• Forum vergabe e.V.
• Editorial Board of European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review (EPPPL)

Publications:

Commentary on the German Ordinance on the Award of Public Contracts (VgV)
Stephan Rechten (Co-Author)
Ed. Kulartz, Kus, Marx, Portz, Prieß, Werner Verlag, 1st edition 2017

Compact Commentary on Procurement Law
Stephan Rechten (Co-Author)
Ed. Klaus Willenbruch and Kristina Wieddekind, Werner Verlag, 4th edition 2017

"Procurement Law Basics"
Stephan Rechten and Dr Marc Röbke, German Federal Gazette, 2nd edition 2017;

"Procurement Law Basics"
Stephan Rechten and Dr Marc Röbke, German Federal Gazette, 1st edition 2014;

Commentary concerning Standard Official Contracting; Terms/A (VOL/A) (German Regulation on the Award of Services)
Stephan Rechten (co-author)
Ed. Kulartz, Marx, Portz, Prieß, Werner Verlag, 3rd edition 2014;

Commentary on VOB/A (German Regulation on the Award of Public Contracts), 
Stephan Rechten (co-author)
Ed. Kulartz, Marx, Portz and Prieß, Werner Verlag, 2nd edition 2014;

Compact Commentary on Procurement Law
Stephan Rechten (co-author)
Ed. Klaus Willenbruch and Kristina Wieddekind, Werner Verlag, 3rd edition 2013;

Practical Commentary "Procurement in the Area Defence and Security"
Stephan Rechten (co-author)
Ed. Dippel, Sterner and Zeiss, German Federal Gazette, 1st edition 2013;

"Handbook on Croatian Procurement Law" 
Stephan Rechten
USAID, 2006;

BDI (National Association of German Industry) Handbook on Promotion of Research and Innovation (loose-leaf booklet; covering the topic "Award Conditions for Public Research and Development Agreements")
Stephan Rechten
Wolters Kluwer Verlag;

Manual: "How to be Awarded with Public Contracts?"
Stephan Rechten
Wegweiser Verlag, 1st edition 2002.

Articles:

"The Open-House Model – Possibilities of Shaping Procedures in Line with Practical Requirements"
Stephan Rechten and David Portner
in: NZBau 2017, 587

"The Principal Concept Under Change"
Stephan Rechten
in: NZBau 2014, p. 667;

"How Much Competition Is Necessary? – The Tension Between Autonomous Procurement and the Principle of Competition" 
Stephan Rechten and David Portner
in: NZBau 2014, p. 276;

"When what belongs together doesn't grow together – An assessment on the connection between antitrust law and budgeting procurement law, 15 years after the German amendment of the public procurement law (VgRÄG) has entered into force"
Stephan Rechten
in: Festschrift für Fridhelm Marx, Beck Verlag 2013, p. 605;

"The Act on the Modernization of Procurement Law - or: After the Reform is before the Reform"
Stephan Rechten and Maike Junker
in: NZBau 2009, p. 490;

"Social Standards in the Awarding of Public Contracts in Berlin and Brandenburg"
Stephan Rechten and Dr Marc Röbke
in: LKV 2011, p. 337;

"Are Unconditional Direct Awards of Local Rail Services (SPNV) Possible?"
Stephan Rechten and Dr Marc Röbke
in: NZBau 2010, p. 680;

"Awarding Security Services"
Stephan Rechten and Peter Michael Probst
in: NVwZ 2010 p. 346;

"The Competitive Dialogue - A Procedure Between Desire and Reality"
Stephan Rechten
in: VOB aktuell 1/2007

"The Awarded Note"
Stephan Rechten
in: VOB aktuell, 2/2006;

"Minimum Conditions in case of Secondary Tenders"
Stephan Rechten
in: VOB aktuell/2/2005;

"The EU Legislative Package"
Stephan Rechten
in: NZBau 2004/p. 366;

"State Law concerning Public Procurement"
Stephan Rechten
in: VOB aktuell/3 and 4/2004.
 

Lectures:

Regular lectures on procurement law issues.