Francesco Paolo Francica wrote an article entitled “Il divieto di alterazione del criterio di calcolo dei punteggi in corso di gara” (No alteration to the criterion to calculate scores in tender procedures) published on the portal Diritto24 edited by the Italian business Newspaper il Sole24Ore. With decision no. 1211 dated 5 October 2016, the first chamber of the Regional administrative court of Turin ruled on the long-standing issue of the margins within which the awarding authority is entitled to amend part of the special clauses of the tender competition while the tender procedure is itself in progress.