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Public Contracts (5 cr)

Code: LL10079-3001

General information


Enrollment

01.04.2023 - 20.08.2023

Timing

01.09.2023 - 31.12.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

5 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Campus

Wärtsilä Campus Karjalankatu 3

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 60

Degree programmes

  • Open University of Applied Sciences Studies
  • Degree Programme in Business Economics

Teachers

  • Soile Vinni

Teacher in charge

Soile Vinni

Scheduling groups

  • Avoimen opiskelijat (Size: 20. Open UAS: 20.)
  • Tutkinto-opiskelijat (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)

Groups

  • TOP23_24
    Other Complimentary Studies Group Semester 2023-2024
  • KAKS23
    Karelia, Open UAS, All, Fall, 2023

Small groups

  • Open UAS students
  • Degree students

Objective

You will
- understand what is meant by public procurement and tendering
- know why procurement must be put out to tender and where the rules on competitive tendering apply
- be able to explain the difference between national and EU procurement
- know what the legal principles of public procurement are
- be able to compare different procurement methods and know the channels and deadlines for notifying procurement
- know the main elements of the procurement process up to the award decision
- know the legal remedies available for appealing against procurement decisions
- know when the Special Procurement Act applies

Content

The course consists of six components:
1. Background, objectives and concepts of public procurement
2. Scope, thresholds and legal principles of the Public Procurement Act
3. EU procurement procedures and the procurement process
4. tendering for national procurement: goods, services and works, social and health services and concessions
5. Procurement decision, contract, control and remedies
6. Procurement law for specific sectors

Evaluation scale

H-5