{"id":23376,"date":"2026-01-23T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abante.de\/internal-reasons-as-grounds-for-termination-only-with-proper-documentation\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T11:33:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T10:33:34","slug":"internal-reasons-as-grounds-for-termination-only-with-proper-documentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/internal-reasons-as-grounds-for-termination-only-with-proper-documentation\/","title":{"rendered":"Inter\u00adnal rea\u00adsons as grounds for ter\u00admi\u00adna\u00adtion? Only with prop\u00ader doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On April 23, 2025, the Low\u00ader Sax\u00adony Pub\u00adlic Pro\u00adcure\u00adment Cham\u00adber (VK) ruled in its deci\u00adsion (Ref.: VgK-10\/ 2025) that inter\u00adnal rea\u00adsons can also jus\u00adti\u00adfy the annul\u00adment of an award pro\u00adce\u00addure. These inter\u00adnal rea\u00adsons must also be doc\u00adu\u00adment\u00aded in detail in order to rebut the accu\u00adsa\u00adtion of mis\u00adrep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtion, for exam\u00adple. <\/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\/XhzzYaITEnQ\" title=\"Interne Gr\u00fcnde als Aufhebungsgrund? Nur bei ordnungsgem\u00e4\u00dfer Dokumentation!\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XhzzYaITEnQ?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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Facts of the case<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A local author\u00adi\u00adty (AG) in Low\u00ader Sax\u00adony put project man\u00adage\u00adment ser\u00advices out to ten\u00adder across Europe. Par\u00adal\u00adlel to this award pro\u00adce\u00addure, job adver\u00adtise\u00adments for a con\u00adstruc\u00adtion tech\u00adni\u00adcian and a civ\u00adil engi\u00adneer ran from mid-2024. The client was only able to fill these posi\u00adtions in Jan\u00adu\u00adary 2025.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a result, the client can\u00adceled the ongo\u00ading award pro\u00adce\u00addure for project man\u00adage\u00adment. The rea\u00adson giv\u00aden for this was that the new hires had elim\u00adi\u00adnat\u00aded the need for pro\u00adcure\u00adment, as the new staff could now per\u00adform the project man\u00adage\u00adment tasks in-house. The lat\u00ader appli\u00adcant (ASt.) crit\u00adi\u00adcized this pro\u00adce\u00addure as arbi\u00adtrary and pre\u00adtex\u00adtu\u00adal, as per\u00adson\u00adnel were not hired \u201con the off chance\u201d and the can\u00adcel\u00adla\u00adtion only served to award the con\u00adtract to anoth\u00ader com\u00adpa\u00adny.  <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key point of the deci\u00adsion  <\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In its deci\u00adsion, the VK Nieder\u00adsach\u00adsen shed light on two key aspects of pub\u00adlic pro\u00adcure\u00adment law:<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The annul\u00adment was deemed unlaw\u00adful, but nev\u00ader\u00adthe\u00adless effec\u00adtive. Accord\u00ading to the VK Nieder\u00adsach\u00adsen, con\u00adtract\u00ading author\u00adi\u00adties may also can\u00adcel a pro\u00adce\u00addure for \u201cinter\u00adnal rea\u00adsons\u201d. How\u00adev\u00ader, the change in the basis must not be the fault of the con\u00adtract\u00ading author\u00adi\u00adty itself (in the sense of being respon\u00adsi\u00adble). As the client had delib\u00ader\u00adate\u00adly recruit\u00aded the per\u00adson\u00adnel, it brought about the change in cir\u00adcum\u00adstances itself. Due to a lack of suf\u00adfi\u00adcient doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion, it could not prove that the recruit\u00adment had led to the dis\u00adcon\u00adtin\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion of the pro\u00adcure\u00adment require\u00adment by chance. The client was there\u00adfore unable to dis\u00adpel the cor\u00adre\u00adspond\u00ading doubts of ASt., so that the VK Nieder\u00adsach\u00adsen assumed that the client was respon\u00adsi\u00adble.      <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite being unlaw\u00adful, the annul\u00adment remained effec\u00adtive. The court empha\u00adsized that a con\u00adtract\u00ading author\u00adi\u00adty can\u00adnot, in prin\u00adci\u00adple, be forced to award a con\u00adtract due to the lack of an oblig\u00ada\u00adtion to con\u00adtract (see Sec\u00adtion 62 (1) sen\u00adtence 2 VgV). As the pro\u00adcure\u00adment require\u00adment was effec\u00adtive\u00adly elim\u00adi\u00adnat\u00aded due to the inter\u00adnal exe\u00adcu\u00adtion and fis\u00adcal sav\u00adings were achieved, the con\u00adtract\u00ading author\u00adi\u00adty had an objec\u00adtive rea\u00adson to ter\u00admi\u00adnate the pro\u00adce\u00addure.