Dr. Barbara Buhr: A procurement expert with a sure instinct who also explores alternative paths.

The ageing highway bridge, the school for the new residential area or the renovation of the polluted ministry building: Public construction and infrastructure projects have to be completed quickly. However, the strict rules of public procurement law apply to the use of public funds. Procurement specialist Dr. Barbara Buhr is familiar with the problems. She knows ways in which the public sector can implement its projects in compliance with the law and at the same time on time and on budget.

Barbara not only focuses on the individual project, but also makes suggestions on how the administration can optimize its processes in the project and for future awards. She also encourages her clients to break new ground, for example by using technology and AI. In this way, she supports public sector organizations in their transformation into modern service providers.

Your mission

Barbara helps public authorities to position themselves strategically in the best possible way. Her aim is to help authorities become more efficient and faster in future projects.

Barbara’s legal services for individual projects also go beyond the pure procurement process: she manages the entire construction or infrastructure project – side by side with the public clients and experts involved.

Your approach

In Barbara’s experience, it is best for all parties involved in a project to be at the table right from the start. This means that everyone’s concerns and any risks can be taken into account at the planning stage. For Barbara, prudence and tact are the be-all and end-all in what is often a political environment.

Alternative procurement models can be an effective way of speeding up the process. Babara often does educational work here. Many procurement offices are not yet familiar with these models.

Barbara looks at the projects in the overall context. There are a number of measures that can accelerate procurement in the long term. Barbara provides proactive advice on this and also supports implementation if required.

Your focus

Public procurement law
Public commercial law
Construction and real estate law
Environmental and planning law
EU state aid and subsidy law
European, constitutional, municipal and budgetary law
Law of the health care industry

The "League of Law" series

Public law is just one of the many topics that are the focus of our “League of Law” series. Dr. Barbara Buhr has more than 340 colleagues at KPMG Law throughout Germany. For cross-border issues, she can draw on KPMG Law’s global network at any time.

As a legally independent commercial law firm, KPMG Law is associated and closely linked with KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. This enables Barbara Buhr, together with experts from KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft and its Audit, Tax, Deal Advisory and Consulting divisions, to offer comprehensive, holistic and, if required, international support in the long-term transformation of her clients.

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Dr. Barbara Buhr

"Alternative award models can speed up the process and further increase cost certainty."

Publications

| Dr. Barbara Kathrin Buhr, Dr. Moritz Püstow, Dr. Torsten Göhlert

Special infrastructure assets: how the administration manages to implement projects quickly

The special infrastructure fund creates the opportunity to catch up on years of investment backlog. Urgent action is required.

Dr. Barbara Kathrin Buhr

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