Public Procurement Law.

The purpose of the Law is to ensure openness of procurements; free competition of economic operators, and also equal and fair treatment thereof; and effective use of the funds of the contracting authority, minimizing the risk thereof as far as possible. Among others, the Law also provides for green public procurement; quality assurance standards; environmental management standards; European single procurement document; and special rules with respect to energy efficiency. Green public procurement shall be intended procurement of such products, services or construction work the environmental impact whereof during their life cycle is smaller than the impact of the products, services and construction work with the same purpose of use, acquired without applying the principles of green public procurement. The following procurement procedures exist: (a) open procedure; (b) restricted procedure; (c) competitive procedure with negotiation; (d) competitive dialogue; (e) innovation partnership procedure; and (f) negotiated procedure.