PLC Public Sector reports:
This post provides links to all of our public procurement case digests for 2012, with details of the key cases covered in each of the posts. Links to our full updates on these cases can be found in the individual digest posts.
Key cases covered:
- Resource (NI) v Northern Ireland Courts & Tribunals Service [2011] NIQB 121 – Court refuses to tweak process and sets aside decision in its entirety.
- JBW Group Ltd v Ministry of Justice [2012] EWCA Civ 8 – Bailiff services are a concession.
- Commission v Germany (Case C-574/10) – Germany found guilty of unlawful contract splitting.
- R (Unison) v NHS Shared Business Services Ltd & another [2012] EWHC 624 (Admin) – Public law claims must be based on evidence not conjecture.
- R (Midlands Co-Operative Society Ltd on the application of) v Tesco Stores Ltd [2012] EWHC 620 (Admin) – Muller arrives in the UK!
- Alstom Transport v Eurostar International Ltd [2012] EWHC 28 (Ch) – Eurostar contract not covered by the procurement rules.
- Clinical Solutions International Limited v NHS 24 and Capgemini UK plc [2012] ScotCS CSOH_10 – Automatic [un]suspension.
Key cases covered:
- Clinton (t/a Oriel Training Services) v Department for Employment & Learning [2012] NIQB 2 – You have to seek clarification of tenders.
- SAG ELV Slovensko a.s., and others v Úrad pre verejné obstarávanie (Case C‑599/10) – Oh no you don’t …
- Easycoach Ltd v Department for Regional Development [2012] NIQB 10 – Another Northern Irish contract award set aside.
Key cases covered:
- European Commission v Kingdom of Netherlands (Case C-368/10) – Eco-labels – equivalents must be accepted.
- Healthcare At Home Ltd v The Common Services Agency [2012] ScotCS CSOH_75 – How clear do award criteria need to be?.
- Azienda Sanitaria Locale de Lecce v Ordine degli Ingegneri della Provincia di Lecce and others, (Case C-159/11) (Advocate General’s opinion) – Contracting authority co-operation: AG sets out the law as it currently stands.
- Montpellier Estates Ltd v Leeds City Council [2012] EWHC 1343 (QB) – Litigating a public procurement challenge.
Key cases covered:
- Insinööritoimisto InsTiimi Oy (Case C-615/10) – Defence derogation only applies to products designed and developed for military purposes.
- Shetland Line (1984) Ltd v Scottish Ministers [2012] ScotCS CSOH_99 – Ferry contract given the green light to launch.
- R (Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2012] EWHC 1729 (Admin) – Change to PFI grant payments an “abuse of power”.
Key cases covered:
- Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v Newcastle Primary Care Trust & Ors [2012] EWHC 2093 (QB) – Suspension lifted in NHS fall out.
- Traffic Signs and Equipment Ltd and David Connolly’s Application (Leave Stage) [2012] NICA 18 – Only one bite of the cherry allowed.
- Econord SpA v Comune di Cagno and others (Joined Cases C‑182/11 and C‑183/11) – (Advocate General’s opinion) – Teckal control must be substantive.
Key cases covered:
- Hossacks (A Firm of Solicitors) v The Legal Services Commission [2012] EWCA Civ 1203 – Lower standards for larger procurements?
- Turning Point Ltd v Norfolk County Council [2012] EWHC 2121 (TCC) – Too late to turn back.
- R (A) v Chief Constable of B Constabulary [2012] EWHC 2141 (Admin) – Public law trumps contract.
Key cases covered:
- BY Development Ltd and others v Covent Garden Market Authority [2012] EWHC 2546 (TCC) – Expert evidence not generally allowed for procurement claims.
- AG Quidnet Hounslow LLP v London Borough of Hounslow [2012] EWHC 2639 (TCC) – New type of challenge to development agreement not quids in.
- Észak-dunántúli Környezetvédelmi és Vízügyi Igazgatóság (Édukövízig) and Hochtief Construction AG Magyarországi Fióktelepe v Közbeszerzések Tanácsa Közbeszerzési Döntőbizottság (Case C‑218/11) – ECJ guidance on establishing minimum economic capacity.
Key cases covered:
- Clinton (t/a Oriel Training Services) v Department for Employment and Learning [2012] NICA 48 – Confusing selection criteria and the requirement to clarify.
- Econord SpA v Comune di Cagno and others (Joined Cases C‑182/11 and C‑183/11) – In-house award: when joint control will meet the requirements of Teckal.
- P, Evropaïki Dynamiki – Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE v European Commission (Case C-469/11) – Too late for damages.
Key cases covered:
- AJ and another v Calderdale Primary Care Trust [2012] EWHC 3552 (Admin) – Service users can sit on evaluations panels.
- Forposta SA and ABC Direct Contact sp. zoo v Poczta Polska SA (Case C-465/11) – Polish law extending automatic exclusion beyond grave misconduct does not meet requirements of procurement regime.
- Azienda Sanitaria Locale de Lecce v Ordine degli Ingegneri della Provincia di Lecce and others (Case C-159/11) – Inter-authority contract cannot be automatically excluded.
- Evropaïki Dynamiki Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE v European Food Safety Authority (Case T-457/07) – Selection v Award.