Philipp J. Marboe

The article discusses the main provisions of the Austrian legislation on public procurement. The author gives a brief description of the sources regulating the relations under consideration (the hierarchy of relevant regulatory legal acts is analyzed). The list of relations that are and are not subject to the regulation of procurement legislation is being investigated (special attention is paid to price thresholds). The author analyzes the legal status and competence of key participants in procurement relations (customers, procurement participants, and regulatory authorities). The specifics of the use of various procurement methods, the specifics of the application of the principle of openness (transparency) of procurement are considered separately. The final part of the article is devoted to the application of legal liability for violations of procurement legislation.