{"id":23246,"date":"2025-12-12T14:13:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T13:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abante.de\/scaffolding-work-is-a-separate-specialist-lot\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T11:30:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T10:30:50","slug":"scaffolding-work-is-a-separate-specialist-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/scaffolding-work-is-a-separate-specialist-lot\/","title":{"rendered":"Scaf\u00adfold\u00ading work is a sep\u00ada\u00adrate spe\u00adcial\u00adist lot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On August 18, 2025, the Fed\u00ader\u00adal Pub\u00adlic Pro\u00adcure\u00adment Cham\u00adber ruled in its deci\u00adsion (Ref.: VK 2\u201363\/25) that scaf\u00adfold\u00ading work con\u00adsti\u00adtutes a sep\u00ada\u00adrate spe\u00adcial\u00adist lot and that the over\u00adall award of facade and scaf\u00adfold\u00ading work was nei\u00adther tech\u00adni\u00adcal\u00adly nor eco\u00adnom\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly jus\u00adti\u00adfied in this case.<\/p>\n\n<p>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:\/\/youtu.be\/tLKV0oEB0WQ\" title=\"Ger\u00fcstbauarbeiten sind eigenst\u00e4ndiges Fachlos\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tLKV0oEB0WQ?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>Facts: The unde\u00adsir\u00adable over\u00adall award<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n<p>The client invit\u00aded ten\u00adders for a total of 19 spe\u00adcial\u00adist lots as part of an open ten\u00adder pro\u00adce\u00addure for the ener\u00adgy-effi\u00adcient refur\u00adbish\u00adment of a build\u00ading com\u00adplex. The \u201cfa\u00e7ade work\u201d lot includ\u00aded not only the demo\u00adli\u00adtion and new con\u00adstruc\u00adtion of the exter\u00adnal ther\u00admal insu\u00adla\u00adtion com\u00adpos\u00adite sys\u00adtem (ETICS), but also the nec\u00ades\u00adsary scaf\u00adfold\u00ading work. The spec\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtions explic\u00adit\u00adly pro\u00advid\u00aded for scaf\u00adfold\u00ading erec\u00adtion for third par\u00adties (fa\u00e7ade and roof trades).  <\/p>\n\n<p>The client jus\u00adti\u00adfied the com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adtion of the scaf\u00adfold\u00ading and fa\u00e7ade work in one lot with the fol\u00adlow\u00ading argu\u00adments:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Tech\u00adni\u00adcal neces\u00adsi\u00adty: <\/strong>The sequen\u00adtial dis\u00adman\u00adtling and con\u00adstruc\u00adtion of the ETICS from top to bot\u00adtom or from bot\u00adtom to top requires short-term and con\u00adstant adjust\u00adments to the scaf\u00adfold\u00ading. Only an over\u00adall con\u00adtract award would enable the nec\u00ades\u00adsary rapid coor\u00addi\u00adna\u00adtion and man\u00adage\u00adable pro\u00adce\u00addure that has been prac\u00adticed thou\u00adsands of times. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Eco\u00adnom\u00adic effects:<\/strong> Close dove\u00adtail\u00ading would lead to syn\u00ader\u00adgy effects and avoid delays caused by the usu\u00adal long call-off peri\u00adods (4 to 8 weeks) for exter\u00adnal scaf\u00adfold\u00aders. In addi\u00adtion, due to the low con\u00adtract val\u00adue for the scaf\u00adfold\u00ading (approx. 1.94% of the total con\u00adtract val\u00adue), the sep\u00ada\u00adrate award\u00ading of con\u00adtracts should be avoid\u00aded as an uneco\u00adnom\u00adi\u00adcal splin\u00adter lot. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>The appli\u00adcant, a pure scaf\u00adfold\u00ading com\u00adpa\u00adny, con\u00adsid\u00adered this over\u00adall award to be inad\u00admis\u00adsi\u00adble. It argued that scaf\u00adfold\u00ading work con\u00adsti\u00adtutes an inde\u00adpen\u00addent spe\u00adcial\u00adist trade which, accord\u00ading to the <strong>HwOua\u00dcG<\/strong> (Tran\u00adsi\u00adtion\u00adal Act on the Occa\u00adsion of the Sec\u00adond Act Amend\u00ading the Crafts Code), must in any case be car\u00adried out by a scaf\u00adfold\u00ader reg\u00adis\u00adtered in the Crafts Reg\u00adis\u00adter \u2014 i.e. only by a sub\u00adcon\u00adtrac\u00adtor of the fa\u00e7ade builder.   <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key point of the deci\u00adsion: Coor\u00addi\u00adna\u00adtion costs must not be passed on<\/h2>\n\n<p>The VK Bund ruled in favor of the appli\u00adcant and found a breach of the require\u00adment to award spe\u00adcial\u00adist lots in accor\u00addance with Sec\u00adtion 97 (4) sen\u00adtence 2 GWB. The cham\u00adber con\u00adfirmed that scaf\u00adfold\u00ading ser\u00advices con\u00adsti\u00adtute a spe\u00adcial\u00adist lot due to the inde\u00adpen\u00addent require\u00adments under craft law (sep\u00ada\u00adrate train\u00ading occu\u00adpa\u00adtion, mas\u00adter crafts\u00adman title and col\u00adlec\u00adtive agree\u00adment), which was not dis\u00adput\u00aded in prin\u00adci\u00adple by the client.  <\/p>\n\n<p>The cham\u00adber reject\u00aded the argu\u00adment of the tech\u00adni\u00adcal com\u00adplex\u00adi\u00adty of the fa\u00e7ade work. There was no com\u00adpelling need for an over\u00adall award, as accord\u00ading to the client itself, the work had been car\u00adried out \u201cthou\u00adsands of times\u201d and was easy to han\u00addle in prac\u00adti\u00adcal con\u00adstruc\u00adtion terms, which argued against any par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar com\u00adplex\u00adi\u00adty. In addi\u00adtion, there was no tech\u00adni\u00adcal neces\u00adsi\u00adty for an over\u00adall award because the scaf\u00adfold\u00ading work had to be car\u00adried out by a spe\u00adcial\u00adized scaf\u00adfold\u00ader as a sub\u00adcon\u00adtrac\u00adtor or bid\u00adding con\u00adsor\u00adtium any\u00adway due to the pro\u00advi\u00adsions of trade law (HwOua\u00dcG) and the use for oth\u00ader trades (roof). The con\u00adtrol\u00adla\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty in the indi\u00advid\u00adual lot was giv\u00aden, as the nec\u00ades\u00adsary adap\u00adta\u00adtions and con\u00adver\u00adsions could be specif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly planned by the spe\u00adcial\u00adist plan\u00adner from the out\u00adset (e.g. 10 or 20 con\u00adver\u00adsions per house). The require\u00adments for prompt and imme\u00addi\u00adate imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion could eas\u00adi\u00adly be defined as a con\u00adtrac\u00adtu\u00adal basis in a sep\u00ada\u00adrate ten\u00adder for the scaf\u00adfold\u00ading con\u00adstruc\u00adtion lot and would thus avoid wait\u00ading times.    <\/p>\n\n<p>The eco\u00adnom\u00adic argu\u00adments were also reject\u00aded by the Cham\u00adber. The clien\u00adt\u2019s desire to achieve faster coor\u00addi\u00adna\u00adtion and a com\u00admon com\u00admer\u00adcial inter\u00adest and thus avoid obstruc\u00adtion notices, con\u00adstruc\u00adtion time exten\u00adsions and fur\u00adther remu\u00adner\u00ada\u00adtion claims did not con\u00adsti\u00adtute a per\u00admis\u00adsi\u00adble eco\u00adnom\u00adic or tech\u00adni\u00adcal rea\u00adson. The leg\u00adis\u00adla\u00adtor made this deci\u00adsion by delib\u00ader\u00adate\u00adly accept\u00ading the increased coor\u00addi\u00adna\u00adtion effort that aris\u00ades when divid\u00ading the con\u00adtract into spe\u00adcial\u00adist lots in Sec\u00adtion 97 (4) GWB and impos\u00ading this on the client. Sim\u00adi\u00adlar\u00adly, a split lot argu\u00adment for sup\u00adport\u00ading ser\u00advices such as scaf\u00adfold\u00ading would be mis\u00adguid\u00aded, as these nat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adly lag behind the main ser\u00advices in terms of val\u00adue. In addi\u00adtion, scaf\u00adfold\u00ading account\u00aded for 10 to 20 per\u00adcent of the fa\u00e7ade work itself, which argued against the assump\u00adtion of an uneco\u00adnom\u00adi\u00adcal splin\u00adter lot.     <\/p>\n\n<p>As a result, the over\u00adall award was inad\u00admis\u00adsi\u00adble. The client had to ten\u00adder the scaf\u00adfold\u00ading ser\u00advices in a sep\u00ada\u00adrate spe\u00adcial\u00adist lot if the inten\u00adtion to pro\u00adcure con\u00adtin\u00adued. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tips for pub\u00adlic clients: Stay true to the lots<\/h2>\n\n<p>The rul\u00ading under\u00adlines that the statu\u00adto\u00adry require\u00adment to award spe\u00adcial\u00adist lots is one of the main pil\u00adlars of pub\u00adlic pro\u00adcure\u00adment law. The desire for <strong>sim\u00adple coor\u00addi\u00adna\u00adtion<\/strong> or the <strong>avoid\u00adance of inter\u00adfaces<\/strong> only jus\u00adti\u00adfies an over\u00adall award in rare excep\u00adtion\u00adal cas\u00ades. <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Manda\u00adto\u00adry sep\u00ada\u00adra\u00adtion:<\/strong> As a rule, scaf\u00adfold\u00ading ser\u00advices must always be ten\u00addered as a <strong>sep\u00ada\u00adrate spe\u00adcial\u00adist lot <\/strong>. Sce\u00adnar\u00adios that jus\u00adti\u00adfy an excep\u00adtion are hard\u00adly con\u00adceiv\u00adable. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Clear spec\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion:<\/strong> Instead of group\u00ading ser\u00advices togeth\u00ader, define the <strong>spe\u00adcial fea\u00adtures of the con\u00adstruc\u00adtion project<\/strong> in the ten\u00adder doc\u00adu\u00adments for the indi\u00advid\u00adual lot. If, for exam\u00adple, quick suc\u00adces\u00adsive retro\u00adfits are required, this must be pre\u00adcise\u00adly spec\u00adi\u00adfied in the spec\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtions of the scaf\u00adfold\u00ading lot. