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Claims from pub­lic con­tracts

Advice and rep­re­sen­ta­tion in dis­putes aris­ing from pub­lic con­tracts

Con­tracts that are con­clud­ed as a result of pro­cure­ment pro­ce­dures are often com­plex and legal­ly demand­ing. Dis­putes between con­tract­ing author­i­ties and con­trac­tors can there­fore arise, espe­cial­ly after the award pro­ce­dure has been com­plet­ed. Our law firm pro­vides com­pre­hen­sive sup­port in resolv­ing such con­flicts and devel­ops legal­ly secure solu­tions.

Typ­i­cal dis­putes aris­ing from pub­lic con­tracts

Con­tract adjust­ment

Unfore­seen cir­cum­stances may arise dur­ing the exe­cu­tion of the con­tract that make it nec­es­sary to adjust the con­tract. We advise and rep­re­sent both clients and con­trac­tors in such cas­es:

  • For clients: We check whether a request­ed amend­ment is admis­si­ble, in par­tic­u­lar with regard to pub­lic pro­cure­ment law require­ments such as Sec­tion 132 GWB, and defend against unjus­ti­fied claims for adjust­ment.
  • For con­trac­tors: Enforce­ment of nec­es­sary changes, for exam­ple in the event of changed frame­work con­di­tions or unfore­seen addi­tion­al ser­vices, and legal­ly com­pli­ant draft­ing of sup­ple­men­tary agree­ments.

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Price adjust­ment

Price changes dur­ing the term of a con­tract are a fre­quent point of con­tention, espe­cial­ly in the case of longer-term con­tracts or changes in mar­ket con­di­tions:

  • For clients: Defense against unjus­ti­fied price adjust­ment claims that are not cov­ered by the con­tract and ensur­ing that con­trac­tu­al­ly agreed prices are adhered to.
  • For con­trac­tors: Enforce­ment of price adjust­ments if con­trac­tu­al­ly stip­u­lat­ed price adjust­ment claus­es apply or excep­tion­al cir­cum­stances arise.


Poor per­for­mance

If the con­trac­tor fails to pro­vide the agreed ser­vice prop­er­ly, numer­ous legal and prac­ti­cal chal­lenges arise:

  • For clients: Enforce­ment of war­ran­ty claims, con­trac­tu­al penal­ties or com­pen­sa­tion for dam­ages in the event of defec­tive per­for­mance. We also advise on the ques­tion of whether and under what con­di­tions it is pos­si­ble to with­draw from or ter­mi­nate the con­tract.
  • For con­trac­tors: Defense against unjus­ti­fied com­plaints or claims for dam­ages and enforce­ment of claims for rec­ti­fi­ca­tion or replace­ment deliv­ery, if con­trac­tu­al­ly agreed.


Refusal to pay

Dis­putes about pay­ment are among the most fre­quent con­flicts that reg­u­lar­ly arise in con­nec­tion with dis­putes about poor per­for­mance:

  • For clients: Check­ing objec­tions to pay­ment claims, for exam­ple in the event of non-con­trac­tu­al per­for­mance, and legal­ly secure reten­tion of pay­ments.
  • For con­trac­tors: Enforce­ment of pay­ment claims, includ­ing through legal action, and defense against rights of reten­tion or unjus­ti­fied reduc­tions.

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Our ser­vices

  1. Exam­i­na­tion and assess­ment of the con­flict: We ana­lyze the sit­u­a­tion com­pre­hen­sive­ly and pro­vide a well-found­ed legal assess­ment of our clien­t’s posi­tion.
  2. Strat­e­gy devel­op­ment: Togeth­er with our clients, we devel­op an indi­vid­ual strat­e­gy for the enforce­ment or defense of the respec­tive claims.
  3. Nego­ti­a­tion and medi­a­tion: The aim is to resolve dis­putes as ami­ca­bly as pos­si­ble. We con­duct nego­ti­a­tions with the oth­er par­ty and pro­vide sup­port in medi­a­tion pro­ceed­ings.
  4. Legal rep­re­sen­ta­tion: If a court case is unavoid­able, we rep­re­sent our clients in court with com­mit­ment and com­pe­tence.
  5. Pre­ven­tive advice: We help to avoid dis­putes in advance by draft­ing clear and legal­ly com­pli­ant con­tracts and imple­ment­ing effi­cient con­flict res­o­lu­tion mech­a­nisms.


Advan­tages of our sup­port

  • Exper­tise in pub­lic pro­cure­ment law: Com­pre­hen­sive knowl­edge of the spe­cial fea­tures of pub­lic pro­cure­ment law that are rel­e­vant to dis­putes aris­ing from pub­lic con­tracts.
  • Holis­tic approach: Con­sid­er­a­tion of both the legal and eco­nom­ic inter­ests of our clients.
  • Effi­cient con­flict res­o­lu­tion: focus on quick and cost-effec­tive solu­tions.
  • Cus­tomized solu­tions: Indi­vid­ual advice tai­lored to the spe­cif­ic needs of clients and con­trac­tors.
  • Spe­cial­ist lawyers for IT law and con­struc­tion and archi­tec­tur­al law: We are not only lawyers for pub­lic pro­cure­ment law, but also for IT law and con­struc­tion law, as these are among the most com­mon cat­e­gories of pub­lic con­tracts in which dis­putes can arise.

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