BESTEK - The Public Procurement Podcast
Oct 19, 2026 · 20 min · 12 segments
In this Bestek aperitif episode, Dr Marta Andhov continues a discussion from the PurpLE Project Conference panel “Arbitration in Public Contracts” (Copenhagen, June 2026) by focusing on whether…
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And yes, you as a supplier or as a contracting authority, you use it and you want the dispute in the arbitration.
The public authority with whom you had the contract now owes you money or has to fix something, needs to make you whole again.
So now what's next? Winning and getting paid, if we're thinking about a financial remedy, are not really the same event.
And nobody probably mentions that part exactly when they're selling you how great arbitration is and how smart move it might be for public contracts.
But it's not equivalent to you as a wronged supplier, potentially, receiving money in your account.
So if you're a contractor deciding whether to even bid on a public project that includes an arbitration clause, this is the part of the fine print that matters more to you that you might expect.
So today's question is the one that considers whether any of this was worth in the first place.
Can you actually enforce an arbitration win? against public agency, contracting authority or government,
whichever way we want to
Or in other words, can you collect? This comes from the same panel as last episode.
Arbitration Public Contract, our last panel at the Purple Project Conference this past June in Copenhagen.
He's the president of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
And he sits as an arbitrator himself on disputes involving governmental contracts.
And yes, you as a supplier or as a contracting authority, you use it and you want the dispute in the arbitration.
The public authority with whom you had the contract now owes you money or has to fix something, needs to make you whole again.
So now what's next? Winning and getting paid, if we're thinking about a financial remedy, are not really the same event.
And nobody probably mentions that part exactly when they're selling you how great arbitration is and how smart move it might be for public contracts.
But it's not equivalent to you as a wronged supplier, potentially, receiving money in your account.
So if you're a contractor deciding whether to even bid on a public project that includes an arbitration clause, this is the part of the fine print that matters more to you that you might expect.
So today's question is the one that considers whether any of this was worth in the first place.
Can you actually enforce an arbitration win? against public agency, contracting authority or government,
whichever way we want to
Or in other words, can you collect? This comes from the same panel as last episode.
Arbitration Public Contract, our last panel at the Purple Project Conference this past June in Copenhagen.
He's the president of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
And he sits as an arbitrator himself on disputes involving governmental contracts.
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