Public acquisitions

Type of course:	Elective (1 of 2)
Language of instruction:	Romanian
Erasmus Language of instruction:	English
Name of lecturer:	Manole-Decebal Bogdan
Seminar tutor:	Manole-Decebal Bogdan
Form of education	Full-time

Form of instruction:	Class
Number of teaching hours per semester:	42
Number of teaching hours per week:	2
Semester:	Summer
Form of receiving a credit for a course:	Grade
Number of ECTS credits allocated	3

Course aims:

Gaining knowledge about the public procurement system;
Knowledge of the rules for participation in the public auction and the ways to contest the auction;
Rules on the preparation of the Public Participation Documentation

Course Entry Requirements:

Administrative Law, Management, Economy

Course contents:

1. Introductory Course: The role and importance of public procurement;

2. Award procedure - Planning and Scheduling;

3. Elaboration of the public tender documentation;

4. Electronic procurement systems versus conventional systems;

5. Annual public procurement program;

6. Electronic Procurement System (S.E.A.P.);

7. Public procurement by direct entrustment or by auction;

8. Special public procurement situations: Sectoral Contracts, Concession;

9. Award procedures: open tender; restricted auction; dialogue;

10. Publication of the announcement, preparation of the file according to the specifications;

11. Bidding and awarding the contract;

12. Monitoring the tender procedure;

13. Appeal procedures and settlement of appeals;

14. Cancellation of public procurement procedures.

Teaching methods:

Lecture, conversation, exemplification.

Learning outcomes:

Clear and correct explanation of the relevant normative acts for Public Procurement;

Application of Romanian legislation, European Union legislation and other instruments of international law in public procurement procedures.

Analysis, comparison and ordering of legal / normative provisions, according to the criteria of importance and / or urgency.

Applying the knowledge needed to make a specification to a public procurement tender.

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

Written paper – interpretative essay – 80%; continuous assessment – 20%.