Administrative contract, public procurement law, contractors liability, water infiltration disorders, Jean Monnet High School, SA MALONETTE, SURKOU Company, contract award irregularities
Region seeks condemnation of contractors, including SA MALONETTE, due to water infiltration disorders in Jean Monnet High School construction.
[...] The works were received without reservation and, since disorders due to water infiltration appeared, the region brought an action before the Administrative Court of Désingue, seeking the joint and several condemnation of all the contractors, including SA MALONETTE. Condemned to pay the sum of ?20,955.68 in respect of the disorders that appeared since the reception of the works, the company appealed the decision rendered in first instance and, for the first time on appeal, argues that the signatory of the disputed contract would have benefited from an irregular delegation. [...]
[...] As part of a contract for the supply and installation of slides, the awarded company, SA FLEMARDE, only supplied the slides during the execution of the contract, citing the unavailability of its technicians to carry out the installation and fitting services. The SA has submitted a payment request for the full amount of the services. Should the buyer pay the full amount of the services, considering that the execution was only partial? In law, incomplete execution - possibility of requesting either penalties or cancellation of the contract - possibility of exoneration through the use of the theory of imprévision. In this case, Mr. Radin does not pay. Possibility of requesting cancellation of the contract. [...]
[...] The second reservation concerns means. Ordinary third parties can only invoke 'defects directly related to the interest they claim' or defects 'of such gravity that the judge should raise them ex officio.' Tarn-et-Garonne abandons the jurisprudence Martin of August by which it was possible to contest in excess of power the unilateral acts related to a contract, but detachable from it. The invocation could concern both the vices inherent to the contested act, as well as the vices related to the concerned contract. [...]
[...] First of all, Mr. Mortin, a resident of Désingue, has requested the services of your firm, because he wishes, in his capacity as a local taxpayer, to oppose the construction by the SURKOU Company of the new sports complex of the commune. Indeed, he has heard from a reliable source that certain irregularities have tainted the procedure for awarding the contract for the construction of the complex, thus favoring the SURKOU company, the successful bidder, whose offer was substantially higher than that of the other candidates. [...]
[...] If so, what are the conditions and what about the REP he wishes to introduce? Mr. Mortin is a local taxpayer residing in the Commune of Désingue. He wishes to oppose the construction by Surkou Company of the new sports complex in the commune. According to him, certain irregularities would have marred the tendering procedure for the construction of the complex, which would have had the effect of favoring Surkou Company, which was the successful bidder and whose offer was substantially higher than those of the other candidates. [...]
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