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Action brought on 22 January 2008 - Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission

(Case T-39/08)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Evropaïki Dynamiki - Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE (Athens, Greece) (represented by: N. Korogiannakis, lawyer)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

Form of order sought

Annul the decision of the Commission to evaluate the applicant's bid as not successful and award the contract to the successful contractor;

order the Commission to pay the applicant's damages suffered on account of the tendering procedure in question for an amount of EUR 441 564.50;

order the Commission to pay the applicant's legal and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with this application, even if the current application is rejected;

order the Commission to pay the applicant's legal and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with this application.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The applicant submitted a bid in response to the defendant's call for an open tender concerning hosting, management, enhancement, promotion and maintenance of the Commission's Internet portal on eLearning (elearningeuropa.info) (OJ 2007/S 87-105977). The applicant contests the defendant's decision of 12 November 2007 rejecting the applicant's bid and informing the applicant that the contract would be awarded to another tenderer. The applicant further requests compensation for the alleged damages caused by the tender procedure.

In support of its application, the applicant submits that the defendant committed manifest errors of assessment and failed to state reasons in accordance with Article 253 EC. Furthermore, the applicant alleges that the defendant confused evaluation criteria with award criteria when evaluating the bids and used evaluation criteria that were not disclosed to the tenderers before the deadline for submitting the offers. Finally, the applicant contends that the defendant violated the principle of non-discrimination.

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