Global Translation Solutions v Parliament (Public service contracts - Tendering procedure - Translation services - Judgment)

(Public service contracts – Tendering procedure – Translation services – Rejection of a tenderer’s bid – Award of the contract to another tenderer – Award criteria – Format in which a file submitted in a test is to be uploaded)

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

APPLICATION under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of the decision contained in the Parliament’s letter of 28 October 2019 rejecting the tender submitted by the applicant for Lot 15 in tendering procedure TRA/EU19/2019 and of the decision contained in the Parliament’s letter of 4 December 2019 awarding the contract to another tenderer,

composed of A.M. Collins, President, Z. Csehi and G. Steinfatt (Rapporteur), Judges,

On 18 March 2019, by a contract notice published in the Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ 2019/S 054-123613), as supplemented and corrected by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ 2019/S 060-137775) of 26 March 2019, the European Parliament launched open procedure TRA/EU19/2019 with a view to awarding public contracts for the supply of translation services.