Registration and breakfast

Welcome to the Nordic Public Procurement Forum 2026

By Nohrcon and the chair of the day, Dr Carri Ginter, Head of Dispute Resolution at Sorainen and Visiting Professor at the University of Tartu School of Law

Keynote: Farewell to the directives — one regulation for European procurement

Three directives are being replaced by a single regulation that applies directly in every Member State. No national implementation, no gold-plating, and no room for fifteen different readings of the same provision. What does that actually change for a contracting authority, and what does it change for a supplier working across borders? The keynote sets out the architecture of the proposal, the thinking behind it, and the questions that are still genuinely open as the proposal enters the legislative process.

Willem A. Janssen, Endowed Professor of Public Procurement Law, University of Groningen and Associate Professor, Utrecht University, and Kirsi-Maria Magga, Professor of Public Economic Law, University of Lapland

Lunch

The new procedures – what replaces the ones we know

Open procedure, restricted procedure, competitive dialogue, negotiated procedure – the proposal replaces the familiar toolbox with a new set of procedures built around flexibility and negotiation. What disappears, what comes instead, and what will it mean for the way you plan your next tender?

Speaker to be announced

Tell the market before you buy – the new planning obligations

Under the proposal, contracting authorities will have to tell the market what they intend to buy – before they buy it. A small change on paper, a big change in practice: earlier strategy, better prepared suppliers, and procurement planning moving up the agenda. What will it require of your organisation?

Speaker to be announced

Securing contracts – when the winning bidder fails to deliver

What do you do when the contract is signed – and the winning bidder cannot deliver? A practical session on reopening and renewing procurement procedures: your options, your obligations, and the traps to avoid.

Speaker to be announced

Coffee break: fuel up with coffee, snacks and cake

The weight of quality – award criteria under the new rules

Lowest price has had a long run. Under the proposal, quality moves to the front of award decisions – not as an option, but as the starting point. What does that mean for how you design award criteria, document your choices, and explain them to unsuccessful bidders?

Speaker to be announced

National security, third countries and supply chains

Restrictions on bidders from Russia, Belarus and China. “Made in EU” requirements. Supply chains under pressure – and a proposal that gives security and resilience their own chapter in European procurement law for the first time. What are the rules today, and where are they heading?

Šarūnas Neniškis, Ellex (Lithuania)

Goodbye and see you tomorrow

We reserve the right to make changes, because we love to optimize.

Join the conference dinner: On the evening of 18 November we host the conference dinner at Salonerne in Tivoli Gardens – a three-course menu of modern Nordic cuisine, including entrance to Tivoli. Seats are limited and separate registration is required.