{"id":23333,"date":"2025-11-14T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abante.de\/olg-dresden-confirms-strict-requirements-for-ex-ante-transparency-notice\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T11:32:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T10:32:30","slug":"olg-dresden-confirms-strict-requirements-for-ex-ante-transparency-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/olg-dresden-confirms-strict-requirements-for-ex-ante-transparency-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"OLG Dres\u00adden con\u00adfirms strict require\u00adments for ex-ante trans\u00adparen\u00adcy notice !"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On August 28, 2025, the High\u00ader Region\u00adal Court of Dres\u00adden ruled (case ref\u00ader\u00adence: Verg 1\/ 25) that the vol\u00adun\u00adtary ex-ante trans\u00adparen\u00adcy notice in the upper thresh\u00adold area does not offer any pro\u00adtec\u00adtion against the dec\u00adla\u00adra\u00adtion of nul\u00adli\u00adty of de fac\u00adto awards if the con\u00adtract\u00ading author\u00adi\u00adty has not care\u00adful\u00adly exam\u00adined the admis\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty require\u00adments for an award with\u00adout pri\u00ador pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtion. In the case of an exclu\u00adsive tech\u00adni\u00adcal posi\u00adtion, this includes in par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar a Europe-wide mar\u00adket inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtion.   <\/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:\/\/youtu.be\/y6AuVOwtqxw\" title=\"OLG Dresden best\u00e4tigt strenge Anforderungen an Ex-ante Transparenzbekanntmachung\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y6AuVOwtqxw?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 failed direct award despite cer\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deci\u00adsion sheds light on the rig\u00ador\u00adous lim\u00adits of direct award (nego\u00adti\u00adat\u00aded pro\u00adce\u00addure with\u00adout a call for com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtion) pur\u00adsuant to Sec\u00adtion 14 (4) VgV, even if the con\u00adtract\u00ading author\u00adi\u00adty assumes a tech\u00adni\u00adcal\u00adly unique posi\u00adtion.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The ini\u00adtial sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion:<\/strong> A max\u00adi\u00admum care hos\u00adpi\u00adtal need\u00aded soft\u00adware for time record\u00ading and per\u00adson\u00adnel resource plan\u00adning (PDP) that had to be able to be inte\u00adgrat\u00aded into the exist\u00ading hos\u00adpi\u00adtal infor\u00adma\u00adtion sys\u00adtem (HIS). Although a func\u00adtion\u00ading data exchange via an inter\u00adface was essen\u00adtial, the client decid\u00aded to award the con\u00adtract direct\u00adly to provider A. This was based on the assump\u00adtion that the provider was the only one in Europe with a cer\u00adti\u00adfied inter\u00adface from the HIS oper\u00ada\u00adtor.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The legal pro\u00adtec\u00adtion error:<\/strong> The client pub\u00adlished a vol\u00adun\u00adtary ex-ante trans\u00adparen\u00adcy notice before the con\u00adtract was con\u00adclud\u00aded and con\u00adclud\u00aded the con\u00adtract after the ten-day stand\u00adstill peri\u00adod had expired. It was not until five and a half months lat\u00ader that a com\u00adpeti\u00adtor object\u00aded to the award of the con\u00adtract and applied for a dec\u00adla\u00adra\u00adtion of nul\u00adli\u00adty of the con\u00adtract.   <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key point of the deci\u00adsion: The appar\u00adent safe\u00adty of ex ante pro\u00adtec\u00adtion<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The High\u00ader Region\u00adal Court of Dres\u00adden reject\u00aded the imme\u00addi\u00adate appeal of the client, who had already lost in the first instance, and ruled that the con\u00adtract was invalid. It was not law\u00adful to assume a tech\u00adni\u00adcal\u00adly unique posi\u00adtion.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The prob\u00adlem with the \u201cpow\u00ader\u00adful instru\u00adment\u201d:<\/strong> The con\u00adtract\u00ading author\u00adi\u00adty could not pro\u00adtect itself by means of the vol\u00adun\u00adtary ex ante trans\u00adparen\u00adcy notice pub\u00adlished before the con\u00adtract was con\u00adclud\u00aded. The require\u00adments for this seem\u00ading\u00adly pow\u00ader\u00adful instru\u00adment have long been strict\u00adly inter\u00adpret\u00aded by the pub\u00adlic pro\u00adcure\u00adment review bod\u00adies.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The applic\u00ada\u00adble stan\u00addard:<\/strong> The OLG Dres\u00adden applies a <strong>\u201csub\u00adjec\u00adtive-objec\u00adtive\u201d stan\u00addard of care<\/strong>. This cor\u00adre\u00adsponds to a grad\u00adu\u00adat\u00aded test pro\u00adgram:   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Objec\u00adtive stage (deter\u00admi\u00adna\u00adtion of the facts):<\/strong> First of all, it must be estab\u00adlished that the client has deter\u00admined the facts com\u00adplete\u00adly and cor\u00adrect\u00adly. Here, the High\u00ader Region\u00adal Court of Dres\u00adden shows its col\u00adors: In the case of alleged unique tech\u00adni\u00adcal fea\u00adtures, it con\u00adsid\u00aders a Europe-wide mar\u00adket inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtion to be nec\u00ades\u00adsary.