Appeals struck off as moot after contract award was withdrawn

52.2001.263Other CourtSep 21, 2001Dismissed

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Omnilex summary

Several companies appealed a municipal award for carpentry/window works related to logistics installations for swimming pools and sports club premises. Before the administrative court decided the case, the municipality informed the court that the original awardee had renounced the contract and that the works had been awarded instead to another company. The court held that the appeals had therefore become moot and removed them from the register. It also ordered that no court fees or costs be levied.

Omnilex headnote

Procurement appeal; mootness after withdrawal of the contested award and new award to another bidder. Where the challenged municipal award is renounced and replaced by a subsequent award decision, the appeal loses its object and is struck off the docket (consid. 1). In such circumstances, the court may terminate the proceedings without fees or costs where the case has become devoid of object through the authority’s subsequent conduct.

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AIUTO RICERCA

Anteprima di stampa

Numero d'incarto: 52.2001.263

Data decisione, Autorità: 21.09.2001, TRAM

Incarto n. 52.2001.00263-266-267-270

Lugano 21 settembre 2001

In nome della Repubblica e Cantone del Ticino

Il presidente del Tribunale cantonale amministrativo

Lorenzo Anastasi

assistito dal segretario:

Leopoldo Crivelli

statuendo sui ricorsi delle ditte

a) 13 luglio 2001


b) 17 luglio 2001


c) 18 luglio 2001


d) 20 luglio 2001


contro

la risoluzione 5 settembre 2001 del Comune di __________ che delibera alla __________, le opere da serramenti in legno occorrenti al __________ (installazioni logistiche per l'impiantistica delle piscine e per le nuove sedi delle società sportive);

rilevato che con lettera 2 agosto 2001 il municipio di __________ ha informato questo Tribunale che la __________ ha rinunciato alla delibera di cui sopra;

preso atto della risoluzione municipale 9 agosto 2001 con la quale sono stati deliberati i lavori suddetti alla ditta __________;

ritenuto che i ricorsi sono pertanto divenuti privi d'oggetto;

decreta:

  1. I ricorsi sono stralciati dai ruoli poiché divenuti privi d'oggetto.

  2. Non si prelevano né tasse, né spese.

  3. Intimazione a:


Il presidente del Tribunale cantonale amministrativo

Il segretario

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Keywords

public procurementmootnessappealmunicipal awardcostsstruck off

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Key legal question

Whether the appeals against the municipal procurement award remained admissible after the award was withdrawn and replaced.

Extracted holding

The appeals had become devoid of object and had to be struck from the docket.

Extracted reasoning

The municipality informed the court that the original awardee renounced the award, and a new municipal resolution awarded the works to another company; therefore, there was no longer a live dispute.

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