Governmental Contracts

About

What is a governmental contract?

Governmental contracts are commercial contracts concluded between public entities (central governmental agencies, regional purchasing agency, public company, local municipality, EU Institutions, etc.) and so-called economic operators (a private company such as wholesaler, Small or Medium Enterprise, NGO, or social enterprise) for the purpose of fulling the public need through spending taxpayers money.

What makes this course innovative?

We focus on establishing the best possible student experience by creating an inclusive and supportive environment. We utilize Absalon to create a one-stop-shop where you can find all necessary toolbox of relevant resources:

Innovative teaching tools such as professionally recorded and edited short videos that will support your learning experience outside of the classroom

A podcast that you can listen to and learn on the go

The course also offers a welcoming, professional teaching cohort with vast experience from interaction with various relevant stakeholders in this field.

Target group

MA students

Course aim

The learning objective of the course is to enable the students to:

- Explain the purpose of the public procurement rules and their scope of application to governmental contract
- Give an account of the fundamental concepts of government contracting and procurement law.
- Identify relevant problems of governmental contract
- Analyze questions of public procurement law and interpret the law and practice in a concrete context
- Present arguments for different solutions in a structured and coherent manner that demonstrates a good overview of and insight into governmental contracts and applicable law, case law, and practice and the ability to make a qualified choice between these solutions
- Communicate and formulate knowledge and arguments professionally and linguistically correct and in a way that is structured and coherent; Develop drafting and negotiating skills