Abstract

Mediation, including electronic mediation, is becoming increasingly popular as an alternative form of resolving disputes in all fields of law. The new public procurement law, adopted on 11 September 2019, contains a separate chapter on amicable dispute resolution. The article critically analyses the proposed solutions, especially in the context of the obligatory use of out-of-court methods of resolving disputes of considerable value, calling them contrary to the nature of mediation, and indicating the Court of Arbitration at the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Poland as a competent mediation centre in public procurement cases. It should be noted that electronic mediation will not actually be possible under the new provisions of the PPL, and the digitisation of mediation proceedings will only be possible to a limited extent.