Public Contracting

Code:

DO414

Acronym:

CP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Legal Sciences

Instance: 2012/2013 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Law

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LDB	128	Oficial Study Plan LD	4	-	6	-

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The course aims to inform, from the standpoint of theoretical and practical, the general regulation of public procurement and of the administrative contracts in the new Public Procurement Code, including in its object, the study of the contracting parties, the procedure of formation, the content, validity, execution, extinction and the litigation.

Learning outcomes and competences

It is intended that students not only know the rules of public procurement and the discipline of the administrative contracts in its theoretical aspects, but also to familiarize themselves with practical or applicative aspects, through the development of case studies and critical analysis of judgments.

Working method

Presencial

Program

THE LAW OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE: PRELIMINARY CONCEPTS AND SCOPE (PART I)

3. THE PROCEDURES FOR THE AWARD OF PUBLIC CONTRACTS («PUBLIC PROCUREMENT REGULATION»)
3.1. The general principles
3.2. Procedure and specifications, additional documents and information
3.3. Types of procedures and conduct
3.4. Framework agreements and central purchasing
3.5. The administrative guarantees in the public procurement procedures

4. THE ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTS REGULATION
4.1. General notions
4.2. The interpretation of the administrative contract
4.3. The invalidity and (un)effectiveness of the administrative contract in the public procurement code
4.4. Compliance and breach of the administrative contract
4.5. Execution of the administrative contract
4.6. Modification and extinction of the administrative contract
4.7. The administrative contracts subtracted from the application of Part III of the Public Procurement Code

Mandatory literature

Sousa Marcelo Rebelo de 1948-; Direito administrativo geral. ISBN: 972-20-2672-0
Isabel Celeste M. Fonseca; Direito da Contratação Pública, Almedina, 2009
Gonçalo Guerra Tavares & Nuno Monteiro Dente; Código dos Contratos Públicos Comentado, Almedina, 2009
Raimundo Miguel Assis; Estudos sobre contratos públicos
Mário Esteves de Oliveira & Rodrigo Esteves de Oliveira; Concursos e outros procedimentos de contratação pública, Almedina, 2011
AAVV (coord. Pedro Gonçalves); Estudos sobre contratação Pública III volumes (I-2008, II- 2010, III - 2011), Almedina, 2008

Teaching methods and learning activities

The program includes all aspects of procurement law and the discipline of administrative contracts that allow familiarize students with matter.

keywords

Social sciences > Juridical sciences > Public law > Administrative law

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	80,00
Continuous Assessment	Participação presencial		50,00
Final Eam	Exame		50,00
	Total:	-	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Study	Estudo autónomo
	Total:	0,00

Calculation formula of final grade

For those who chose continuous assessment, 50% for the classification of continuous assessment and 50% fot he grade of the final exam