Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Central Administrativo Norte (Portugal) lodged on 30 August 2019 — RESOPRE — Sociedade Revendedora de Aparelhos de Precisão SA v Município de Peso da Régua
(Case C-643/19)
Language of the case: Portuguese
Referring court
Tribunal Central Administrativo Norte
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: RESOPRE — Sociedade Revendedora de Aparelhos de Precisão SA
Defendant: Município de Peso da Régua,
Other parties to the proceedings: DATAREDE — Sistemas de Dados e Comunicações, SA, Alexandre Barbosa Borgesm, SA, Fernando L. Gaspar — Sinalização e Equipamentos Rodoviários, SA
Question referred
In a pre-contractual public procurement procedure relating to a concession for the exploitation of plots of land to install and operate (parking meters( and control compliance with the provisions laid down in the municipal regulation on short-stay paid parking zones in force in the municipality, does EU law (in particular, Articles 56(1) and 60(4) of Directive 2014/24/[EU] 1 and the principle of competition) allow the instructions for tenderers to establish that tenderers must submit the software and equipment (the parking meter) to be supplied, in order to demonstrate both that the tenderer complies with the terms and conditions in the contract documents and the characteristics of the tenders, and to establish an award criterion related to the ‘technical and functional suitability of the solution’ factor, to be assessed on the basis of that demonstration (see paragraphs 16 and 17 of the Instructions for Tenderers)?
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1 Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC (OJ 2014 L 94, p. 65).