Reinhard Böhle specializes in the conception and assistance of complex competitive procedures and formal procurement procedures for contracting authorities. In addition to public procurement law, he primarily advises on contract drafting as well as budget, municipal, EU state aid, subsidy, public commercial and regulatory law. He has advised clients at federal, state and municipal level. Mr. Böhle has extensive experience in defending against complaints and review bodies.

In addition, Mr. Böhle primarily advises international bidders on their participation in competition and public procurement procedures.

Before joining WR Legal as a partner, Mr. Böhle worked as a salaried partner in the public sector and public procurement team of one of the largest commercial law firms as well as for other major law firms.

Short biography

Specialist lawyer for public procurement law
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf and Ruhr University Bochum
LL.M. postgraduate master’s degree in “Polish Commercial Law” at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow (scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service as part of the School of Polish Law)
Author of numerous specialist publications, e.g. commentary on Section 22 (exclusion from the award of public contracts) in Beck’scher Online-Großkommentar zum Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz and co-author of the book Nachhaltige Vergaben – Green Procurement

Main areas of practice

Public procurement and competition law
Subsidy, grant and state aid law
Drafting of contracts
Privatizations and public-private partnerships
Public commercial law
Regulatory law
Awarding of concessions

Languages

German, English, Polish

Contact

boehle@wr-legal.de

Publications (excerpt)

2024

• Editor of Section 5 “Public procurement” / Section 22 “Exclusion from the award of public contracts” of the beck-online.GROSSKOMMENTAR – Law on corporate due diligence to prevent human rights violations in supply chains (LkSG), overall editor: Henssler

2023

• In-house awards among sister companies, BehördenSpiegel Online, 07.03.2023
• ECJ on in-house awards and public-public cooperation, BehördenSpiegel Online, 07.03.2023

2022

• Sustainable Procurement – Green Procurement (Publisher: Jasper) – Author of Chapter B – Types of procedure

2019

• “Strict requirements for obligation to give notice of defects”, Behörden Spiegel Online, August 15, 2019
• “Obligation to review unusually low tenders”, Behörden Spiegel Online, January 24, 2019

2018

• “Awarding of water concessions”, Behörden Spiegel Online, October 5, 2018
• “OLG Koblenz: Concession requires operational risk”, Behörden Spiegel Online, August 27, 2018
• “Contracting authorities liable for incorrect cost estimate”, Nahverkehrspraxis, June 27, 2018
• “OLG Frankfurt on the environmental penalty and prohibition of cooperation”, Behörden Spiegel Online, May 24, 2018
• “Direct award of public transport services”, Nahverkehrspraxis, May 14, 2018
• “Limits of the right to determine services”, Behörden Spiegel, May 2, 2018
• “Public procurement law: ECJ – transfer of undertakings for security and safety services”, Behörden Spiegel Online, April 17, 2018

