Action brought on 30 December 2011 - VIP Car Solutions v Parliament
(Case T-668/11)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: VIP Car Solutions SARL (Hoenheim, France) (represented by: G. Welzer, lawyer)
Defendant: European Parliament
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
order the European Parliament to pay EUR 1 408 000 to SARL VIP CAR SOLUTIONS;
order the European Parliament to pay the costs.
Pleas in law and main arguments
The applicant seeks compensation for the material and non-material damage which it claims to have suffered as a result of the Parliament's decision of 24 January 2007 to reject its tender submitted in the context of a tender procedure relating to transport for Members of the European Parliament in chauffeur-driven cars and minibuses during part-sessions in Strasbourg (PE/2006/06/UTD/1).
2 That decision was annulled by the judgment in Case T-89/07
VIP Car Solutions v
Parliament.
In support of the action, the applicant alleges serious fault on the part of the Parliament as follows, giving rise to loss:
a breach of the obligation to notify the price offered by the successful tenderer;
a breach of the obligation to state reasons, since the Parliament failed to give any information on the characteristics and relative advantages of the successful tender, and
a manifest error of assessment, since the Parliament did not base its refusal decision on selection and award criteria defined in advance in the documents relating to the call for tenders.
____________1 - OJ 2006/S 177-187988.2 - [2009] ECR II-1403.