1. 

Actions for annulment — Jurisdiction of the EU judicature — Claim seeking that directions be issued to an institution — Inadmissibility (Arts 263 TFEU, 264 TFEU and 266 TFEU) (see paras 36, 37)

2. 

Fundamental rights — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Right to sound administration — Scope — Raised by a legal person — Lawfulness (Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 41) (see paras 42, 57)

3. 

Acts of the institutions — Statement of reasons — Obligation — Scope — Decision, in the procedure for the award of a public service contract, not to accept a tender — Assessment having regard to the information at the applicant’s disposal at the time the action was brought (Art. 296 TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 41(2)(c); European Parliament and Council Regulation No 966/2012, Art. 113(2); Commission Regulation No 1268/2012, Art. 161(2)) (see paras 43-46)

4. 

Actions for annulment — Grounds — Lack of or inadequate statement of reasons — Separate ground from the one concerning substantive legality (Arts 263 TFEU and 296 TFEU) (see para. 47)

5. 

European Union public contracts — Conclusion of a contract following a call for tenders — Obligation on an institution to exercise its option to make contact with a tenderer after the opening of tenders — Condition — Exercise in compliance with the principles of sound administration, equal treatment, proportionality and legal certainty — No possibility of amending the terms of the tender of the said tenderer (European Parliament and Council Regulation No 966/2012, Arts 96(2), and 102; Commission Regulation No 1268/2012, Arts 158(3), and 160(3)) (see paras 63-65)

6. 

European Union public contracts — Tender procedure — Award of contracts — Rejection of tenders not complying with the purpose of the contract — No breach of principle of proportionality (Commission Regulation No 1268/2012, Art. 158(3)) (see paras 75, 76, 78, 79)

7. 

Actions for annulment — Natural or legal persons — Measures of direct and individual concern to them — Examination by the EU judicature of its own motion (Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU) (see para. 86)

8. 

Actions for annulment — Natural or legal persons — Measures of direct and individual concern to them — Whether directly concerned — Criteria — Decision to reject a candidate’s tender before the award phase of a contract — Action by the unsuccessful tenderer against the award decision — Not directly concerned — Inadmissibility (Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU) (see paras 89-92)

9. 

Non-contractual liability — Conditions — Unlawfulness — Damage — Causal link — One of those conditions not met — Claim for compensation dismissed in its entirety (Art. 340, second para., TFEU) (see para. 96)

1. 

Dismisses the action;

2. 

Orders AF Steelcase SA to pay the costs.