Public contracts – Action by a third party: The Council of State widens the action of unsuccessful candidates against public contracts (Gouelle)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. CE, notice of 11 April 2012, Gouelle company, n° 355446 Despite some procrastination (see, for example, CE, February 3, 2012, Commune de Veyrier-du-Lac, req. no. 353737, to be published in Lebon; AJDA, 2012, p. 555, comment L. Richer ; Concurrences no. 2-2012, p. 168, comment by F. Tesson Contracts and Public Procurement No. 3, March 2012, comm. 78, comment W. Zimmer), it seems that the administrative judge - here the contract judge - tends to take more and more into account the realities of economic life and its actors. Thus, the sometimes delicate contentious situation of private companies that have not been able to contract with the administration has