Public Procurement Review Procedure – Inconsistency of the Public Procurement Act with Council Directive 89/665/EEC and ECJ Case Law (p413-421)

Public procurement law specifically regulates the process of procurement in the public sector. Procurement, as the process leading to a contract, is generally divided into three categories: supplies (acquisition of products), services, and works. It consists of legal rules that impose
limits in pursuit of the main goal - the best value for money. The main difference between procurement in the public and in the private sector is that the aim of public procurement is to pursue the best value for taxpayers’ money. Since public procurement is about spending taxpayers’ money to provide benefit to citizens or consumers from the products and services acquired, procurement is subject to compliance with general
rules and principles in order to ensure efficient purchasing. Therefore, public procurement necessarily includes formal and bureaucratic processes, depending on the thresholds of the contract.

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