Judgment of the General Court of 19 November 2014 — European Dynamics Luxembourg and Evropaïki Dynamiki v Europol
(Cases T-40/12 and T-183/12) 1
(Public service contracts — Tender procedure — Provision of information technology services relating to a document management system and a corporate Intranet portal– Rejection of a tenderer’s bid– Obligation to state reasons — Equal treatment — Transparency — Proportionality — Non-contractual liability)
Language of the case: Greek
Parties
Applicants: European Dynamics Luxembourg SA (Ettelbrück, Luxembourg) and Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE (Athens, Greece) (represented by: V. Christianos and S. Paliou, lawyers)
Defendant: European Police Office (Europol) (represented by: J. Teal and T. de Maignas, acting as Agents, P. Anestis, lawyer, C. Kennedy-Loest, Solicitor, N. Pourbaix and D. Vallindas, lawyers)
Re:
In Case T-40/12, an application for annulment of Europol’s decision of 22 November 2011 rejecting the bid tendered by the applicants in connection with Call for Tenders D/C3/1104 concerning the provision of an enterprise content management system (management of documents, records, and business processes) and a corporate Intranet portal (OJ 2011/S 134-222044), and, in Case T-183/12, first, an application for annulment of Europol’s decision to grant the public service contract in respect of the call for tenders referred to above to another tenderer and, secondly, an application for compensation for the loss sustained as a result of the loss of opportunity for the applicants to be granted that public service contract.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Orders that Cases T-40/12 and T-183/12 be joined for the purposes of judgment;
Dismisses the actions;
Orders European Dynamics Luxembourg SA and Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Police Office (Europol).
________________________1 OJ C 109, 14.4.2012.