OUR EXPERTISE
RASS provides highly qualified assistance in the field of public and private procurement law and in the implementation and management of Public-Private Partnership projects, assisting companies, contracting authorities and economic operators throughout all stages of tender procedures and contract management.
The Firm’s professionals assist clients in participating in competitive procedures, both in the strictly private-law aspects and in matters concerning public-law issues, providing support in the following areas:
- analysis of tender documentation and preparation of bids
- assistance in public tender procedures (open, restricted, negotiated procedures and public-private partnerships)
- verification of participation requirements and management of RTI, consortia and pooling agreements
- advice during the contract performance phase (variations, reservations, price revision, termination)
- management of public procurement litigation before administrative courts
- challenges against tender notices, exclusions and contract awards
- assistance in proceedings before the competent authorities, including the Autorità Nazionale Anticorruzione
- support on compliance, anti-corruption and transparency matters
- in relation to project finance, structuring agreements among the various parties involved, analysis of any issues connected with the transaction, planning of the project and its compatibility with the administration’s other planning and programming instruments; assessment of the promoter’s proposal and, where a tender procedure is launched for the construction and management of the project, establishment of the project company and, more generally, management of the other relationships between the public administration and the concessionaire.
The Firm also assists contracting authorities in designing and managing tender procedures, providing advice on the drafting of tender notices, tender specifications and contracts, as well as on the prevention and management of legal risks.
