CELEX: 62009TA0057
Language: en
Date: 2011-10-20 00:00:00
Title: Case T-57/09: Judgment of the General Court of 20 October 2011 — Alfastar Benelux v Council (Public service contracts — Tendering procedure — Provision of technical maintenance and help desk and on-site intervention services for the PCs, printers and peripherals of the General Secretariat of the Council — Rejection of a tender — Obligation to state the reasons on which a decision is based)

3.12.2011   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 355/16
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 20 October 2011 — Alfastar Benelux v Council
   (Case T-57/09) (1)
   
   (Public service contracts - Tendering procedure - Provision of technical maintenance and help desk and on-site intervention services for the PCs, printers and peripherals of the General Secretariat of the Council - Rejection of a tender - Obligation to state the reasons on which a decision is based)
   2011/C 355/26
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Alfastar Benelux (Ixelles, Belgium) (represented by: N. Keramidas, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Balta, M. Vitsentzatos and M. Robert, Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Application, first, for annulment of the Council’s decision of 1 December 2008 to reject the tender submitted by the Alfastar-Siemens consortium, composed of Alfastar Benelux SA and Siemens IT Solutions and Services SA, in response to Call for Tenders UCA/218/07 for the provision of technical maintenance — help desk and on-site intervention services for the PCs, printers and peripherals of the General Secretariat of the Council (OJ 2008/S 91-122796) and to award the contract to another tenderer and, secondly, for damages.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls the Council’s decision of 1 December 2008 to reject the tender submitted by the consortium composed of Alfastar Benelux SA and Siemens IT Solutions and Services SA, in response to Call for Tenders UCA/218/07 for the provision of technical maintenance — help desk and on-site intervention services for the PCs, printers and peripherals of the General Secretariat of the Council and to award the contract to another tenderer;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Dismisses the claim for damages;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the Council of the European Union to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 102, 1.5.2009.