Michele Rizzo Law Firm provides out-of-court and judicial legal assistance to economic operators and contracting authorities with issues concerning the interpretation of European and Italian rules on public contracts.

In particular, the Firm assists public administrations and private operators in matters related to sustainable public procurement and green public procurement, to the legal relationship between public contracts, environmental sustainability and energy efficiency – issues that are getting increasingly important in public contract law at European level and dealt with by the Firm’s professionals also for academic research. More specifically, the Firm can provide legal advice on the design of tenders compatible with the minimum sectoral environmental criteria and oriented in general by the principle of environmental sustainability, as well as in the procedures for the award of energy performance contracts (EPC), by devising the best tools to match the needs of sustainability and energy efficiency of public bodies (or operators in the sector) to the rules of public contract law.

More generally, the Firm may assist economic operators in the preparation of the necessary documentation for the participation in the selection procedures governed by the Public Contract Code, as well as in resolving any questions relating to the performance of the contract. In this field, the Firm may provide assistance, for example, in the establishment of temporary groupings of companies, in the preparation of legal opinions on aspects of the tender and formal communications to the contracting authority in relation to the selection procedure or the performance of the contract.

Thanks to its professionals’ experience, also gained during the in-house collaboration with public sector bodies, the Firm can also assist public officers that act as “Sole Responsible for the Procedure” (the “RUP”) of the contracting authorities in the preparation of all deeds relating to the procedures for the award and performance of public contracts and concessions of works, services and supplies, from the drafting of the contract to the commissioning of the performance. The Firm can provide assistance, for example, in the preparation of tender specifications and special contract conditions (for all types of procedures provided for by the code), in the drafting of the documentation required by the various parties of the contracting authority for the performance stage of the contract, in the management of any requests from economic operators and the contractor.

The Firm’s area of expertise obviously also includes the management of litigation regarding the tender procedure or the performance of the contract, in the context of administrative review as “self-protection”, procedures for resolution, revocation or withdrawal, ADR procedures before the competent administrative authority, or in the context of disputes before the administrative and ordinary courts.

The Firm also draws up opinions and provides legal support on the issues which are listed also for the benefit of other professionals, both legal and non-legal.

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