Tenders Law

Ben Ari Fish, Law Firm, has special expertise in tender law. The legal team specializing in this area accompanies the firm’s clients, public entities required to conduct tenders, starting with the initial stage with the need to carry out a tender, through examining the legal alternatives for conducting the process, establishing the principles of the competitive procedure, drafting the tender documents, formulating complex agreements in all procurement and service areas, inspecting bids and providing legal opinions to the tender committee, and of course, if needed, also conducting litigation proceedings in the tenders area.

In addition, we accompany business and private clients submitting bids to a tender. This includes examining tender documents,  optimal planning of the bid in accordance with the terms of the tender, and conducting legal proceedings regarding the tender terms and results.

Many of the members of the legal team also serve on tender committees in public entities, and in this capacity have gained experience over the years and specialized in providing professional and quality legal counselling in the area of tender law.

The broad perspective of legal counselling in all stages of the tender process gives us a deep and wide-ranging understanding of tender law, a combination of practical experience in dealing with the needs of organizations in the procurement field and uncompromising legal professionalism, and ensures optimal handling of every tender issue and every legal proceeding in the area of tenders.

The firm’s clients in the area of tenders include some of the most important public entities in Israel, with very large volumes of tenders, among them: The Bank of Israel, Israel Electric Corporation, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, The Technion, and VERA – Association of University Heads, as well as a long list of budgeted higher education institutions, local authorities, municipal and government companies, planning committees and more.

The senior-level attorneys of the team specializing in administrative law represent the firm’s clients in legal proceedings on tender matters in the district courts and before the Supreme Court.

The tender law team, led by Adv. Gili Shefer (Yoffe), has been ranked among the elite group of law firms in Israel in the Dun’s 100 and BDi Code professional quality rankings in recent years.

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