Reverse auctions are considered a fast and inexpensive price discovery tool to award procurement contracts and it is … often desirable to award contracts to more than one supplier. We propose a new procurement procedure that is based on a … enough, the procedure not only allows taking advantage of dual sourcing but also generates lower procurement expenditures …

The Thesis investigates the interface between State aid law and public procurement law with an emphasis on analysing … the public procurement Directives which lay out specific rules and procedures for the award of public contracts …, situations might occur where the award of a contract directly to an economic operator falls under the scope of the procurement …