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von Vergabeverfahren ist das Bundeskartellamt-Vergabekammern des Bundes,
Villemombler Str. 76, 53123 Bonn, Tel.: +49 228/9499-0 Fax: +49 228/9499-163.
- Erkannte Verstöße gegen Vergabevorschriften müssen innerhalb einer Frist von
10 KT bei der Vergabestelle gerügt werden (160 Abs. 3 Nr. 1 GWB). Der Ablauf
der Frist nach 134 GWB Absatz 2 bleibt unberührt. - Verstöße gegen
Vergabevorschriften, die sich aus diesem Bekanntmachungstext oder aus den
Vergabeunterlagen ergeben, müssen innerhalb der Angebots- bzw.
Bewerbungsfrist gerügt werden ( 160 Abs. 3 Nr. 2 + 3 GWB). - Hilft die
Vergabestelle der Rüge nicht ab, kann ein Antrag auf Nachprüfung beim
Bundeskartellamt unter der o.g. Anschrift innerhalb von 15 Kalendertagen nach
Eingang der Mitteilung des Auftraggebers, der Rüge nicht abhelfen zu wollen,
gestellt werden (160 Abs. 3 Nr. 4 GWB). - Der Nachprüfungsantrag ist
unzulässig, soweit die Voraussetzungen von  160 Abs. 3 GWB vorliegen. Die
Vergabestelle weist ferner auf die Vorschriften der  134, 135 GWB hin.
Insbesondere sind die Fristenregelungen in  135 Abs. 2 GWB zur
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