Tomáš Halfar

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E-mail

tomas.halfar@havelpartners.cz

Practice Areas

Public sector and regulation

Industry Sectors

Transport and logistics

Information technology

Real estate and construction

Public sector

In the field of the public sector, Tomáš Halfar specialises primarily in public procurement and concessions. He provides comprehensive legal advice in connection with the preparation of public procurement conditions and management of public procurement procedures on the part of contracting authorities, and participation in public procurement procedures on the part of suppliers. Tomáš has represented a number of clients in proceedings before the Office for the Protection of Competition and in administrative proceedings. He also deals with the preparation of expert legal opinions and analyses in substantive and procedural law issues.

In his practice, Tomáš mostly deals with projects in the field of information technology, construction, or specific supplies and services procured under the regime of public contracts and utilities sector contracts.

Prior to joining our law firm, he gained experience in analytical and methodological positions at the Supreme Court and the Office for the Protection of Competition.

Membership in professional associations
Czech Bar Association

Languages
Czech, English

Education

Masaryk University, Faculty of Law, Brno (2016), Mgr. (Master of Laws)

comprehensive support to the contracting authority after the initiation of review proceedings before the Office for the Protection of Competition
legal advice to the contracting authority in a specific reconstruction project using Yellow book FIDIC contract terms and successful defence of the client's procedure before the Office for the Protection of Competition
drafting the supplier's objections and motion against the contracting authority's procedure for selecting a competing supplier for the public contract
assessing the possibility of defending the rights of a person affected by a decision of a European Union institution before the General Court of the Court of Justice of the European Union
drafting the supplier's objections and motion against the set procurement conditions for the public contract
advising on the contracting authority's decision on objections to the decision to select a supplier for a public works contract for the construction of bridge structures
legal advice and follow-up administration of the implementation of a dynamic purchasing system
drafting a legal opinion on modifications of obligations under the public works contract and on the relation of the separate procurement procedures in terms of the fulfilment of the characteristics of a single functional unit
legal assessment of a public-private partnership (PPP) project, including successful defence of the project in proceedings before the Office for the Protection of Competition
preparing the subsidy recipient's statement in the context of a tax audit to investigate a suspected breach of budgetary discipline
preparing an opinion on the validity of the contractor's claim for payment for additional works under a design-build contract
preparing a legal opinion on the applicability of the exemption from the obligation to proceed at the conclusion of a contract in one of the types of procurement procedures under the Public Procurement Act, including an assessment of the correctness of the transposition of the Directive of the European Parliament and the Council and its direct applicability
preparing a statement in the review proceedings concerning the decision on temporary withdrawal of parts of land intended for the fulfilment of forest functions
analysis of the applicability of the conceptual features of concession contracts to the intention of cooperation between a public entity and an association with a public benefit activity
legal and organisational support to the contracting authority in the preparation and conduct of the preliminary market consultation and the processing of its results for the purposes of the public procurement documentation
preparing the supplier's application to the Office for the Protection of Competition for the imposition of a ban on proceeding with the award of a public contract outside the regime of the Public Procurement Act
preparing a statement with the supplier's objection to the qualification conditions in the Swedish procurement procedure
legal assessment of the applicability of an exemption from the obligation to proceed in one of the types of procurement procedures on the grounds of protection of classified information
analysis of the company's long-term contracts concluded prior to its acquisition with regard to the possibility of transferring rights and obligations in connection with the rules for changing the supplier under public procurement contracts
preparing a legal opinion on the fulfilment of the conditions for vertical or horizontal cooperation of contracting authorities (in-house)
assessing the conditions for setting up a joint venture in the form of a European Economic Interest Grouping
preparing an opinion on the applicability of an exemption from the obligation to proceed in one of the types of procurement procedures on the grounds of special security measures provided for in other legal regulations
legal support of the contracting authority in the procurement procedure according to the best value approach / best value procurement method
preparing a legal opinion on the rules and conditions for individual reasons for modifications of obligations under public procurement contracts

Publications and newsletters

Amendment to the Public Procurement Act and objections to sector-specific below-the-threshold contracts

Authors: Adéla Havlová, Csaba Csorba, Tomáš Halfar Dear Clients and Business Friends, We would like to use this opportunity to inform you about a partial, albeit significant, section of the forthcoming amendment to Act No. 134/2016 Sb., the Public Procurement Act (the “PPA”). The bill aims to clarify ambiguous interpretations of the commencement of the […]

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