Company who lost out on tender seeks legal costs of action against State Exams Commission

A firm which lost out on the tender to set up an online marking system for the 1.5 million scripts generated each summer by the Leaving Cert and Junior Cert exams is seeking its legal costs of a case it brought against the State Examinations Commission.

Last April, Ballinasloe, Co Galway-based KPW Business Forms Ltd, trading as KPW Print brought judicial review proceedings challenging the State Examination Commission's decision to award a tender to a rival UK RM results firm for €5m.