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sub\u00adjec\u00adtive lev\u00adel (jus\u00adti\u00adfi\u00ada\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty):<\/strong> Final\u00adly, the con\u00adclu\u00adsions drawn by the client from these facts must at least be sub\u00adjec\u00adtive\u00adly jus\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adable.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the hos\u00adpi\u00adtal did not car\u00adry out a Europe-wide mar\u00adket explo\u00adration and only relied on an inad\u00ade\u00adquate mar\u00adket sound\u00ading, it already failed at the objec\u00adtive stage. The require\u00adments for a direct award were not met.   <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tips for pub\u00adlic clients: Care\u00adful prepa\u00adra\u00adtion<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rul\u00ading is a clear state\u00adment: the assump\u00adtion of a tech\u00adni\u00adcal\u00adly unique posi\u00adtion requires a robust exam\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In the case of a unique posi\u00adtion:<\/strong> exten\u00adsive mar\u00adket explo\u00adration: If you are rely\u00ading on a unique tech\u00adni\u00adcal posi\u00adtion, you must doc\u00adu\u00adment a Europe-wide mar\u00adket sur\u00advey. An incom\u00adplete mar\u00adket sur\u00advey (e.g. relat\u00ading only to parts of the ser\u00advice or geog\u00adra\u00adphy) deprives the deci\u00adsion of an objec\u00adtive basis.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>No pro\u00adtec\u00adtion with\u00adout foun\u00adda\u00adtion:<\/strong> The pro\u00adtec\u00adtion of the ex-ante trans\u00adparen\u00adcy dis\u00adclo\u00adsure only applies in the nar\u00adrow area of rea\u00adson\u00adable con\u00adclu\u00adsions (sub\u00adjec\u00adtive lev\u00adel) from a ful\u00adly estab\u00adlished set of facts (objec\u00adtive lev\u00adel).  <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tips for bid\u00adders and appli\u00adcants: Pro\u00adtect your rights to fair com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtion<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">D con\u00adfirms the effec\u00adtive legal pro\u00adtec\u00adtion options for bid\u00adders in the event of inad\u00admis\u00adsi\u00adble de fac\u00adto awards.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Focus on the mar\u00adket explo\u00adration:<\/strong> In the case of direct awards, check whether the con\u00adtract\u00ading author\u00adi\u00adty can pro\u00advide evi\u00addence of the Europe-wide mar\u00adket explo\u00adration for the claimed unique tech\u00adni\u00adcal posi\u00adtion. The deci\u00adsion pro\u00advides the objec\u00adtive bench\u00admark for this.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Oblig\u00ada\u00adtion to give notice of defects does not apply<\/strong>: In the case of a de fac\u00adto award, i.e. the con\u00adclu\u00adsion of a con\u00adtract with\u00adout pri\u00ador Europe-wide pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtion, the oblig\u00ada\u00adtion to give notice of defects pri\u00ador to the appli\u00adca\u00adtion for a dec\u00adla\u00adra\u00adtion of nul\u00adli\u00adty does not apply.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Long dead\u00adline for review:<\/strong> If no sub\u00adse\u00adquent con\u00adtract award notice has been issued, you have up to six months after con\u00adclu\u00adsion of the con\u00adtract to apply for a dec\u00adla\u00adra\u00adtion that the con\u00adtract is invalid.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 28, 2025, the High\u00ader Region\u00adal Court of Dres\u00adden ruled (case ref\u00ader\u00adence: Verg 1\/ 25) that the vol\u00adun\u00adtary ex-ante trans\u00adparen\u00adcy notice in the upper thresh\u00adold area does not offer any pro\u00adtec\u00adtion against the dec\u00adla\u00adra\u00adtion of nul\u00adli\u00adty of de fac\u00adto awards if the con\u00adtract\u00ading author\u00adi\u00adty has not care\u00adful\u00adly exam\u00adined the admis\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty require\u00adments for an award [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":22530,"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":[776,775,777,773,706,774,778],"team_kategorien":[],"lexikon_kategorie":[196,712,209,223,227,214],"class_list":["post-23333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-public-procurement-law-in-15-minutes","category-jurisdiction","tag-de-facto-awarding","tag-direct-award","tag-ex-ante-transparency-notice","tag-market-investigation","tag-public-procurement-law","tag-standard-of-care","tag-unique-technical-position","lexikon_kategorie-market-survey","lexikon_kategorie-practical-tip","lexikon_kategorie-procedure-of-the-procurement-procedure","lexikon_kategorie-review-procedure","lexikon_kategorie-evaluation-matrix","lexikon_kategorie-types-of-procedure-above-the-eu-thresholds"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23333","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\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23333"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23336,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23333\/revisions\/23336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23333"},{"taxonomy":"team_kategorien","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_kategorien?post=23333"},{"taxonomy":"lexikon_kategorie","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lexikon_kategorie?post=23333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}