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VASS Lawyers Academy 2013 includes four sessions of internships, a training program and a legal opinions competition.

VASS Lawyers successfully represented the construction company SELINA S.R.L. in challenging the awarding procedure of the public procurement contract with an estimated value of 138 million euros.

Although PPPs have been regulated ever since 2010, unfortunately, there was a major drawback that blocked the start of such projects: the lack of IT support from ESPP. Only in January 2013 the ESPP added this functionality, making it possible to publish selection notices and awarding notices for PPP

Romania gave the green light for public-private partnership projects and VASS Lawyers is prepared with a top team in this area.

VASS Lawyers was invited by the international prestigious publication International Comparative Legal Guide to draw up and publish in the volume “Public Procurement 2013 – A practical cross-border insight into public procurement” the chapter on public procurement system in Romania. This material was written in October 2012, based on the effective legislation at that date.

The public-private partnership solution is not a novelty, being embraced by most EU member states for infrastructure development, construction of schools, hospitals and prisons, but also for social services (especially in partnership with non-governmental organizations) or security services (in partnership with private firms for security and safety).