Each year, approximately €2 trillion is spent on public procurement in the EU, representing 14% of the European Union’s GDP. Public procurement contracts also play a significant role in the Estonian economy.

Public procurement is characterized by formalism and the complexity of procurement rules. To successfully navigate this intricate world, both businesses and contracting authorities often require the assistance of public procurement lawyers.

We provide comprehensive support to clients on all matters related to public procurement. Our experience and references cover a wide range of sectors, including IT, construction, design, logistics, healthcare, infrastructure, shipping, vehicles, and defence and security procurements.

Our public procurement services include:

• Advising contracting authorities on organizing procurements throughout the entire lifecycle of the procurement process
• Drafting public procurement documents, including preparation of tender evaluation criteria (value-based public procurement)
• Drawing up public procurement contracts, including standard contracts based on FIDIC, ETÜ 2013, ECR 2016
• Reviewing and evaluating the compliance of tenders with procurement requirements
• Assisting businesses at all stages of the procurement process
• Preparing tenders and tender documents, and submitting tenders on behalf of clients via the public procurement register
• Verifying the legality of the public procurement documents and interpreting tender documentation
• Challenging public procurement documents and procurement decisions in the Public Procurement Dispute Review Committee (VAKO) and the Administrative Court
• Disputing the validity of procurement contracts (identifying nullity of contracts)
• Advising clients on the performance of procurement contracts and addressing breaches of procurement contracts
• Representing clients in procurement disputes, including in the dispute review committee, the Ministry of Finance’s supervisory body and courts
• Conducting public procurement audits
• Evaluating the legality of financial corrections and disputing such financial corrections
• Providing public procurement training

NJORD’s public procurement practice is led by attorney-at-law Marko Mehilane, who brings over 20 years of experience in public procurement, representing both bidders and contracting authorities.

Marko has been involved in preparing some of Estonia’s largest procurements (Koidula Border Station, Viru Prison), and has also advised private sector procurements such as shopping centres and hotels.

He is a valued expert in procurement disputes, having represented clients in far more than 100 cases. Marko has also been recognized by the international legal markets directory Who’s Who Legal as a leading public procurement lawyer in Estonia.

Each year, approximately €2 trillion is spent on public procurement in the EU, representing 14% of the European Union’s GDP. Public procurement contracts also play a significant role in the Estonian economy.

Public procurement is characterized by formalism and the complexity of procurement rules. To successfully navigate this intricate world, both businesses and contracting authorities often require the assistance of public procurement lawyers.

We provide comprehensive support to clients on all matters related to public procurement. Our experience and references cover a wide range of sectors, including IT, construction, design, logistics, healthcare, infrastructure, shipping, vehicles, and defence and security procurements.

Our public procurement services include:

• Advising contracting authorities on organizing procurements throughout the entire lifecycle of the procurement process
• Drafting public procurement documents, including preparation of tender evaluation criteria (value-based public procurement)
• Drawing up public procurement contracts, including standard contracts based on FIDIC, ETÜ 2013, ECR 2016
• Reviewing and evaluating the compliance of tenders with procurement requirements
• Assisting businesses at all stages of the procurement process
• Preparing tenders and tender documents, and submitting tenders on behalf of clients via the public procurement register
• Verifying the legality of the public procurement documents and interpreting tender documentation
• Challenging public procurement documents and procurement decisions in the Public Procurement Dispute Review Committee (VAKO) and the Administrative Court
• Disputing the validity of procurement contracts (identifying nullity of contracts)
• Advising clients on the performance of procurement contracts and addressing breaches of procurement contracts
• Representing clients in procurement disputes, including in the dispute review committee, the Ministry of Finance’s supervisory body and courts
• Conducting public procurement audits
• Evaluating the legality of financial corrections and disputing such financial corrections
• Providing public procurement training

NJORD’s public procurement practice is led by attorney-at-law Marko Mehilane, who brings over 20 years of experience in public procurement, representing both bidders and contracting authorities.

Marko has been involved in preparing some of Estonia’s largest procurements (Koidula Border Station, Viru Prison), and has also advised private sector procurements such as shopping centres and hotels.

He is a valued expert in procurement disputes, having represented clients in far more than 100 cases. Marko has also been recognized by the international legal markets directory Who’s Who Legal as a leading public procurement lawyer in Estonia.