Victoria Topoll

Associate, Bird & Bird

As associate in the Regulatory and Administrative Practice Group in Düsseldorf, Ms. Topoll advises both the public sector and private companies in public procurement procedures. Her practice specializes on issues related to public procurement law especially in the sectors of information technology, public health, transport, defence and public security.

Her main consulting activities for national and international clients besides public procurement procedures focus on projects concerning regulatory law, EU state aid and subsidies law as well as IT contract law.

In infrastructural and innovative large-scale projects, especially in the IT sector, she assists clients in all stages from the preparation of the contract award to the project implementation.

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The applicability of EU public procurement

Practice Notes

This Practice Note provides an overview of the applicability of Directive 2014/24/EU, the EU Public Sector Directive. It explains the definitions of public works, services and supply contracts, contracts which are categorised as mixed, and areas excluded from the application of the Directive.

EU Law

The EU public procurement thresholds

Practice Notes

This Practice Note examines the thresholds set out in the EU public procurement directives which apply to public sector contracts. It considers how the thresholds are set, what the current thresholds are, how a contract value is determined and the position relating to contracts whose value is below the relevant threshold.

EU Law

The legal framework and general principles of EU public procurement law

Practice Notes

This Practice Note provides an overview of the EU public procurement regime which is set out mainly by Directive 2014/24/EU, the EU Public Contract Directive, Directive 2014/25/EU, the EU Utilities Directive, and Directive 2014/23/EU, the EU Concession Directive. It also discusses the general principles that govern this regime: equal treatment and non-discrimination, open competition, transparency, and proportionality. Finally, this Practice Note summarises additional developments on e-procurement, Green Public Procurement and support for large infrastructure projects.

EU Law