Complaint to the court in the light of the Act of 29 January 2004on Public Procurement Law

Abstract

The main research goal of this article is to show how participants in public procurement proceedings can fight for their rights before a court. The article presents the necessary formal conditions for lodging a complaint and the rules for its recognition. The article uses primarily the dogmatic and legal method. The article presents practical difficulties related to the provisions included in the Public Procurement Law in the scope of complaints to the court. The conclusion of the article is that although the Public Procurement Law has been in force for fifteen years and has undergone many changes witch were supposed to improve it, it`s still unclear and difficult for the participants of the proceedings to apply. The above causes that participants of public procurement proceedings often have to take advantage of legal protection measures, which are to be used to ensure compliance of public procurement procedures and competitions with the provisions of the Act. The question is, are the rules clear enough and do not limit the right to the court?

Keywords

• Complaint
• deadline for bringing a complaint to court
• costs of lodging a complaint
• complaint recognition mode
• court recognition of the complaint
• cassation complaint by the president of the public procurement office