A panel of judges issued a ruling in a case involving alleged procurement irregularities at a regional government, finding that tender procedures had been breached.
In its reasoning, the panel said bid documents had not passed through the verification stages required under the procurement rules in force at the time.
The defense said it would review the full written ruling before deciding on further legal steps within the available deadline.
The regional oversight body said it would re-examine tender procedures at other work units to prevent similar cases.