Author: Florin DOGARU

Some important changes have been brought to the legislation on public procurement, enacted in the Law no. 208 of July 11, 2022, published in the Official Gazette 697/2022. Under the new law, the threshold for direct award procedures, for both products and services, was doubled and contracting authorities became subject to new obligations within the framework of the direct award procedure. The law also introduced changes regarding the settlement of disputes arising from the award of public contracts, sectoral contracts and works and services concession contracts.

These changes entered into force on September 10, 2022 and apply to public procurement procedures as of this date.

There follows an overview of the main legislative changes in public procurement :

• Increase (doubling) of the thresholds for direct purchases
• New rights and obligations of contracting authorities
• New deadlines for requests for clarification
• Settlement of disputes before the courts
• Challenging the finding documents
• Challenging the nullity of the contract
• The register of tools, equipment, and installations

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