Public contracting authorities rely on the procurement expertise of GvW Graf von Westphalen, particularly in connection with IT, healthcare and transport procurement. The team regularly acts in award and review procedures and assists with tenders that serve to expand public infrastructure: in addition to hospital modernisations, police investments and urban development projects, this also includes global sustainability procurement in relation to development aid. Practice head Bettina Meyer-Hofmann is considered an expert in procurement under the Hospital Future Act and also regularly advises on procurement issues that raise overarching state aid or foreign trade law issues.
Testimonials
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'Broad coverage of legal areas that overlap with public procurement law; understandable communication of complicated legal issues.'
'Dietrich Drömann: Offers very conscientious and timely handling of assigned tasks. He is also open to new ways of thinking.'
Key clients
- acatech
- Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Unterricht und Kultus
Work highlights
- Advising the state of Saxony-Anhalt and the Free State of Thuringia as well as various other authorities on regional rail transport awards in the rail networks in central Germany affected by the Abellio insolvency.
- Advising and representing the Bavarian State Ministry of Education and Culture in various EU procurement procedures as part of the BayernCloud School project to provide cloud-based communication channels for Bavarian schools.