CELEX: 62015TA0321
Language: en
Date: 2015-11-10 00:00:00
Title: Case T-321/15: Judgment of the General Court of 10 November 2015 — GSA and SGI v Parliament (Public service contracts — Tendering procedure — Supply of fire security, assistance to persons and external surveillance at the European Parliament’s site — Rejection of a tenderer’s bid — Obligation to produce prior authorisation issued pursuant to national legislation — Proportionality — Equal Treatment — Principle of openness — Freedom to provide services)

11.1.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 7/29
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 10 November 2015 — GSA and SGI v Parliament
   (Case T-321/15) (1)
   
   ((Public service contracts - Tendering procedure - Supply of fire security, assistance to persons and external surveillance at the European Parliament’s site - Rejection of a tenderer’s bid - Obligation to produce prior authorisation issued pursuant to national legislation - Proportionality - Equal Treatment - Principle of openness - Freedom to provide services))
   (2016/C 007/39)
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicants: Gruppo Servizi Associati SpA (GSA) (Rome, Italy) and Security Guardian’s Institute (SGI) (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium) (represented by: E. van Nuffel d’Heynsbroeck, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: P. López-Carceller and B. Simon, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Application for annulment of the Parliament’s decisions, contained in the letter of 12 June 2015, by which the Parliament informed the applicants, first, of the rejection of the tender submitted by them in respect of the open tendering procedure EP/DGSAFE/UIB/SER/2014-014 for the provision of fire security, assistance to persons (part 1) and external surveillance (part 2) at the European Parliament’s site in Brussels (O 2014/S 246-433095) and, secondly, that the relevant contract had been awarded to another company.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Gruppo Servizi Associati SpA (GSA) and Security Guardian’s Institute (SGI) to pay the costs, including those relating to the interlocutory proceedings.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 262, 10.8.2015.