Questão jurídica principal
Whether the public-law appeal was admissible despite the procurement contract possibly already being signed and execution underway.
Decisão extraída
The appeal was admissible only as to review of the alleged unlawfulness of the award; requests for direct award and, if the contract was already concluded, annulment of the award itself were inadmissible.
Fundamentação extraída
A disappointed bidder retains a practical and current interest under Art. 9 para. 3 MRA/LMI to seek a finding of illegality for damages purposes, but the public-law appeal remains purely cassatory and cannot seek direct allocation of the contract.