Judgment of the General Court of 15 March 2012 - Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission
(Case T-236/09)
(Public service contracts - Tendering procedure - External service provision for development, studies and support of information systems - Rejection of a tenderer's bids - Obligation to state reasons - Equal treatment - Transparency - Manifest error of assessment - Non-contractual liability)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Evropaïki Dynamiki - Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE (Athens, Greece) (represented by N. Korogiannakis and M. Dermitzakis, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by N. Bambara and subsequently by E. Manhaeve, Agents, and by P. Wytinck and B. Hoorelbeke, lawyers)
Re:
APPLICATION, first, for annulment of the Commission's decisions of 27 March 2009 rejecting the applicant's tenders for, respectively, lot 1, 'On-site development expertise (intra muros)', and lot 2, 'Off-site development (extra muros)', in Call for Tenders RTD-R4-2007-001 on external service provision for development, studies and support of information systems for the Commission (OJ 2007 S 238), and the decisions to award the lots to other tenderers and, second, for damages.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Evropaïki Dynamiki - Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE to bear its own costs and those incurred by the European Commission.
____________1 - OJ C 193, 15.8.2009.