Represented Riga City Council’s Real Estate Department before the administrative court regarding a claim for unlawful requirements to submit tender documents containing deliverables normally delivered during the execution of the procurement agreement, The Public Procurement Monitoring Bureau had upheld the client’s approach but was overruled by the court.

Proved before the Senate and regional court that Ragn-Sells, a waste management company, had lawfully increased the contract price to include applicable taxes in the EUR 0,5 Mio procurement contract before signing it.

Advised Riga City Council’s Real Estate Department, the biggest contracting entity in the Baltics, in a EUR 3,7 Mio dispute about admissibility of technical experience for constructing a sports ground. The Public Procurement Monitoring Bureau upheld the recommended approach.

Successfully defended the Riga City Council’s Real Estate Department before the Public Procurement Bureau against claims of unlawful amendments to the tender notice. The EUR 26 Mio tender involved renovating the venue of the National Song and Dance Festival, the central event of Latvia’s Centenary celebrations.

Bringing two direct actions on behalf of the client Proof IT SIA before the General Court of the EU. Both cases concern procurement procedures by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) for the award of IT services contracts. The actions seek annulment of EIGE’s decisions to reject the bids of VILGERTS’s client, as well as award of damages. The case is ongoing.

Represented a class action of several companies with a total turnover of EUR 75 Mio for annulling the requirement under the Public Procurement Law to deposit a fee for appealing an award before the Public Procurement Monitoring Bureau. The Constitutional Court did not admit the claim until the claimants would have foregone the disputed deposit due to an allegedly unfound appeal of an award.

Bringing two direct actions on behalf of the client Proof IT SIA before the General Court of the EU. Both cases concern procurement procedures by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) for the award of IT services contracts. The actions seek annulment of EIGE’s decisions to reject the bids of VILGERTS’s client, as well as award of damages.

Act for Ragn-Sells, a waste management company, in a EUR 2,5 Mio dispute whether a subsidiary could have relied on the experience of a mother company. The mother company formed a consortium with the subsidiary but did not list all the experience it would transfer as a part thereof. The dispute is ongoing before Latvian courts.

Proved to the Procurement Monitoring Bureau that BAO, a hazardous waste management company, was the rightful winner of a tender. The contracting authority had failed to check, whether their competitor complied with its polluter license and could render the services.

Helped Merks, a leading construction company, prove that AS Latvenergo tender requirements for foreign specialists hindered competition.