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Coor\u00addi\u00adna\u00adtion effort as a duty:<\/strong> Plan and bud\u00adget explic\u00adit\u00adly for the increased coor\u00addi\u00adna\u00adtion effort that aris\u00ades when award\u00ading lots. This is required by law and must be borne by the client. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>No gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adized expe\u00adri\u00adence:<\/strong> Gen\u00ader\u00adal ref\u00ader\u00adences to bad expe\u00adri\u00adences with exter\u00adnal scaf\u00adfold\u00aders (\u201ccall-off peri\u00adods of 4 to 8 weeks\u201d) are not suf\u00adfi\u00adcient to jus\u00adti\u00adfy an over\u00adall award. The jus\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion must relate to the spe\u00adcif\u00adic indi\u00advid\u00adual case and its par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar tech\u00adni\u00adcal cir\u00adcum\u00adstances. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tips for bid\u00adders and fund\u00ading recip\u00adi\u00adents: Active\u00adly report vio\u00adla\u00adtions of lot bids<\/h2>\n\n<p>For bid\u00adders, espe\u00adcial\u00adly spe\u00adcial\u00adized com\u00adpa\u00adnies (such as scaf\u00adfold\u00aders in this case), the lot split\u00adting require\u00adment is an impor\u00adtant <strong>pro\u00adtec\u00adtive mech\u00ada\u00adnism<\/strong> that ensures access to pub\u00adlic con\u00adtracts.<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mon\u00adi\u00adtor the mar\u00adket:<\/strong> In ten\u00adders, check whether inde\u00adpen\u00addent spe\u00adcial\u00adist trades such as scaf\u00adfold\u00ading, spe\u00adcial IT ser\u00advices, clean\u00ading ser\u00advices etc. have been inte\u00adgrat\u00aded into a larg\u00ader lot with\u00adout per\u00admis\u00adsion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rea\u00adson for com\u00adplaint:<\/strong> If there is a breach of Sec\u00adtion 97 (4) GWB because a spe\u00adcial\u00adist lot was not ten\u00addered sep\u00ada\u00adrate\u00adly, this is a clear rea\u00adson for com\u00adplaint. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Check mul\u00adti-client capa\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty:<\/strong> Con\u00adsid\u00ader whether you could offer the sep\u00ada\u00adrate ser\u00advice if it had been put out to ten\u00adder sep\u00ada\u00adrate\u00adly. The appli\u00adcant in the present case explic\u00adit\u00adly con\u00adfirmed in the pro\u00adceed\u00adings that it <strong>can offer and per\u00adform<\/strong> the scaf\u00adfold\u00ading ser\u00advices put out to ten\u00adder in the event of a sep\u00ada\u00adrate invi\u00adta\u00adtion to ten\u00adder. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 18, 2025, the Fed\u00ader\u00adal Pub\u00adlic Pro\u00adcure\u00adment Cham\u00adber ruled in its deci\u00adsion (Ref.: VK 2\u201363\/25) that scaf\u00adfold\u00ading work con\u00adsti\u00adtutes a sep\u00ada\u00adrate spe\u00adcial\u00adist lot and that the over\u00adall award of facade and scaf\u00adfold\u00ading work was nei\u00adther tech\u00adni\u00adcal\u00adly nor eco\u00adnom\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly jus\u00adti\u00adfied in this case. Our video dis\u00adcussing the judg\u00adment: Facts: The unde\u00adsir\u00adable over\u00adall award The client [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":22525,"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":[720,703,248,171],"tags":[724,731,725,730,728,732,723,722,729,727,726],"team_kategorien":[],"lexikon_kategorie":[233,199,200,223,721,229],"class_list":["post-23246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-client","category-current-public-procurement-law-in-15-minutes","category-jurisdiction","category-procurement-law","tag--section-97-4-gwb","tag-building-law","tag-coordination-effort","tag-etics-external-thermal-insulation-composite-system","tag-hwouaueg","tag-interface-management","tag-lot-allocation","tag-specialist-lot-awarding","tag-splinterless","tag-trade-law","tag-vk-2-63-25","lexikon_kategorie-contract-value","lexikon_kategorie-principles-of-public-procurement-law","lexikon_kategorie-public-procurement-law","lexikon_kategorie-review-procedure","lexikon_kategorie-rights-protecting-bidders","lexikon_kategorie-terms-of-reference"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23246","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=23246"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23247,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23246\/revisions\/23247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23246"},{"taxonomy":"team_kategorien","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_kategorien?post=23246"},{"taxonomy":"lexikon_kategorie","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lexikon_kategorie?post=23246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}