Art. 53: Act on Accession to the Intercantonal Agreement on Public Procurement of 15 November 2019 (Accession Act IGPA)
Art. 53
1 Decisions that may be challenged by appeal are exclusively the
following
a. the invitation to tender;
b. the decision on the selection of bidders in the selective procedure;
c. the decision on the inclusion of a bidder in a register or on the deletion of a bidder from a register;
d. the decision on requests for recusal;
e. the award;
f. the revocation of the award;
g. the cancellation of the procedure;
h. the exclusion from the procedure;
i. the imposition of a sanction.
2 Orders in the tender documents, whose meaning is recognizable, must be challenged together with the invitation to tender.
3 Appeals against the imposition of a sanction are not subject to the provisions of this agreement concerning the right to be heard in administrative proceedings, suspensive effect, and the limitation of grounds for appeal.
4 Decisions under paragraph 1 letters c and i may be challenged by appeal regardless of the contract value.
5 In all other respects, legal protection against decisions under this agreement is excluded.
6 Appeals against the conclusion of individual contracts under Article 25, paragraphs 4 and 5, are excluded.
Suspensive Effect