Copymoore Ltd v Commissioners Of Public Works In Ireland, 9 May 2014

Copymoore Limited and other applicants issued proceedings contending that the qualification criteria set out in a request for tender for a multi-supplier framework agreement for the supply of printers and printing devices were disproportionate to the relevant market and discriminatory in a manner prohibited by the European Communities (Public Authorities' Contracts) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 ("the Remedies Regulations"). The originating Notice of Motion and Statement of Grounds were dated 19 March 2013. The matter was returned before the High Court on 22 April 2013 and was subsequently adjourned on a number of occasions. The respondents' Statement of Opposition and replying Affidavits were dated 15 August 2013.

In November 2013 the Applicant's solicitors wrote to the respondents seeking consent to amendment of the Statement of Grounds to add an additional ground on which the applicants sought to challenge, namely, the capacity of the Commissioners to enter into and/or conclude proposed framework agreements on behalf of public sector clients named in the tender documents. It was explained that the matter had...