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Brussels, 18/12/2009
EAC/C/C3/DR Ares(2009) 389930

Andrea Marchesini Reggiani

Lai Momo
Via Camberi 4
1-40037 Rome

Subject: Procurement procedure No EAC/10/2009: Framework contract for

assistance with communication and information initiatives and
products relating to activities supported by the European Union in the
fieids of education, vocational training, youth, multilingualism,
culture, sport and active citizenship

Ref.: Your bid to Lot 2: Implementation of a programme of publications on

paper and/or electronic media covering European policy on
education, vocational training, youth, multilingualism, culture, sport
and active citizenship

Dear Mr Marchesini Reggiani,

After examination of the tenders received in response to our call for tenders, we regret to
inform you that your bid has not been selected for the above procurement contract. The
grounds for our decision to reject your bid are:

Your bid scored a total of fewer than 65 points for the qualitative award criteria and/or
scored below 50% of the maximum number of points available for any one criterion.

Without prejudice to any legal appeal, you may obtain additional information on the
grounds for the rejection of your bid.

If you so request in writing, you may be informed of the characteristics and relative
advantages of the successful tender and the name of the tenderer to whom the contract
has been awarded. However, certain details will not be disclosed if disclosure would
hinder application of the law, would be contrary to the public interest, would harm the

Commission européenne, B-1049 Bruxelles / Europese Commissie, B-1049 Brussel - Belgium.

Telephone: (32-2) 299 11 11.

http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/education_culture
E-mail: eac-call-communication@ec.europa.eu
 legitimate business interests of public or private undertakings or could distort fair
competition between those.

We will not be signing the contract with the successful tenderer for fourteen calendar
days from the day following the date on which this letter was sent. Should it not be
possible to conclude the contract with this tenderer or should he withdraw, we reserve the
right to review our decision and to award the contract to another tenderer, to close the
procedure or to abandon procurement.

Any request for information you may make and any reply from us will have neither the
purpose nor the effect of suspending the deadline for lodging an appeal against the
contract award decision, which must be done within two months of this letter.

The court responsible for hearing appeal procedures is the General Court:

General Court of the Court of Justice of the European Union

Rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
L-2925 Luxembourg
Tel.:(352)4303-1 Fax:(352)4303 2100
E-mail: CFI.Reeistiy@curia.europa.eu
URL: http://curia.europa.eu

Thank you for your interest in the work of the European Commission. We trust that it
will be renewed in future procurement procedures.

Yours faithfully,

if
Vladimir SUCHA
)irector

Commission européenne, B-1049 Bruxelles / Europese Commissie, B-1049 Brussel - Belgium.

Telephone: (32-2) 299 11 11.

http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/education_culture
E-mail: eac-call-communication@ec.europa.eu