Public Procurement Specialist — Florence

KatiaPrandi

Administrative law and public procurement

Two decades of experience inside the Italian public administration — contract planning, electronic tender procedures and governance of public procurement.

Katia Prandi

Profile

A profession at the service of the public interest

Law graduate, I passed the Italian State Examination for the legal profession in 2005. Since 2007 I have served as Public Procurement Specialist at the Central Directorate of ARPAT, the Tuscan Regional Agency for Environmental Protection. I coordinate interdisciplinary working groups and oversee the full procurement cycle, from planning to contract management.

My focus is the improvement of public spending through sound planning of needs, in compliance with the principles of legality, transparency, competition and sustainability. The experience gained within the National System for Environmental Protection translates naturally into institutional settings of advisory work on labour, public economy and market regulation.

State Exam
2005
Based in
Florence
Specialisation
Administrative law
Current role
Public Procurement Specialist — ARPAT

Practice areas

Areas and matters

  • Public procurement & contracts

    Electronic tender procedures under Legislative Decree 36/2023, from RUP duties to multi-year contract management.

  • NRRP & PNC funds

    Award of contracts financed under the National Plan «Health, Environment, Biodiversity and Climate» (PNC priorities P2/P3/P4).

  • Green Public Procurement

    Drafting and implementation of GPP programmes; verification of Minimum Environmental Criteria (CAM) in tenders.

  • Access to records & transparency

    Document-access procedures (art. 35 D.Lgs. 36/2023) and generalised civic access.

  • Anti-corruption & compliance

    Transparency, prevention of corruption and implementation of the National Anti-Corruption Plan in public contracts.

  • Administrative law

    Legal opinions, drafting of acts, operational procedures and ongoing regulatory updates.

Experience

Professional path

  1. 2007 — present

    Public Procurement Specialist

    ARPAT · Florence

    Central Directorate — Procurement Office — Coordination of technical panels and interdisciplinary working groups within public procurement procedures. Management and oversight of electronic tenders for the award of goods and services under Legislative Decree 36/2023, serving as Procedure Manager and overseeing the entire administrative and contractual process. Stewardship of awards financed by PNC funds and implementation of Green Public Procurement strategies through the application of Minimum Environmental Criteria (CAM). Documentary governance, access to records, monitoring of multi-year contracts and specialist support to the Central Directorate’s decision-making — ensuring regulatory compliance, procedural efficiency and the sustainability of public purchases.

  2. 2003 — 2007

    Administrative Manager — appointed role

    ARPAT · Pistoia

    Provincial Department of Pistoia: Head of the Administrative Office (appointed by decree following an internal competition). Coordination of administrative staff in procurement, Public Relations Office, formal verification of procedures and accounting controls.

  3. 2002 — 2003

    Officer for European Development Programmes

    ARPAT · Florence

    Central Directorate — Management and coordination of personnel policies, oversight of financial reporting processes and delivery of strategic initiatives co-funded by European Union resources, with particular focus on administrative governance and resource planning.

  4. 2000 — 2002

    Trainee lawyer

    Avv. Luigi De Vito Law Firm · Florence

    Legal practice in Labour Law, Bankruptcy, Family Law and Administrative Law.

Education

Education & competences

Studies and qualifications

  • 2012

    ARPAT Internal Auditor

    Qualified lead for procurement and supplier-evaluation activities.

  • 2005

    State Examination — legal profession

    Italian State Exam for the legal profession, 2004/2005 session.

  • 1999

    Law Degree

    University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.

Digital e-procurement systems

Hands-on competence in award management, legal compliance checks, requirements verification and documentary monitoring within public procurement and digital procurement, with particular focus on regulatory compliance, administrative transparency and the traceability of tender procedures.

Platforms

  • PAD
  • FVOE
  • MEPA
  • START Toscana
  • Dynamic Acquisition System
  • SITAT

Continuing professional development

A continuous training programme on the procurement code

More than fifteen training courses in the last three years on public procurement, the contract code, NRRP, anti-corruption and data protection.

  • 2026The new Public Contracts Code (Legislative Decree 36/2023)Syllabus
  • 2026Public procurement — latest updatesAppaltiamo
  • 2025Tender procedure and drafting of actsMaggioli Formazione
  • 2025Discipline of public contractsSNA
  • 2025New Procurement Code and corrective decreeAppaltiamo
  • 2024Corrective decree to the Contracts CodeMaggioli Formazione
  • 2024-25Anti-corruption training programmeMaggioli Formazione
  • 2024National training plan for the update of the RUPRegione Toscana
  • 2024Procurement, transparency and prevention of corruption (PNA 2023/2024)AssoArpa
  • 2024Labour costs in the new Procurement CodeAssoArpa
  • 2024New discipline of public contracts D.Lgs. 36/2023Regione Toscana
  • 2023Data protection: roles and responsibilitiesRegione Toscana
  • 2023How to manage NRRP procurementAssoArpa
  • 2023Risks in administrative activity — RUPARPAT
  • 2023Cyber Security AwarenessARPAT

Contact

Write to the attorney

Foro
Florence, Italy