CELEX: 62012CA0561
Language: en
Date: 2013-12-05 00:00:00
Title: Case C-561/12: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 5 December 2013 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Riigikohus — Estonia) — Nordecon AS, Ramboll Eesti AS v Rahandusministeerium (Public procurement — Negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice — Whether possible for the contracting authority to negotiate on tenders which do not comply with the mandatory requirements of the technical specifications relating to the contract)

15.2.2014   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 45/16
            
         Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 5 December 2013 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Riigikohus — Estonia) — Nordecon AS, Ramboll Eesti AS v Rahandusministeerium
   (Case C-561/12) (1)
   
   (Public procurement - Negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice - Whether possible for the contracting authority to negotiate on tenders which do not comply with the mandatory requirements of the technical specifications relating to the contract)
   2014/C 45/28
   Language of the case: Estonian
   
      Referring court
   
   Riigikohus
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Appellants: Nordecon AS, Ramboll Eesti AS
   
      Respondents: Rahandusministeerium
   
      Re:
   
   Request for a preliminary ruling — Riigikohus — Interpretation of Article 30(2) of Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts (OJ 2004 L 134, p. 114) — Negotiated procedure with publication of a contract notice — Whether or not possible for the contracting authority to enter into negotiations on tenders that do not satisfy the mandatory requirements of the technical specifications set out in the contract documents — Technical specifications amended during the negotiations — Whether the public contract may be awarded to a tenderer submitting a tender that does not meet those technical specifications.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   Article 30(2) of Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts does not allow the contracting authority to negotiate with tenderers tenders that do not comply with the mandatory requirements laid down in the technical specifications of the contract.
   
      (1)  OJ C 38, 9.2.2013.