Case T-74/15: Judgment of the General Court of 2 February 2017 — European Dynamics Luxembourg, Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission (Public service contracts — Tender procedure — Services for development, study and support for information systems (ESP DESIS III) — Requests for supply of services issued as part of the same lot — Reopening to competition mechanism — Rejection of the tenderers’ tenders — Award criteria — Obligation to state reasons — Abnormally low offer — Non-contractual liability)
Date: 2017-02-02
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: award of contract, damages, information system, information technology industry, provision of services, services contract, tendering








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13.3.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 78/23





Judgment of the General Court of 2 February 2017 — European Dynamics Luxembourg, Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission
(Case T-74/15) (1)

((Public service contracts - Tender procedure - Services for development, study and support for information systems (ESP DESIS III) - Requests for supply of services issued as part of the same lot - Reopening to competition mechanism - Rejection of the tenderers’ tenders - Award criteria - Obligation to state reasons - Abnormally low offer - Non-contractual liability))
(2017/C 078/30)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: European Dynamics Luxembourg SA (Luxembourg, Luxembourg), Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE (Athens, Greece) (represented initially by I. Ampazis and M. Sfyri, and subsequently by M. Sfyri, C.-N. Dede and D. Papadopoulou, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by L. Cappelletti and F. Moro, acting as Agents, and by P. Wytinck and B. Hoorelbeke, lawyers, and then by F. Moro, acting as Agent, and by P. Wytinck and B. Hoorelbeke, lawyers, and finally by F. Moro and S. Delaude, acting as Agents, and by P. Wytinck and B. Hoorelbeke, lawyers)

Re:

Application, first, pursuant to Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of the Commission decisions, contained in the letters of 8 and 12 December 2014, rejecting the tenders submitted by the applicants for Request for Quotation No DESIS III 000455-6000494078-REQ-01 relating to the development of the interactive profiling tool prototype and for Request for Quotation No DESIS III 000485-6000494078-REQ-01 relating to the development of the EuroGroups Register interactive module in the context of Lot 4 of Call for Tenders DIGIT/R2/PO/2013/029 (OJ 2013 S 219-380314) and, second, application pursuant to Article 268 TFEU seeking damages for the harm allegedly caused to the applicants due to the loss of opportunity to perform the second contract at issue.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decision of the European Commission, contained in the letter of 8 December 2014, rejecting the tender submitted by European Dynamics Luxembourg SA and Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE for the Request for Quotation with reference DESIS III-000455-6000494078-REQ-01, development of an interactive module, in the context of Lot No 4 of the Call for Tenders DIGIT/R2/PO/2013/029;










2.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










3.


Orders each of the parties to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 171, 26.5.2015.