There are a number of bulletins that inform us about various facts. If you are an entrepreneur or a company, you will be particularly interested in the Trade Bulletin, to which you are obliged to contribute in certain cases. However, you should not miss the Public Procurement Bulletin, where you can find a number of opportunities for your business. In this article, we will take a detailed look at both gazettes, their contents and their rules of operation.
A gazette is a periodical (regularly published) publication that serves to officially publish various information. Bulletins are most commonly encountered in state and local government. Bulletins are official in nature, clear and easily accessible to the general public. They are often available in both printed and electronic form. They are published on a regular basis, usually monthly, quarterly or as required.
In our article, we will focus specifically on two types of gazettes that concern entrepreneurs and companies – the Trade Gazette and the Public Procurement Gazette.
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The Commercial Bulletin is an official periodical (official gazette) used to publish important information about commercial entities. Its aim is to ensure transparency in commercial and legal relations and to give the public access to information on, for example, companies, insolvency proceedings or auctions.
The Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic is responsible for publishing the Commercial Bulletin through the Public Administration Portal. The technical aspects and operation of this portal in the area of the Commercial Bulletin are provided by Economia, a.s. as the operator under contract.
In the Commercial Bulletin you will find a wide range of legally important information that is published on a mandatory basis for the transparency of legal and commercial relations. The content is intended not only for entrepreneurs, but also for the general public, creditors or lawyers. These include:
The Commercial Bulletin may also be used to publish an invitation to the general meeting. You can read more about when it is necessary to call a general meeting, when and how to publish the invitation and what the voting rules are in our article.
The Trade Bulletin is available online on the public administration portal. The basic search is free of charge. You can search the website by company name, company ID number, topic (e.g. insolvency, liquidation, auctions, etc.), date of publication, type of document and other criteria (e.g. legal form of the company). You can also open a specific issue by date and browse what has been published.
However, only the last 6 months of data are free. If you would like older records, you will have to pay a subscription fee. This is offered in three variants: DATA, ON-LINE and PREMIUM. With the DATA version you get a selection according to the headings sent by email. With the ON-LINE version you get access to an online archive dating back to 1992, and with the PREMIUM version you get both benefits plus you can download data from the Journal.
There is also a charge for publishing information in the Commercial Bulletin. Prices vary based on the nature of the notice and its total length. You will pay the least for the publication of information on the liquidation of a company and the most for the publication of the financial statements.
ThePublic Procurement Bulletin is an official electronic tool where contracting authorities (typically state institutions, municipalities, regions, public organisations) are obliged to publish information on public procurement. It serves to ensure transparency and equal access to publicly funded contracts for all potential suppliers.
It is administered by the Ministry of Regional Development and the legal framework is based on the Public Procurement Act.
A public contract is a contractual relationship where a public contracting authority (such as a state, region, municipality, public institution or other public entity) purchases goods, services or works from a private supplier. In other words, it is a situation where the state or other public entity spends public money and uses that money to order something from outside companies or businesses.
The main purpose of public procurement is to ensure that public money is used transparently, economically and efficiently, and that all potential suppliers have a level playing field.
Public procurement is divided into three basic types according to their subject matter:
At the same time, contracts are divided according to their value into over-limit, under-limit and small-scale contracts, with different rules on the procurement method and the contracting authority’s obligations applying to each category.
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New notices of the opening of tendering procedures are published daily in the Bulletin. The publicly accessible website allows you to use a full-text search by keyword (e.g. “cleaning services”, “building renovation”) or filter by different criteria – field of activity (CPV code), region, contracting authority, type of contract (over-limit, under-limit, small-scale), phase of the procedure, date of publication and more.
Subsequently, the tender must be drafted exactly according to the contracting authority’s requirements, including formal arrangements (often electronic format, specific file format, submission deadline). Once the selection process has been completed, the contracting authority will publish a notice of the result, which you can also follow in the Journal. If you are unsuccessful in the selection process, you have the possibility to ask for reasons for the decision and to lodge an objection.
Bulletins are used for the official publication of important information, especially in the public administration. Two are key for businesses – the Commercial Bulletin and the Public Procurement Bulletin.
The Commercial Bulletin is published by the Ministry of Justice and contains legally relevant information about companies, such as entries from public registers, insolvency proceedings, company liquidations, public auctions or corporate decisions. The Bulletin is available online free of charge for entries for the last six months, older data is paid. There is also a fee for publication of information.
The Public Procurement Bulletin is managed by the Ministry of Regional Development. It publishes information on public contracts awarded by state institutions, municipalities or regions. It contains details of contracts, changes in conditions, results of tenders and cancellation notices. The search is free, clear and allows filtering according to various criteria. It ensures transparency and a level playing field for all suppliers.
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