2017

• “Rebuke of a procurement violation”, Treffpunkt Kommune, December 9, 2017
• “Land sales with a building obligation are not (always) subject to public procurement law”, Behörden Spiegel Online, December 8, 2017
• “Request for review only from potential bidders”, Behörden Spiegel Online, December 7, 2017
• “Principal status is determined at the time the contract is awarded”, Behörden Spiegel Online, October 23, 2017
• “Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court allows mixed calculation”, Behörden Spiegel Online, October 17, 2017
• “Water hardness and other award criteria”, Treffpunkt Kommune, October 11, 2017
• “Improvement at the right time”, Treffpunkt Kommune, October 11, 2017
• “Bidder bears calculation risks for framework agreements”, Treffpunkt Kommune, October 11, 2017
• “Price evaluation in points”, Treffpunkt Kommune, October 11, 2017
• “Checking adequacy is mandatory”, Treffpunkt Kommune, October 11, 2017
• “Interim decisions are open to challenge”, Treffpunkt Kommune, October 11, 2017
• “School grades are permissible in the tender evaluation”, Treffpunkt Kommune, October 11, 2017
• “Making tender documents public”, Treffpunkt Kommune, October 11, 2017
• “Munich Higher Regional Court sets strict requirements for complaints”, Behörden Spiegel Online, October 6, 2017
• “New procurement regulations for national tenders”, Behörden Spiegel Online, September 6, 2017
• “ECJ clarifies case law on the suitability test”, Behörden Spiegel Online, May 19, 2017
• “Tendering and awarding”, der gemeinderat, no. 5/2017
• “Procurement procedure may be postponed instead of canceled”, Behörden Spiegel Online, May 18, 2017
• “Exclusion of bids even in the event of doubts about adequacy”, Behörden Spiegel Online, May 5, 2017
• “Requirements for urgency”, Treffpunkt Kommune, March 10, 2017
• “Inadmissible own contribution quotas”, Treffpunkt Kommune, March 10, 2017
• “Equal information for all”, Treffpunkt Kommune, March 10, 2017
• “Information on the valuation method”, Treffpunkt Kommune, March 10, 2017
• “OLG Koblenz: No addition of proof of suitability”, Behörden Spiegel Online, February 23, 2017
• “New procurement regulations for national tenders”, Behörden Spiegel Online, February 20
• “ECJ: Exclusion due to unpaid social contributions”, Behörden Spiegel Online, January 30, 2017
• “Tender to be excluded if subcontractor provides false information”, Behörden Spiegel Online, January 29, 2017
• “New framework conditions for the procurement of IT services”, Behörden Spiegel Online, January 2, 2017 2016
• “ECJ: Europe-wide tendering below the threshold values”, Behörden Spiegel Online, December 31, 2016
• “Tendering and awarding”, der gemeinderat, no. 12/2016 – 1/2017
• “Bidders must comply with calculation specifications”, Behörden Spiegel Online, December 14, 2016
• “Obligation to make additional claims in the VOB procedure”, Treffpunkt Kommune, December 9, 2016
• “Reclaiming subsidies possible”, Treffpunkt Kommune, December 9, 2016
• “Reasonable clarification”, Treffpunkt Kommune, December 9, 2016
• “Examination of concession”, Treffpunkt Kommune, December 9, 2016
• “Deadline for bidder questions”, Treffpunkt Kommune, December 9, 2016
• “Deadline for complaints in the award procedure”, Treffpunkt Kommune, December 9, 2016
• “Authorities may not extend tourism concessions without a selection procedure”, Behörden Spiegel Online, September 29, 2016
• “Contracting authorities do not have to specify evaluation methods”, Behörden Spiegel Online, September 29, 2016
• “Advocate General at the ECJ: Legal acts are not public contracts”, Behörden Spiegel, Online, September 12, 2016
• “Section 1 of VOB/A amended for the sub-threshold area”, Behörden Spiegel Online, August 11, 2016
• “Real Madrid and other Spanish clubs must repay 48 million euros”, Behörden Spiegel Online, July 15, 2016
• “Obligation to provide information in case of generous interpretation of the tender documents”, Behörden Spiegel Online, July 12, 2016

Lectures (excerpt)

2024

• The awarding of architectural and engineering services from a legal perspective, June 13 and 14, 2024, Kommunales Bildungswerk, Berlin (hybrid event)

2023

• “Defense and security”, 14 February 2023, Schon Vergeben – Podcast procurement law

2022

• Online training course on public procurement law, November 15, 2022
• Online training course on public procurement law, September 27, 2022 and October 25, 2022
• “Preliminary referrals or project applicant problems and conflicts of interest”, March 22, 2022, Schon Vergeben – Podcast procurement law
• In-house training course on public procurement law, January 22, 2022, FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences

2021

• “What options are there to avoid a procurement procedure?” September 28, 2021, Already awarded – podcast on public procurement law
• “Who wins the race? Award criteria and evaluation of tenders”, September 14, 2021, Schon Vergeben – Podcast procurement law
• “Choosing the type of procedure and award documents”, August 17, 2021, Schon Vergeben – Podcast procurement law
• “Beginner’s course in public procurement law”, April 23, 2021, Behörden-Spiegel webinar

2020

• In-house training course on public procurement law, November 15, 2022, FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences

2019

• In-house training course on public procurement law, January 09, 2019, Stuttgart

2018

• “Beginner’s course in public procurement law”, authorities mirror seminar, December 7, 2018, Düsseldorf
• “Current developments in public procurement law”, Roadshow Deutsches Ausschreibungsblatt, November 13, 2018, Oldenburg
• “Current developments in public procurement law”, German Tender Journal roadshow, April 25, 2018, Boppard
• In-house training course on public procurement law, January 15, 2022, January 16, 2022 and January 22, 2018, Essen

2017

• In-house training course on public procurement law, December 12, 2017, Burscheid
• “Public procurement law for beginners”, authorities mirror seminar, September 1, 2017, Düsseldorf