No lawful award without formal award decision

V 99 159Altro tribunale27 lug 1999Modified

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The bidder challenged the non-consideration of its offers. The court held that the awarding authority could not replace the required formal award decision by a letter from the planning engineering office. Because § 17 öBG requires an appealable award decision with minimum content, including the price of the winning offer and a brief reasons statement, and because service must be effected under § 27 Abs. 2 öBG, the omission meant that no lawful award had occurred. The court therefore entered a declaratory ruling and remanded the matter to the respondent to remedy the defects.

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§ 17 öBG, § 27 Abs. 2 öBG; award must be made by an appealable formal decision containing the statutory minimum content, in particular the price of the selected offer and a brief statement of reasons; notification by mere letter from the planning engineering office is insufficient. The absence of such a decision is not a mere formal defect but means that no lawful award has been made at all. In such a case, the court must record this by declaratory ruling and remand the matter to the awarding authority for cure of the defects.

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c) Die Beschwerdegegnerin hat dem Beschwerdeführer die Nichtberücksichtigung seiner beiden Angebote unbestrittenerweise durch einen Brief des planenden Ingenieurbüros mitteilen lassen. Gemäss § 17 öBG hat der Zuschlag jedoch durch eine anfechtbare formelle Zuschlagsverfügung der zuständigen Vergabebehörde mit dem in dieser Bestimmung aufgeführten Mindestinhalt zu erfolgen. Darin sind insbesondere auch der Preis des berücksichtigten Angebotes und eine kurze Begründung, warum das berücksichtigte Angebot das wirtschaftlich günstigste ist, aufzuführen. Erst zusammen mit diesen Angaben ist eine sachgerechte Anfechtung mit Beschwerde möglich. Diese Verfügung ist den betroffenen Anbieterinnen durch Zustellung zu eröffnen (§ 27 Abs. 2 öBG). Indem die Vergabebehörde eine solche Verfügung unterlassen hat, hat sie nicht nur einen gravierenden formellen Fehler begangen; vielmehr ist ein gesetzeskonformer Zuschlag gar nicht erfolgt. Dies ist im Rechtsspruch im Sinne einer Feststellungsverfügung festzuhalten. Die Sache ist daher an die Beschwerdegegnerin zur Behebung der Mängel zurückzuweisen.

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procurementaward decisionformal requirementsappealabilitydeclarationremand

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Questione giuridica chiave

Whether the award had to be made by an appealable formal award decision with statutory minimum content and service

Decisione estratta

The award authority had to issue an appealable formal award decision containing the statutory minimum information and serve it on the bidders; a letter from the planning engineering office was insufficient.

Motivazione estratta

Only a formal award decision with the price of the selected offer and a brief explanation why it is the economically most advantageous offer allows meaningful appeal. By omitting such a decision, the authority committed not merely a formal defect but failed to make a lawful award at all.

Questione giuridica chiave

Whether the case had to be remanded for cure of the defects

Decisione estratta

The matter had to be sent back to the respondent so that the defects could be remedied.

Motivazione estratta

Because no lawful award decision existed, the defect had to be corrected by the awarding authority; the court therefore ordered a remand.

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