Taylor Wessing's strength in procurement advice in the healthcare, infrastructure and defense sectors leads to regular instructions from contracting authorities and contractors to assist with construction and infrastructure projects, contentious issues and IT-based procurement. In the latter area, the group has recently been particularly involved in cloud-based procurement in the defense sector. Review procedures and procurement contracts represent other core competencies, which are complemented by interface expertise in antitrust law; for the latter, practice head Marco Hartmann-Rüppel is a key contact. He is supported by Michael Brüggemann, who is well versed in PPP projects, among others.

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  • 'Reliable and collegial cooperation.'

  • 'Michael Brüggemann: Excellent knowledge of procurement law. Good understanding of the needs and processes of the public sector. Pragmatic and focused. Explains complex legal topics in a way that is understandable even for non-lawyers.'

Key clients

  • Bezirk Oberbayern / Regierung von Oberbayern
  • Bundesministerium des Innern (BMI)
  • ITZ Bund
  • Flughafen Frankfurt Hahn GmbH
  • Brinkmann & Partner
  • Hessisches Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Energie, Verkehr und Wohnen
  • Land Berlin
  • HiSolutions AG
  • Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (Helaba)
  • Marienhaus GmbH

Work highlights

  • Procurement advice to the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) on the procurement of an IT tool for license management and an AuK tool as part of the SIB IT measure for cloud-based collaborative work. Most recently, procurement advice on contract extension after the award of the contract.
  • Advising Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (Helaba) on the operating time financing of twelve electric double-decker railcars of the Stadler KISS type and three single-decker electric railcars of the Stadler FLIRT XL type from the Swiss manufacturer Stadler.
  • Procurement advice to the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI)/ITZ Bund on the Federal Cloud project, including the establishment of a cloud broker, the creation of an implementation strategy for the business model development of the ITZ-Bund as a cloud broker of the federal administration and cloud provider of the Federal Cloud, as well as support in the procurement process for the procurement of on-premise cloud.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Marco Hartmann-Rüppel