Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2026:171
Date: 2026-03-04
Language of the case: Bulgarian
Procedure: Action for annulment
Origin: Bulgaria

Judgment of the General Court of 4 March 2026 – Opticoelectron Group v Frontex (Case T-699/24) 1 (Public supply contracts – Tender procedure – Provision of surveillance equipment to Frontex – Rejection of a tender – Action for annulment – Article 76(d) of the Rules of Procedure – Interest in bringing proceedings – Admissibility – Breach of the minimum technical requirements of the award procedure – Equal treatment – Transparency – Principle of good administration) Language of the case: Bulgarian Parties Applicant: Opticoelectron Group AD (Panagyurishte, Bulgaria) (represented by: I. Stoynev and M. Krasteva, lawyers) Defendant: European Border and Coast Guard Agency (represented by: C. Carroll and R.-A. Popa, acting as Agents, and by M. Troncoso Ferrer and L. Lence de Frutos, lawyers) Re: By its action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment (i) of the decision sent to it by an email of 24 October 2024, by which the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) rejected the tender that the applicant had submitted for the award procedure entitled ‘Provision of surveillance equipment to Frontex’, with reference FRONTEX/2024/OP/0016, in respect of the fourth, fifth and sixth lots of that procedure, and awarded the contract to another tenderer, and (ii) of the decision of 15 November 2024, by which Frontex refused to send the applicant the information it had requested concerning that procedure. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Opticoelectron Group AD to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C, C/2025/926 of 17.2.2025.