Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 – Global Translation Solutions v Commission

(Case T-404/20) ¹

(Public service contracts – Tendering procedure – Translation services – Rejection of a tenderer’s bid – Award of the contract to another tenderer – Award criteria – Method of evaluation – Manifest error of assessment – Equal treatment – Transparency – Obligation to state reasons – Duty of diligence – Principle of sound administration)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Global Translation Solutions ltd. (Valletta, Malta) (represented by: C. Mifsud-Bonnici, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Katsimerou, L. André and M. Ilkova, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of the Commission’s decision contained in the letter of 17 April 2020 rejecting the tender submitted by the applicant for Lot 22 (EN>MT) in tendering procedure TRAD 19 and awarding that lot to another tenderer, and for annulment of ‘all related decisions’.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the action;

Orders Global Translation Solutions ltd. to pay the costs.

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¹ OJ C 297, 7.9.2020.