{"id":23240,"date":"2026-01-30T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abante.de\/municipal-housing-associations-as-public-clients\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T11:30:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T10:30:46","slug":"municipal-housing-associations-as-public-clients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/municipal-housing-associations-as-public-clients\/","title":{"rendered":"Munic\u00adi\u00adpal hous\u00ading asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtions as pub\u00adlic clients?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On March 13, 2024, the High\u00ader Region\u00adal Court of Ros\u00adtock ruled (case ref\u00ader\u00adence: 2 U 10\/23) that a de fac\u00adto award of a con\u00adtract below the thresh\u00adold val\u00adues can also be stopped by means of an inter\u00adim injunc\u00adtion if the actions of the con\u00adtract\u00ading author\u00adi\u00adty can be clas\u00adsi\u00adfied as arbi\u00adtrary.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our video dis\u00adcussing the judg\u00adment:<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9ps-qTMRkPg\" title=\"Kommunale Wohnungsbaugesellschaften als \u00f6ffentliche Auftraggeber?\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9ps-qTMRkPg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The facts of the case<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the heart of the dis\u00adpute was the fiber optic expan\u00adsion (net\u00adwork lev\u00adel 4) in around 2,400 apart\u00adments of a munic\u00adi\u00adpal hous\u00ading asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion. Although a pri\u00advate net\u00adwork oper\u00ada\u00adtor (the lat\u00ader plain\u00adtiff) had expressed inter\u00adest sev\u00ader\u00adal times, the hous\u00ading asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion con\u00adclud\u00aded con\u00adtracts with a com\u00adpeti\u00adtor with\u00adout any com\u00adpet\u00adi\u00adtive pro\u00adce\u00addure.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked, the com\u00adpa\u00adny untruth\u00adful\u00adly informed the plain\u00adtiff that no agree\u00adments exist\u00aded. It was only through legal action against the city as a share\u00adhold\u00ader that the plain\u00adtiff became aware of the actu\u00adal agree\u00adments and sought pri\u00adma\u00adry legal pro\u00adtec\u00adtion by way of a pre\u00adlim\u00adi\u00adnary injunc\u00adtion.   <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key point of the deci\u00adsion: When \u201carbi\u00adtrari\u00adness\u201d makes con\u00adtracts void\u00adable<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The OLG Ros\u00adtock first clar\u00adi\u00adfied that a hous\u00ading asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion orga\u00adnized under pri\u00advate law acts as a con\u00adtract\u00ading author\u00adi\u00adty with\u00adin the mean\u00ading of pub\u00adlic pro\u00adcure\u00adment law if it per\u00adforms tasks of a non-com\u00admer\u00adcial nature that are in the pub\u00adlic inter\u00adest (e.g. social hous\u00ading pro\u00advi\u00adsion with\u00adout the pri\u00adma\u00adry inten\u00adtion of mak\u00ading a prof\u00adit) and is con\u00adtrolled by the pub\u00adlic author\u00adi\u00adties.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deci\u00adsive legal deci\u00adsion con\u00adcerns legal pro\u00adtec\u00adtion below the thresh\u00adold val\u00adues: Nor\u00admal\u00adly, pri\u00adma\u00adry legal pro\u00adtec\u00adtion in the sub-thresh\u00adold area is as good as exclud\u00aded after the con\u00adtract has been con\u00adclud\u00aded. How\u00adev\u00ader, the court deemed the pro\u00adce\u00addure here to be arbi\u00adtrary, as com\u00adpeti\u00adtors were ignored with\u00adout objec\u00adtive rea\u00adson and infor\u00adma\u00adtion was delib\u00ader\u00adate\u00adly con\u00adcealed. Despite the fact that the con\u00adtract had already been con\u00adclud\u00aded, the court ruled that the com\u00adpa\u00adny was not allowed to con\u00adtin\u00adue with the unlaw\u00adful\u00adly con\u00adclud\u00aded con\u00adtract. A new con\u00adtract requires a trans\u00adpar\u00adent and non-dis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adna\u00adto\u00adry selec\u00adtion pro\u00adce\u00addure.     <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tips for pub\u00adlic clients:<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even if you oper\u00adate in the sub-thresh\u00adold area or are orga\u00adnized as a munic\u00adi\u00adpal com\u00adpa\u00adny in pri\u00advate legal form, this does not release you from the prin\u00adci\u00adples of fair com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtion.  <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Check your sta\u00adtus:<\/strong> Do you per\u00adform tasks of a non-com\u00admer\u00adcial nature? Then you are most like\u00adly bound by pub\u00adlic pro\u00adcure\u00adment law.   <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Avoid de fac\u00adto con\u00adtract awards:<\/strong> A \u201cshort offi\u00adcial route\u201d with\u00adout com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtion car\u00adries the risk of projects that have already been start\u00aded being stopped by the courts, which can lead to con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00adable delays and claims for dam\u00adages.  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion:<\/strong> The delib\u00ader\u00adate con\u00adceal\u00adment of con\u00adtract con\u00adclu\u00adsions from inter\u00adest\u00aded par\u00adties can be seen as evi\u00addence of arbi\u00adtrari\u00adness in court.  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tips for bid\u00adders and fund\u00ading recip\u00adi\u00adents<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don\u2019t be dis\u00adcour\u00adaged if an order has already been placed \u201cunder the table\u201d.  <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Use your right to infor\u00adma\u00adtion: <\/strong>If you sus\u00adpect a com\u00admis\u00adsion, demand trans\u00adparen\u00adcy. If nec\u00ades\u00adsary, you can also take legal action to obtain doc\u00adu\u00adments from the local author\u00adi\u00adty involved.   <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Speed of reac\u00adtion:<\/strong> As soon as you have reli\u00adable evi\u00addence of an infringe\u00adment, you must <strong>react<\/strong> quick\u00adly, oth\u00ader\u00adwise there is a lack of urgency, which will thwart inter\u00adim legal pro\u00adtec\u00adtion.  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 13, 2024, the High\u00ader Region\u00adal Court of Ros\u00adtock ruled (case ref\u00ader\u00adence: 2 U 10\/23) that a de fac\u00adto award of a con\u00adtract below the thresh\u00adold val\u00adues can also be stopped by means of an inter\u00adim injunc\u00adtion if the actions of the con\u00adtract\u00ading author\u00adi\u00adty can be clas\u00adsi\u00adfied as arbi\u00adtrary. Our video dis\u00adcussing the judg\u00adment: [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":22554,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[703,248],"tags":[707,706,708],"team_kategorien":[],"lexikon_kategorie":[713,201,712,209,200],"class_list":["post-23240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-public-procurement-law-in-15-minutes","category-jurisdiction","tag-award-procedure","tag-public-procurement-law","tag-review-procedure","lexikon_kategorie-deadlines-under-public-procurement-law","lexikon_kategorie-legal-protection-in-the-procurement-procedure","lexikon_kategorie-practical-tip","lexikon_kategorie-procedure-of-the-procurement-procedure","lexikon_kategorie-public-procurement-law"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23240"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23242,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23240\/revisions\/23242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23240"},{"taxonomy":"team_kategorien","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_kategorien?post=23240"},{"taxonomy":"lexikon_kategorie","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lexikon_kategorie?post=23240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}