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Successful defence of Lithuanian Railways in EUR 700,000 damages dispute with Civinity Solutions
We successfully represented Lithuanian Railways against supplier Civinity Solutions (Civinity) in a dispute regarding compensation of EUR 700,000 damages. Civinity laid the groundwork for this dispute in 2022, when it won a case and proved that a competitor’s tender offer was unjustly selected as the winner. Since the contract with the competitor had already been […]
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Support for the Latvian Children’s Palliative Care Society
Our public procurement team provided pro bono assistance in the preparation of documents for the open tender “Purchase of passenger cars for the needs of the Children’s Palliative Care Society”. Our assistance included the preparation of the procurement regulation and its annexes, as well as consulting on the application of “clean” road transport procurement requirements. […]
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Škoda succeeds in BEMU train tender in Latvia
We assisted a consortium of Škoda Transportation and Škoda Vagonka in a bid to deliver the first BEMU trains to Latvia. Our assistance spanned from advice on drafting the bid in line with Latvian procurement laws to appealing the contract award criteria. Our team The Sorainen team consisted of senior associate Katrīne Pļaviņa-Mika, counsel Edgaras Markevičius, […]
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Effects of inflation on public procurement contracts: when can the contract price be increased?
The changes in prices and inflation observed in recent years have created a lot of uncertainty regarding signed and still ongoing contracts. This has led to questions being raised regarding specific public procurement contracts. Related legal disputes have already reached the highest courts of Lithuania. According to the courts, the law generally allows for an […]
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Mulgi parish successfully overturns a decision of the State Shared Service Centre
We successfully represented the municipality of Mulgi in a dispute with the State Shared Service Centre (SSSC) over the latter’s recent decision, by which the SSSC ordered Mulgi Municipality to return approximately EUR 50 000 of EU funding. The recovery order was related to Mulgi Municipality’s two public procurements for the demolition of an old […]