Tenders
        Help with checking the tender documentation (mostly purchase agreements ), which is included in the tenders, that it does not contain any unnecessary requirements or even requirements that would be in contradiction with other acts not only with the “tender act”.
        We do this by heart, but having the opportunity to consult it with a lawyer during the tender documentation preparation, could be sometimes helpful.
        When there are certain actions needed to be done during the period when the tender is published and before the submission is over, we sometimes need to ask some questions about the general conditions of the tender or about the specifications and in this case we would also welcome to have a possibility to discuss what are our chances to force the contracting authority to make any changes in the tender documentation. Or to discuss how we should formulate our questions in order to achieve the requested / desired result. To generally know which steps needs to be taken not to be neglected by the contracting authority.
        Here we sometimes need to be quite fast in making the decisions because the time is usually limited and every additional step is making the whole process more and more complicated.
        When we need to make any changes in the existing won tenders (e.g. price increase), it would be good to have a possibility to consult the most suitable approach with a legal as well. So that we can use the right approach to make these kind of changes as smooth as possible and avoid any formal mistakes from the beginning.
        When we see that some authorities are not behaving, it is important to have a chance to consult about the possible future steps and what the consequences for us and for the respective contracting authority might be.

 

    General business agreements
        We are using the contract templates for instrument direct sales and rentals, but the customers are making changes to these templates and we would need to consult whether the changes are acceptable / relevant / in line with other acts or if this doesn’t make sense and we should not accept these changes. And to have some legal arguments and support in case of the customer is not accepting our conditions.
        When we are contracting third parties in participating at BD organized events or using them for specific trainings, it would also help us to have a possibility to consult the content of these contracts and be flexible in modifying them. To have some guidance on how many hours should not be exceeded or what is the maximum amount that can be paid over a certain period.