Judgment of the General Court of 1 February 2018 — European Dynamics Luxembourg and Others v ECHA

(Case T-477/15) ¹

(Public supply contracts — Tender procedure — Provisions of information technology (IT) services for the applications of the ECHA — Rejection of an offer by a tenderer — Award criteria — Obligation to state reasons — Manifest errors of assessment — Non-contractual liability)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicants: European Dynamics Luxembourg SA (Luxembourg, Luxembourg), European Dynamics Belgium SA (Brussels, Belgium), Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE (Athens, Greece) (represented by: M. Sfyri, D. Papadopoulou and C.-N. Dede, lawyers)

Defendants: European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) (represented initially by: E. Maurage, W. Broere and M. Heikkilä, and subsequently by W. Broere and M. Heikkilä, acting as Agents, and by J. Stuyck and A.M. Vandromme, lawyers)

Re:

Application, first, under Article 263 TFEU, for annulment of the decisions notified to the applicants by letter of 25 June 2015, by which the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) rejected their tender for the award of contract No ECHA/2014/86 for the provision of IT services for the IT applications of ECHA and awarded that contract to another bidder and, secondly, under Article 268 TFEU, for compensation for the damage which the applicants allegedly suffered.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the action;

Orders European Dynamics Luxembourg SA, European Dynamics Belgium SA and Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE to bear its own costs and those incurred by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).

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¹ OJ C 363, 3.11.2015.