Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2025:950
Date: 2025-10-08
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Belgium;Luxembourg

Judgment of the General Court of 8 October 2025 – NTT Data Belgique and Others v EIB (Case T-161/24) 1 (Public supply contracts – Tendering procedure – IT Consultancy for EIB-specific Applications – Rejection of a tenderer’s bid – Abnormally low tender – Obligation to state reasons – Manifest error of assessment – Proportionality) Language of the case: English Parties Applicants: NTT Data Belgique (Brussels, Belgium), Sopra Steria PSF Luxembourg SA (Leudelange, Luxembourg), UniSystems Luxembourg Sàrl (Bertrange, Luxembourg), Netcompany – Intrasoft (Ixelles, Belgium) (represented by: M. Troncoso Ferrer, L. Lence de Frutos and N. Korogiannakis, lawyers) Defendant: European Investment Bank (represented by: T. Gilliams, K. Carr, C. Solazzo and P. Alegria Torrellas, acting as Agents, and by H. Plancke and D. Degrande, lawyers) Re: By their action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicants seek annulment of the decision of the European Investment Bank (EIB) of 4 March 2024, by which it rejected the tender which the OMNIA consortium, formed by the applicants, had submitted in the public procurement procedure for the call for tenders under the reference CFT-1699, entitled ‘IT Consultancy for EIB-specific applications (TAILOR)’, on the ground that the tender was abnormally low. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders NTT Data Belgique, Sopra Steria PSF Luxembourg SA, UniSystems Luxembourg Sàrl and Netcompany – Intrasoft to pay the costs, including those related to the proceedings for interim measures. ____________ 1 OJ C, C/2024/3339, 3.6.2024.