Workshop in Public Procurement

The workshop topic is "Novelties of the Public Procurement Act". The workshop speakers will be Ljiljana Mavračić Tišma, PhD, Head of the Sector for the Improvement of Public Procurement Policy, and Mateja Matković, Head of the Service for International Cooperation, Development and System Harmonization at the Ministry of Economy.

Additional topics covered during the workshop will include key updates and the practical implications of the new Public Procurement Act, with a particular focus on legislative amendments, implementation challenges, and their impact on contracting authorities and economic operators.

Special attention will be given to amendments related to:

• Legal framework for simple procurement

- New value thresholds for the procurement of goods, services, design contests, and works
- Internal act on simple procurement – alignment with the latest amendments to the Croatian Public Procurement Act (PPA 2016)
- Mandatory implementation of simple procurement procedures through the EOJN RH
- Simple procurement procedures on the EOJN RH
- Simple procurement – electronic submission with invitations sent to selected economic operators
- Simple procurement – electronic submission with public publication of the invitation
- Misdemeanour provisions related to simple procurement

• Market analysis
• Publication of procurement plans and contract registers
• Publication of contract amendments
• Grounds for exclusion of bidders
• Conflict of interest
• Criminal record / non-conviction requirements
• Exclusion criteria for economic operators
• Reliance on the capacities of other entities in preparing a bid
• Procedure for bid evaluation and assessment, and decission-making procedures
• Examination and evaluation of tenders and adoption of decisions
• Bidders within and outside the VAT system
• More flexible approach to tax debts
• Digital signing of contracts
• Appeals
• Guarantees 

The workshop is intended for AmCham members. Working language will be Croatian. Persons with a valid certificate in the Public Procurement will be eligible for points during certificate renewal. Number of places at the workshop is limited. 

Participation is free of charge for up to three representatives of member companies holding Patron status, while for all other AmCham member companies participation is free of charge for up to two representatives. Additional persons may participate subject to a participation fee in the amount of EUR 200 per person (+VAT).