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The Practice

Arthur Cox has a widely acclaimed and leading Public Procurement practice with its team having a wealth of knowledge and experience of Public Procurement law and practice. The team is experienced in all aspects of the Public Procurement law rules, including the relevant EC Directives and the decisions of the Courts of Ireland and Northern Ireland and the European Court of Justice. The Public Procurement team advises particularly public bodies and utilities (public as well as private) in relation to one-off major projects as well as general Public Procurement law queries which arise in the management of procurement procedures and in the day to day affairs of many businesses whether awarding authorities, suppliers or funders.

The team advises on the current Public Sector (goods, supplies and works) and the Utilities Directives (water, energy, transport and postal sectors) (now in each case the 2004 Directives); (as transposed in Ireland (including, in the case of the Public Directive by the European Communities (Award of Public Authorities’ Contracts) Regulations, 2006 (Statutory Instrument No. 329 of 2006)) and Northern Ireland (including S.I. Nos. 5 and 6 of 2006) (implementation required since 31 January 2006) and the Remedies Directives and (especially in Ireland, the very important) national guidelines and other administrative measures on public procurement.

We maintain close links with officials at Irish and EC levels and with other key bodies including the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) in the Republic and the Strategic Investment Board (SIB) in Northern Ireland helping to keep us fully au fait with current policy thinking. This further assists us in bringing and/or defending challenges (including with our Litigation colleagues before the Irish Courts and the European Commission and European Courts) as well as making submissions to other bodies such as the Government Contracts Committee.

Please also visit our Procurement Law Update, in the FYI Updates section of the site, which brings you the latest news, updates and commentary on issues that affect procurement law on the island of Ireland.