Defects in government procurement awards and their annulment by the High Court of Administrative Matters - Case studies
Vicios en adjudicaciones de compras estatales y su anulación por el Tribunal de lo Contencioso Administrativo. Estudio de casos prácticos
Vícios em adjudicações de compras estatais e sua anulação pelo Tribunal do Contencioso Administrativo. Estudo de casos práticos
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Licitación Adjudicación Anulación Tribunal de lo Contencioso Administrativo Call for bids Award Annulment High Court of Administrative Matters Licitação Adjudicação Anulação Tribunal do Contencioso Administrativo |
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| Universidad de Montevideo | |
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http://revistas.um.edu.uy/index.php/revistaderecho/article/view/1211
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12806/2032 |
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| Atribución 4.0 Internacional |
| Sumario: | The award is the administrative act by which the Administration selects the most convenient offer at its discretion, putting an end to a procurement procedure. As any administrative act, it is subject to jurisdictional control. This paper seeks to determine, through a theoretical and empirical analysis, which are the defects that the High Court of Administrative Matters considers transcendent to justify the annulment of a public procurement award. For this purpose, after characterizing the awarding act, the four most frequent annulment hypotheses will be studied: Firstly, when the Administration uses a procurement procedure other than the one indicated by law; secondly, the deviation from the essential provisions regarding the particular bidding specifications governing the call for bids; thirdly, the violation of the principle of equality among bidders; and finally, the absence of or defects in motives and/or description of reasons for the award. Considering that annulment is a severe measure, not every defect invalidates an award. Therefore, the study of cases whereby the Court has annulled the awarding decisions, will allow us to compare the theoretical frame of the validity of the awarding with what the Court deems to be a sufficient defect in order to proceed with such annulment. |
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