Amendment to the Public Procurement Act

Purpose: Makes all finalized public procurement contracts public in accor dance with regulations governing access to public information. The amendment would also obligate the head of the Public Procurement Office to seek the op inion of the appropriate minister before granting approval for circumvention of the public procurement act. (This act mandates public tenders for goods a nd services worth more than euro 200,000 or to place an order freely if its value exceeds euro 20,000). Both measures are intended to increase transpare ncy in the public procurement process.Affected: Companies seeking public procurement contracts.Timing: Submitted to Parliament by a group of parli amentarians in September. First reading in October. Second and third reading in November. Awaits consideration by the Senate. This Law Report is exc lusively prepared for WBJ/Poland A.M. by Ewa Pawlowska of CEC Government Rel ations. She can be e-mailed at ewap@cec.com.pl