračkách site, unique in its location at the border of the Ořechovka and Střešovice districts and with an area of approximately 1.2 hectares, […]

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