Federal Act
on Public Procurement
(PPA)

¹ In the case of con­tracts out­side the scope of in­ter­na­tion­al treat­ies, a con­tract may be con­cluded with the se­lec­ted ten­der­er after the award has been made.

² In the case of con­tracts with­in the scope of in­ter­na­tion­al treat­ies, a con­tract may be con­cluded with the se­lec­ted ten­der­er after ex­piry of the dead­line for ap­peal­ing against the award, un­less the Fed­er­al Ad­min­is­trat­ive Court has gran­ted sus­pens­ive ef­fect to an ap­peal against the award.

³ If, in the case of con­tracts with­in the scope of in­ter­na­tion­al treat­ies, an ap­peal pro­ced­ure against the award is pending without sus­pens­ive ef­fect hav­ing been re­ques­ted or gran­ted, the con­tract­ing au­thor­ity shall no­ti­fy the court im­me­di­ately of the con­clu­sion of the con­tract.