The Lithuanian Court of Appeal ruled in favour of our client, the municipal company Susisiekimo paslaugos, ruling that the terms of the approximately EUR 1 billion tender announced by Vilnius City Municipality for 300 new electric buses and passenger transport services are lawful.
The court of first instance, having examined the complaint submitted by one of the bidders — the Polish company Mobilis — had concluded that Mobilis proved that, without information on the scope, volume, and timing of additional services, it was impossible to properly assess the extent of the services and propose a service price. In addition, it had held that the subject matter of the procurement was insufficiently defined.
Following this decision, both Mobilis, seeking to have all the conditions declared unlawful, and our client together with the municipality, seeking to have the conditions declared lawful, appealed to the Court of Appeal. The Lithuanian Court of Appeal dismissed the complaint by Mobilis, and overturned the first-instance decision, stating that the conditions of the tender were lawful in their entirety.
At the same time, another legal dispute was taking place against a different company, Transrevis, which had also sought to have the tender conditions declared unlawful. In light of our client’s victory in the case against the Polish company Mobilis, Transrevis reached an amicable settlement with our client and the Vilnius City Municipality, whereby the case was concluded by a settlement agreement.
“By signing this settlement agreement, the claimant (Transrevis) confirms that it has no claims or demands against the defendants related to the case and will not have any in the future arising from this dispute,” stated the Panevėžys Regional Court.
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Partner Kazimieras Karpickis, counsel dr. Edgaras Markevičius and associate Klaudijus Baronas represented the client in the cases.
