27It must be recognised that the tenderer ranked in third place, as in the present case, who brought the main action, has a legitimate interest in the exclusion of the bids submitted by the successful tenderer and the second-placed tenderer, for even if its bid were declared invalid, it cannot be excluded that the contracting authority would find that it could not select another valid bid, and would therefore organise a new procedure.
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