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The annul\u00adment effec\u00adtive\u00adly end\u00aded the pro\u00adceed\u00adings, but exposed the client to the risk of claims for dam\u00adages and costs.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tips for pub\u00adlic clients:<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion is key:<\/strong> If you want to can\u00adcel a pro\u00adce\u00addure for inter\u00adnal rea\u00adsons (e.g. due to new hires), you must doc\u00adu\u00adment that this devel\u00adop\u00adment was not fore\u00adsee\u00adable when the pro\u00adce\u00addure was ini\u00adti\u00adat\u00aded. A mere ref\u00ader\u00adence to the dis\u00adcon\u00adtin\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion of the require\u00adment is often not suf\u00adfi\u00adcient with\u00adout \u201cin-depth doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion\u201d.   <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Be care\u00adful with \u201cself-made\u201d rea\u00adsons for ter\u00admi\u00adna\u00adtion:<\/strong> Bear in mind that an annul\u00adment may be unlaw\u00adful if you have active\u00adly brought about the rea\u00adsons for it your\u00adself (such as per\u00adson\u00adnel recruit\u00adment). This can lead to cost con\u00adse\u00adquences in the review pro\u00adce\u00addure as well as claims for dam\u00adages, even if you do not (want to) award the con\u00adtract.   <\/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<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Dif\u00adfer\u00aden\u00adti\u00ada\u00adtion between effec\u00adtive\u00adness vs. legal\u00adi\u00adty:<\/strong> Be aware that a suc\u00adcess\u00adful objec\u00adtion to an annul\u00adment does not nec\u00ades\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adly lead to an order. Courts often only estab\u00adlish ille\u00adgal\u00adi\u00adty (which is impor\u00adtant for dam\u00adages), but do not oblige the client to con\u00adtin\u00adue the pro\u00adceed\u00adings if the need has actu\u00adal\u00adly ceased to exist.   <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Excep\u00adtion \u201csham annul\u00adment\u201d:<\/strong> An annul\u00adment is excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly inef\u00adfec\u00adtive if it is mere\u00adly a sham. This is the case if the annul\u00adment only serves to end the pro\u00adce\u00addure in order to sub\u00adse\u00adquent\u00adly award the con\u00adtract to the com\u00adpa\u00adny with the (sup\u00adpos\u00aded\u00adly) most eco\u00adnom\u00adi\u00adcal bid.   <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Take a close look:<\/strong> If a ter\u00admi\u00adna\u00adtion occurs very sud\u00adden\u00adly and in par\u00adal\u00adlel with oth\u00ader per\u00adson\u00adnel deci\u00adsions, it is often worth check\u00ading for arbi\u00adtrari\u00adness or dis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion, as these lim\u00adits are rel\u00ade\u00advant for an effec\u00adtive ter\u00admi\u00adna\u00adtion.  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 23, 2025, the Low\u00ader Sax\u00adony Pub\u00adlic Pro\u00adcure\u00adment Cham\u00adber (VK) ruled in its deci\u00adsion (Ref.: VgK-10\/ 2025) that inter\u00adnal rea\u00adsons can also jus\u00adti\u00adfy the annul\u00adment of an award pro\u00adce\u00addure. These inter\u00adnal rea\u00adsons must also be doc\u00adu\u00adment\u00aded in detail in order to rebut the accu\u00adsa\u00adtion of mis\u00adrep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtion, for exam\u00adple. Our video dis\u00adcussing the judg\u00adment: Facts [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":22627,"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":[713,712,209,200,211,223,198],"class_list":["post-23376","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-practical-tip","lexikon_kategorie-procedure-of-the-procurement-procedure","lexikon_kategorie-public-procurement-law","lexikon_kategorie-reasons-for-exclusion","lexikon_kategorie-review-procedure","lexikon_kategorie-suitability"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23376","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=23376"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23378,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23376\/revisions\/23378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23376"},{"taxonomy":"team_kategorien","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_kategorien?post=23376"},{"taxonomy":"lexikon_kategorie","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lexikon_kategorie?post=23376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}