Conducting the Proceeding for the Award of a Public Contract for the Purposes of Administrative Procedure in View of the Significance of the (New) Principle of Efficiency in the Public Procurement Law

The article discusses in a scientific manner the effect of the procurement procedure and the correct application of its efficiency principle on the administrative procedure, for which it may be necessary to pre-select an entity to perform the activities necessary for the administrative procedure. The paper points to the need to explore the relationship between these areas of law. The text analyses the effect of the principle of efficiency introduced by the new Public Procurement Law on the conduct of public procurement procedures and, consequently, on the conduct of the administrative procedure in which the object of a contract awarded in a properly conducted proceeding is used. The article also discusses the appropriateness of legislative amendments to the application of the Public Procurement Law during administrative proceedings, presenting a number of proposals in this area.