Judgment of the General Court of 9 April 2019 — Sopra Steria Group v Parliament

(Case T-182/15) (1)

(Public service contracts - Tendering procedure - Supply of IT services to the Parliament and other EU institutions and bodies - Exclusion from tendering procedures - Potential conflict of interests - Failure to provide information required by the contracting authority - Article 107(1)(b) of the Financial Regulation - Transparency - Proportionality - Equal treatment - Article 102(1) of the Financial Regulation)

(2019/C 187/61)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Sopra Steria Group SA (Annecy-le-Vieux, France) (represented by: A. Verlinden, R. Martens and J. Joossen, lawyers)

Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: B. Simon and L. Tapper Brandberg, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendants: CGI Luxembourg SA (Bertrange, Luxembourg) and Intrasoft International SA (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) (represented by: N. Korogiannakis, lawyer)

Re:

Action under Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of the European Parliament’s decisions, taken in the context of tendering procedure PE/ITEC-ITS14, concerning the provision of IT services to the European Parliament and other EU institutions and bodies, to exclude the tenders submitted for Lots 2 and 3 by the IBI IUS and STEEL consortia, of which the applicant was a member.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.	dismisses the action;

2.	orders Sopra Steria Group SA to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Parliament;

3.	orders CGI Luxembourg SA and Intrasoft International SA to bear their own costs.

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(1)  OJ C 262, 10.8.2015.