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Action brought on 13 June 2008 - Comtec Translations v Commission

(Case T-239/08)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Comtec Translations Ltd (Leamington Spa, United Kingdom) (represented by: L. R. Scott and E. Bentley, Solicitors)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

Form of order sought

Annul the decision letter and remit the applicant's bid for reconsideration;

Order the Commission to pay the applicant's costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

By the present action the applicant seeks the annulment of the Commission's Decision of 16 April 2008 rejecting its tender submitted in the framework of the tender procedure for the conclusion of framework contracts for the translation of documents relating to the policies and administration of the European Union from all EU official languages into English (call for tender No FL-GEN07-EN)¹. The reason given for not retaining the applicant's tender was insufficient technical or professional capacity and lack of, or insufficient proven professional experience.

In support of its action the applicant puts forward a single plea in law. It claims that the administrative procedure has been conducted irregularly and that its procedural rights have not been observed. The applicant submits that it has successfully provided translation into English within the Commission for several years in the framework of contracts previously signed and regularly renewed for which it has received satisfactory rankings regarding the quality of the services. The applicant claims that the evaluation committee's decision took no or no proper account of the successful performance of the applicant in submitting translation assignments to the Commission for 12 years neither it took into consideration the documents evidencing the technical and professional qualifications of the applicant's staff, quality managers and sub-contractors.

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¹ - Contract notice published : OJ 2007 S 180 - 219517