Public service contracts - Community tendering procedure - Provision of services for the development and provision of services in support of the Community Research and Development Service (CORDIS) -- Rejection of a tender - Principles of equal treatment as between tenderers and transparency - Compliance with the award criteria set out in the tendering specifications.

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 12 March 2008 – European Service Network v Commission (Case T-332/03) Public service contracts – Community tendering procedure – Provision of services for the development and provision of services in support of the Community Research and Development Service (CORDIS) –- Rejection of a tender – Principles of equal treatment as between tenderers and transparency – Compliance with the award criteria set out in the tendering specifications 1.                     European Communities’ public procurement – Tendering procedure (see paras 122, 125-127, 130, 142, 145, 147-148) 2.                     European Communities’ public procurement – Conclusion of a contract following a call for tenders (see para. 213) 3.                     Procedure – Application initiating proceedings – Formal requirements (Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 21, first para., and 53, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, Arts 44(1)(c) and 48(2)) (see paras 229-231) Re: APPLICATION for the annulment of the decision to award the contract which is the subject of the Commission’s call for tenders ENTR/02/55 – CORDIS Lot 1 for the development and provision of services in support of the Community Research and Development Service (CORDIS). Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the application; 2. Orders European Service Network (ESN) to pay the costs.