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Commission erroneously evaluated tender on the basis of bidders’ experience

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • December 16 2011

The General Court (GC) has criticised the European Commission’s basing of the award of a contract on the criterion of the tenderers’ experience in breach of procurement rules which require experience to be assessed at the selection stage

Bidder fails in challenge to the award of a contract by the ECJ

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • December 1 2011

An IT service provider, Computer Task Group Luxembourg (CTG), has failed in its attempts to take the ECJ to task for alleged failures to comply with procurement rules in relation to contracts for its call centre

Local authority has a duty to act fairly in below threshold tender

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 1 2011

The Scottish Court of Session held in Sidey (2011 CSOH194), that Clackmannanshire Council owed a duty to bidders to evaluate tenders fairly and in accordance with its published procedure

High Court refuses judicial review of a decision to reject an incomplete tender

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 10 2011

On 27 October 2011, the High Court, in Hossacks v The Legal Services Commission, declined an application for judicial review of a decision to reject an incomplete and erroneous tender

Failure to award a contract for additional urban planning services breaches procurement rules

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Greece
  • -
  • November 10 2011

The ECJ ruled in case C-60110 that failure by Greek local authorities to open a new tender process for additional urban planning services amounted to a breach of the procurement rules

NI Court of Appeal confirms decision setting aside two framework agreements

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 21 2011

The Court of Appeal (CA) has upheld two separate rulings by the High Court of Northern Ireland setting aside framework agreements following breaches of the public procurement law

High Court rules that a contracting authority can only apply once to have an automatic suspension lifted

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • September 12 2011

The Northern Ireland High Court has refused to lift an automatic suspension on a contract entered into by the Department of Employment and Learning (DoEL) for the provision of training services

Advocate General's opinion on public service concession for bus contract

  • Nabarro LLP
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  • European Union
  • -
  • July 27 2011

On 7 July 2011, Advocate General Cruz Villalon gave an opinion on a case (SIA Normal-A C-34810) concerning the definition of “service concession” in relation to a contract for operating public bus services

High Court refuses to strike out claim over tender for supplies to the prison service

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 31 2011

The High Court has largely dismissed the Ministry of Justice’s attempt to strike out claims by an unsuccessful bidder alleging breach of procurement rules in relation to a contract for the supply of frozen food for prisons (in Harry Yearsley Limited v The Secretary of State for Justice

ECJ judgment in the Valencia urban development case

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Spain
  • -
  • May 31 2011

The European Court of Justice ruled on 26 May 2011 in C-30608 that the European Commission had failed to demonstrate that the ‘main object’ of the procedure for appointing land developers in Valencia is to enter into a public works contract