1. What to be taken into consideration for public procurement in Lithuania?
Dainius Budrys
Director, Rail Baltica statyba
April 25, 2017

2. RAIL BALTICA in Lithuania
Main information
Total track length – nearly 400 kilometers (including Kaunas-Vilnius connection);
Passenger stations – Kaunas Central, Kaunas International Airport, Panevėžys, Vilnius;
EU (CEF) financing granted to date – 309 million EURO.

3. RAIL BALTICA in Lithuania Project Timeline
Feasibility study Completed (AECOM, )
Strategic environmental impact assessment Completed
(Sweco, 2014)
Special plan and environmental impact assessment Completed (AECOM, 2017)
Land acquisition Ongoing
( )
Technical design Planned
( )
Construction
Planned
( )

4. RAIL BALTICA in Lithuania Land acquisition
Land acquisition process
71 land plots will be formed
(1244 ha)
63 state-owned land plots will be affected
(187 ha)
1196 private land plots will be affected
(945 ha)
By the end of 2017:
Procurement for services on preparation and implementation of land acquisition project announced
During the course of 2018:
- Preparation of land acquisition project
– Valuation of property
– Compensation of land owner‘s losses
During the course of 2019:
Potential dispute resolution in Courts

5. RAIL BALTICA in Lithuania Construction of Missing Links
Kaunas – Palemonas (9,6 km)
Preparation for the tender procedure (tender – mid-2017, works completion – end of 2018)
Palemonas
Kaunas intermodal terminal
(operational since 2015)
Kaunas station
Rokai – Palemonas (7,7 km)
Preparation for the tender procedure
Rokai
Jiesia – Rokai (4,9 km)
Construction works contract signed on 07/10/2016, to be completed by mid-2018
Jiesia
To PL/LT border

6. PUBLIC PROCUREMENTS in Lithuania Overview of Public Procurement indicators
Satisfactory decision speed: 61 days (EU average – 87 days) (Time between the deadline for submission of proposals and the award of contract);
Average duration of cases on public procurements: 65 days (courts of first instance), 55 days (courts of higher instance);
Unsatisfactory "One Bidder" indicator: 28% (Proportion of contracts awarded where there was just one bidder).
European Commission, 2017,
Public Procurement Office, 2015,

7. PUBLIC PROCUREMENTS in Lithuania Transposing the new EU Directives
Directive 2014/24/EU
On public procurement
Law on Public Procurement
Directive 2014/25/EU
On procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors
Law on Public Procurement for entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors
PUBLIC PROCUREMENTS in Lithuania Transposing the new EU Directives
Laws on Public Procurement
Substatutory
legal acts

8. PUBLIC PROCUREMENTS in Lithuania Transposing the new EU Directives – What’s new?
The most economically advantageous tender gradually becomes main contract award criterion;
Introduction of European Single Procurement Document (ESPD);
Consultation with the market;
Terms for submission of proposals reduced;
New exclusion grounds (tax debts, severe professional misconduct, blacklisting due to failure to perform the previously concluded contract, etc.);
Increase of stamp duty.

9. PUBLIC PROCUREMENTS in Lithuania Specifics
Digitalisation
Public procurement process and procedures performed electronically. Public procurement database -
Invoices for public procurement contracts have to be submitted via electronic system - !
Requires registration
Tender offer has to be signed by electronic signature

10. PUBLIC PROCUREMENTS in Lithuania Specifics
Language requirements:
Procurement documents
In Lithuanian and any other language
Record-keeping
In Lithuanian language
Tender offers

11. PUBLIC PROCUREMENTS in Lithuania Specifics
Disputes:
No third body (institution, commission, office, etc.) for out-of-court dispute resolution;
Complaints/claims have to be filed and addressed to the Contracting Authority (mandatory out-of-court dispute resolution stage);
If the complaint/claim was not met, the supplier has the right to apply to Court.

12. PUBLIC PROCUREMENTS in Lithuania Tips
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