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Public procurement

Advokatfirmaet Grette AS

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Marie Braadland and Silje Grimseth Ullebust jointly oversee the construction offering at Advokatfirmaet Grette AS, which stands out for its strength in transport and infrastructure-related public procurement work. The group sits within the firm’s broader EU and competition department and regularly acts for both public and private sector clients in the pharma, construction and infrastructure sectors. Braadland has extensive experience advising governmental entities and regional authorities on contentious procurement mandates and contractual work, while public procurement specialist Ullebust advises both suppliers and public entities across all stages of the procurement process.

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Key clients

  • Bybanen Utbygging
  • The Norwegian Complaints Board for Public Procurement (KOFA)
  • GSK/GlaxoSmithKline
  • Vinmonopolet
  • Norske tog AS
  • Tolletaten (Norwegian Customs)
  • The Central Norway Regional Health Authority
  • The Western Norway Regional Health Authority
  • The Norwegian Public Roads Administration
  • Moelven Industrier ASA
  • Bjerke Nettbygg AS
  • Johnson & Johnson (Janssen-Cilag)
  • Norwegian Hospital Construction Agency (Sykehusbygg)
  • Innlandet Municipality
  • Bravida Norge AS
  • Avinor AS
  • Senter for oljevern og maritimt miljø (Norwegian Centre for Oil Spill Preparedness and Marine Environment)
  • The Norwegian Parliament
  • EBA (The Norwegian Contractor’s Association (building and construction))
  • Nettpartner AS
  • Rørentreprenørene
  • Våler kommune
  • A.L. Høyer Askim
  • Norwegian Government Security and Service Organization (DSS)
  • Vigo IKS

Work highlights

  • Advised Avinor on all stages of the competition regarding the procurement of contracts for engineering, procurement and construction of two new airports in Norway; Mo I Rana and Bodø.
  • Advised Norske Tog AS on the procurement of up to approx. 60 new long distance trainsets.
  • Acting for Johnson & Johnson (Janssen-Cilag) as counsel in both a complaint before the Norwegian complaints board and a subsequent court case regarding a tender to provide cancer treatment for patients at all the major hospitals in Norway.

Lawyers

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Marie Braadland
Marie Braadland offers expertise within public procurement and contract law, and has extensive experience in dispute resolution and advice. She assists clients within building and construction, ICT, the energy sector, as well as trade and the supply industry.
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Silje Grimseth Ullebust
Silje Grimseth Ullebust is a specialist within public procurement and has extensive experience with both consultancy and dispute resolution in this field. Her background also includes contract law and construction law, and she has wide knowledge with a number of forms of contract. Silje assists both public and private clients in the practical handling of the procurement regulations in all phases of the process – from the planning stage to the implementation of competition and entering into contract. This applies to the entering into all forms of contract, such as procurement of goods, services as well as various building and construction contracts including licensing contracts. She also has wide experience in handling appeal processes (including appeals to the Public Procurement Appeals Board), as well as dispute resolution and legal proceedings concerning public procurement.

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Marie Braadland, Silje Grimseth Ullebust

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