Thomas Thorup Larsen

As a partner in our international Public Procurement group in Denmark, I act for international bidders in winning public contracts in Denmark and assist Danish public entities and utilities companies in making smart purchases based on the procurement law.

I specialise in public procurement law, especially in the utilities sector and in the public sector. This involves any aspect connected to the purchase of goods, services and works as well as combinations of these purchases. I advise our public sector clients on a strategic level on how to target the market, how to make room for flexibility in the contractual documents during and after the procurement procedure and how to negotiate and award contracts in accordance with the procurement regulation. My assistance for our public sector clients involves drafting the contracts and/or the tender documents, leading and participating in negotiation meetings and assisting in the award of contract and drafting the documents justifying and explaining the choice of preferred bidder.

Furthermore, I advise private entities making bids on public contracts whether these are simple purchases or complex IT or infrastructure projects. Utilising my extensive experience with public clients, I assist private entities in strategic bidding and how to manage the procurement processes, including assessing both the tender material, the preliminary and final bids and participating in negotiations in accordance with the procurement regulations.

Working for both private bidders and public clients means that my work includes both making and defending legal challenges during the procurement procedure at the Complaints Board for Public Procurement as well as subsequent disputes. Also, I perform contract management of procured contracts, including advising our clients on questions regarding the understanding of the contract, claims and solving disputes either outside the courts, in court or in the arbitration designed for construction law issues.

I am regularly invited to speak at seminars and offer training regarding public procurement related topics through Advokaternes HR (Lawyer's HR) and Marcel, where the participants among other things, gain insights into the flexibility that procurement rules contain.

• Advised international companies and consortia bidding on major Danish contracts. This includes assisting a German/Dutch consortium bidding for all 4 main contracts on the tunnel link between Denmark and Germany (Femern Belt) resulting in the award of one of the contracts and making a challenge for the Danish Complaints Board for the remaining 3 contracts, assisting a German consortium making a bid for the construction of the south branch of the Copenhagen Metro (Cityringen), assisting a US based software company in the winning bid for the development and implementation of a major Danish defence and security IT-system (terrorist database) and assisting an international bidder making the bid for the development and implementation of a new digital identification solution for all Danish citizens.
• Advised Danish utility companies in purchases of various goods, services and works contracts in the area of water, sewage, heat etc. as well as waste disposal. This includes various frame work agreements and the tender for 3 different solutions for complex geographical IT-systems in the same tender for 4 public utility companies.
• Advised Danish municipalities and regions in various purchases including the construction of a museum and purchase of goods and services connected to the exhibition, various works contracts and advice on construction law and the purchase of critical infrastructure for traffic control based on 3 individual tenders of an overall system purchase, 2 parallel framework agreements on purchase of traffic signal controllers and a operation and maintenance contract.