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TRIESTE \u2013<\/strong> The Regional Administrative Court (TAR) of Friuli Venezia Giulia has upheld the award to Argo S.r.l. of the ship management service contract for the research vessel “Laura Bassi”<\/strong>, tendered by the National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS)<\/a>. The contract has an estimated total value of more than \u20ac62 million.<\/strong> The dispute stemmed from an appeal brought by PB Tankers S.p.A.<\/strong>, lead company of the grouping originally ranked first, against the exclusion order issued by OGS over irregularities relating to the DURC social security compliance certificate of the other grouping member and the lead company\u2019s own failure to disclose outstanding tax liabilities. Pending the proceedings, the administration had already identified Argo S.r.l. (second in the ranking) as the new successful bidder. The administrative court \u2013 explains law firm Studio Legale Sticchi Damiani<\/strong>, which represented OGS \u2013 fully rejected the appeal and the multiple additional grounds filed by PB Tankers, ordering the latter to reimburse legal costs.<\/p>\n

On the merits, the panel applied the principle of the \u201cmost straightforward ground\u201d, holding that the claimant\u2019s clear breach of fiscal disclosure obligations was decisive and absorbed the other issues. \u201cThe ruling strongly reaffirmed the principles of good faith, transparency and trust laid down by the new Public Contracts Code (Legislative Decree 36\/2023): the economic operator cannot make unilateral assessments<\/strong> by omitting to declare significant debt exposure, because such reticence irreparably undermines professional reliability and obstructs proper administrative action,\u201d the Sticchi Damiani firm further explained. Of particular strategic importance is the passage in which the ruling dwells on the preliminary objection raised by the defence of Argo S.r.l. OGS\u2019s lawyers had in fact argued that the appeal was inadmissible from the outset due to the \u201cfailure to notify the necessary counter-interested party (Argo), clearly identifiable from the ranking, which had already been finalised\u201d.<\/strong>
\nAlthough the TAR decided the dispute on the merits for reasons of procedural economy, it expressly acknowledged that the objection raised by the defence was \u201crich in points for reflection\u201d, thereby endorsing the solidity of the procedural approach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TRIESTE \u2013 The Regional Administrative Court (TAR) of Friuli Venezia Giulia has upheld the award to Argo S.r.l. of the ship management service contract for the research vessel “Laura Bassi”, tendered by the National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS). 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