RMDT’s Public Procurement, Concessions & PPP team advises Romanian and international entities throughout the full lifecycle of public procurement and concession procedures governed by EU and Romanian law. The firm’s practice covers classical public procurement, sectoral procurement (utilities), defence and security procurement, public service and works concessions, and public-private partnership (PPP) structures.
RMDT assists contracting authorities, contracting entities, bidders, concessionaires, and project sponsors from early structuring and procurement strategy, through tender preparation, bid submission and evaluation, to contract award, performance, and modification. Our services include legal support on procurement documentation, qualification and selection criteria, exclusion grounds, technical specifications, award methodologies, including MEAT and LCC, abnormally low tenders, clarification processes, self-cleaning mechanisms, and compliance with EU principles of transparency, equal treatment, proportionality, and non-discrimination. RMDT has extensive experience with complex, high-value projects across defence, security, telecommunications, border control, health, digital infrastructure, and critical infrastructure, providing strategic counsel at the intersection of public procurement law, EU competition rules, state aid considerations, and sector-specific regulation, including projects financed through EU and other international funding instruments (Recovery and Resilience Facility, Cohesion Policy funds, Connecting Europe Facility, InvestEU, EBRD, EIB, USTDA).
RMDT offers comprehensive counsel on the integration of environmental, social, and innovation considerations into procurement, including green public procurement (GPP) criteria, circular economy requirements, social clauses, and compliance with emerging EU sustainability obligations (CSRD, EU Taxonomy Regulation, “Do No Significant Harm” principles).
The firm’s expertise covers electronic procurement platforms, dynamic purchasing systems, e-catalogues, e-invoicing mandates, innovation partnerships, pre-commercial procurement (PCP), and procurement of innovative solutions (PPI), as well as upstream market engagement, preliminary consultations, early supplier involvement, technical dialogue, framework agreements, lots and packaging strategies, aggregated procurement, joint procurement (including cross-border), and centralized purchasing arrangements.
RMDT’s practice encompasses public works and services concessions, including structuring, tendering, negotiation, and implementation of concession agreements in energy, transport, utilities, water and wastewater, waste management, digital infrastructure, and environmental sectors. Our lawyers advise on risk allocation, revenue models, tariff mechanisms, demand risk, contract modifications, termination scenarios, step-in rights, refinancing, and hand-back obligations, ensuring alignment with the EU Concessions Directive (2014/23/EU) and CJEU jurisprudence. RMDT assists with the full spectrum of PPP models—availability-based, demand-based, hybrid, institutionalized, and contractual—advising on value-for-money assessments, affordability, fiscal treatment, and Eurostat accounting compliance.
In defence and security procurement (Directive 2009/81/EC), RMDT advises on information security, security of supply, subcontracting obligations, defence-specific award criteria, offset obligations, and industrial participation mechanisms, ensuring compliance with EU law, national security regulations, and the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation.
RMDT regularly assists clients in regulated sectors—energy (including renewables and hydrogen), oil and gas, environmental protection, waste management, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, transport, digital services, and telecommunications—during procurement and concession procedures, contract execution, amendments, and compliance with EU funding conditions and sustainability standards.
RMDT also provides representation in procurement-related disputes before the National Council for Solving Complaints (CNSC) and Romanian courts, handling bid challenges, interim measures, standstill obligations, annulment actions, ineffectiveness declarations, and damages claims under EU Remedies Directives and Romanian procedural law. RMDT also advises on procurement audits, compliance reviews, ex-ante and ex-post controls, and interactions with supervisory authorities (ANAP, OLAF, EPPO, European Court of Auditors), including preparation for EU Commission infringement proceedings.
Through an integrated approach, RMDT delivers end-to-end legal support for public procurement, concessions, and PPP projects, combining deep technical procurement expertise with regulatory, competition, state aid, EU funding, and sector-specific legal insight.