In an interview in the Rzeczpospolita daily, Aldona Kowalczyk, Chairman of the Public Procurement Law Association, touched on the groundbreaking decision of the National Board of Appeals (KIO) allowing winning bids in below-threshold procurements to be appealed.

“Until now, I was finding KIO’s approach to appeals concerning below-threshold procurements to be utterly incomprehensible. KIO was rejecting all appeals against selections of the best bids en masse whenever these involved charges of neglect in rejecting bids or prospective contractors. This practice was prompted by a restrictive interpretation of the new regulation which, ironically, was promulgated in response to calls from contractors clamoring ― and quite rightly too ― for more leeway in filing appeals in below-threshold procurement procedures. I am pleased with this most recent ruling by the KIO which has now abandoned the restrictive interpretation and came up with one more favorable to contractors,” said Ms. Aldona Kowalczyk.

The entire interview (in Polish) is available at this webpage.