Allegation(s)

1) The Delegation acted in a biased manner, unfairly and contrary to public procurement rules by directly awarding the contract to one of the original tenderers even though the relevant tender had been cancelled and no new procurement notice had been published.

2) The Delegation failed to publish a new procurement notice for the project covered by tender EuropeAid/129435/C/SUP/ME even though it had given assurances to the complainant to do so in case a new tender procedure were to be launched.

Claim(s)

The Delegation should (i) annul its decision to award the contract to the company E., (ii) annul the contracts it had concluded with company E, (iii) publish a new tender and thus allow all interested tenderers to bid for the contract in a transparent manner and on equal terms.